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Michelle she/her 🟧 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Red Record, Ida B. Wells

The Red Record

Ida B. Wells
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6/8 two books, Southern Horrors and the Red Record. Both these books had far-reaching impact into the debate surrounding lynching. In 2016, the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting was launched and is housed at the University of North Carolina Hussman School of

Paperback, 2021

$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism, Trina Sotira

Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism

Trina Sotira
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24/25 Her life was threatened. But she truly believed that by collecting names, dates and circumstances around the lynchings that she could transform attitudes and impact policy and laws.” - Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells via PBS.

Paperback, 2020

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral., Wheatley Phillis 1753-1784

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.

Wheatley Phillis 1753-1784
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15/19 A rare signed copy of Phyllis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral “As we continue to make strides toward our goals and try to fulfill our dreams that one day the realization that a collection for the preservation on

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Book Cover for: The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition, Victor H. Green

The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition

Victor H. Green
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1/3 First published in 1936, The Negro Motorist Green Book was the brainchild of a Harlem-based postal carrier named Victor Hugo Green. Like most Africans Americans in the mid-20th century, Green had grown #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/pNe20OKDMt

Paperback, 2018

$8.14$4.07 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back, Donald Cohen

The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

Donald Cohen
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3/4 I thought I knew but I knew nothing. Now I'm better armed to do something. Knowledge is power and freedom. Use it. We're not starting a new book, The Privatization Of Everything: How The Plunder Of Public Goods Transformed America And How We Can Fight Back by Donald Cohen,

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Correspondence: Official Letters Between Washington and Brig. Gen. William Irvine, Consul Willshire Butterfield

Correspondence: Official Letters Between Washington and Brig. Gen. William Irvine

Consul Willshire Butterfield
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14/19 Her collection includes artifacts like: Signed first editions of works by Zora Neale Hurston https://t.co/zdokvu8tPA Handwritten correspondence from scientist and inventor George Washington Carver https://t.co/R3loZB3URd

Paperback, 2019

$42.90$21.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Nikole Hannah-Jones
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23/25 Nikole Hannah-Jones was recognized for the 1619 Project. Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster released a statement in response: “Ida used journalism as a tool to fight for justice. She faced great danger and endured harsh criticism. Her printing press was destroyed.

Hardcover, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander
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1/4 Our Book Club just wrapped up The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Anniversary) https://t.co/xlfiyLfu9L It was incredibly eye-opening and horrifying at the same time. I learned a lot and have a much better https://t.co/N4vBbL9uJD

Hardcover, 2020

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.--Margaret Mead, Mickey's Journals

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.--Margaret Mead

Mickey's Journals
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead https://t.co/v3Eo9HgERb

Paperback, 2019

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Book Cover for: Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler
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🧵1/16 Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Parable of the Sower is a classic 1993 science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler, a Black sci-fi writer. This dystopian fictional novel centers on the story of Lauren Oya Olamina who #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/yQdQ2fpnoU

Paperback, 2019

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