DeNeen Brown Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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African: A Children's Picture Book
Peter ToshDeNeen BrownAs Peter Tosh sang, “Don’t care where you come from / As long as you’re a Black man, you’re an African / No mind your nationality. / You’ve have got the identity of an African.” https://t.co/2icNkrkOcm
Hardcover, 2020
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Frederick DouglassDeNeen Brown"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us." --Frederick Douglass “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” https://t.co/3njj7SiQ2H
Paperback, 2021
$4.99Member price:$2.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes: An Autobiography
Maya AngelouDeNeen Brown“If the heart of Africa remained elusive, my search for it had brought me closer to understanding myself and other human beings,” Maya Angelou wrote in her book “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes” #Ghana https://t.co/8Mo4NQLMgu
Paperback, 1991
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book