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Juneteenth: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ralph Ellison, John F. Callahan (Introduction by), Charles Johnson (Preface by)

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ISBN: 9780593242100

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Published: Modern Library - May 25th, 2021
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Hardcover)

By Clint Smith

$29.00

ISBN: 9780316492935

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Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 1st, 2021
On Juneteenth (Hardcover)

By Annette Gordon-Reed

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ISBN: 9781631498831

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Published: Liveright - May 4th, 2021
Letters to My White Male Friends (Hardcover)

By Dax-Devlon Ross

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ISBN: 9781250276834

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Published: St. Martin's Press - June 15th, 2021
The Other Black Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Zakiya Dalila Harris

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ISBN: 9781982160135

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Published: Atria Books - June 1st, 2021

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