The Crisis Magazine 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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@NAACP's official pub of politics, culture, civil rights, & history; serving and informing communities of color. Founding editor W.E.B. Du Bois

Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
For #WomensHerstorymonth, we celebrate Toni Morrison. Morrison was an American novelist who won a Pulitzer Prize for Beloved and a Nobel Prize in Literature. Her notable works include The Bluest Eyes and Song of Solomon. https://t.co/GB744cWwAi
Paperback, 2004
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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Toni Morrison
For #WomensHerstorymonth, we celebrate Toni Morrison. Morrison was an American novelist who won a Pulitzer Prize for Beloved and a Nobel Prize in Literature. Her notable works include The Bluest Eyes and Song of Solomon. https://t.co/GB744cWwAi
Paperback, 2004
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This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Jo Ann Allen Boyce
In her book, "This Promise of Change," written with @debbielevybooks, Jo Ann Allen Boyce remembers her experience integrating an all-white high school as a member of the Clinton 12 in Clinton, Tenn. Check out her interview with @thecrisismag here: https://t.co/hd7J4wKcZC
Hardcover, 2019
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
In 1969 Angelou wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman. Angelou received several honors throughout her career, including two #NAACPImageAwards
Paperback, Mass Market, 2009
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