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Black Itinerants of the Gospel: The Narratives of John Jea and George White

By Hodges, G.

Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives

By Escott, Paul D.

The Settler's Cookbook: A Memoir of Love, Migration and Food

By Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin

The Strange Career of Jim Crow: A Commemorative Edition with a new afterword by William S. McFeely

By Woodward, C. Vann, Mcfeely, William S.

Hillbilly Elegy: The International Bestselling Memoir Coming Soon as a Netflix Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close

By Vance, J. D.

Saved for a Purpose: A Journey from Private Virtues to Public Values

By James A. Joseph

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution (Gender and American Culture)

By Brown, Lois

They Also Serve: The real life story of my time in service as a butler

By Quinn, Tom

My American Journey

By Colin Powell

The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World He Made: Machiavelli and the World that He Made

By Philip Bobbitt

Black Cat's Tales

By Liam O'Murchu

Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Stories from Here and There

By Sudha Murty

Trespassing: My Sojourn in the Halls of Privilege

By Parker, Gwendolyn M.

The Ungrateful Refugee

By Nayeri, Dina

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir (Frank McCourt Memoirs)

By McCourt, Frank

Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife

By Prose, Francine

Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World's Most Famous Influential Voice

By Lowe, Janet

Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50

By Cunningham, Michael, Briscoe, Connie

In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story

By Karmi, Ghada

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Penguin Classics)

By Douglass, Frederick, Baker, Houston, Garrison, William Lloyd

Kenneth Clark: Life, Art and Civilisation

By Stourton, James

In Search of My Homeland: A Memoir of a Chinese Labor Camp

By Gao, Er Tai, Dorsett, Robert, Pollard, David

The Lightless Sky: An Afghan Refugee Boy's Journey of Escape to A New Life in Britain

By Gulwali Passarlay, Nadene Ghouri

Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley

By Farley, Christopher

Edward Said: Criticism and Society: An Intellectual Biography

By Hussein, Abdirahman A.

Soul Survivors (Black Classics)

By Marcia Williams

Bob Geldof: The Pop Star Who Raised 70 Million Pounds for Famine Relief in Ethiopia (People Who Have Helped the World S.)

By Gray, Charlotte

Ailey Spirit, Journey of an American

By Ailey Theatre

Buffalo Bill and His Wild West: A Pictorial Biography

By Joseph G. Rosa, Robin May

How to Be Black

By Thurston, Baratunde