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In her long-awaited memoir, celebrated author Margaret Atwood--creator of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments--turns her storytelling brilliance on her own life. Raised in the wild forests of northern Quebec by independent, science-minded...
A collection of selected essays, speeches, and meditations by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison spanning four decades of her career and exploring society, culture, and art.
"A comprehensive overview of Tubman's life and work, co-authored by one of her descendants, Rita Daniels. For all Harriet Tubman's accomplishments and the myriad books written about her, many gaps, errors, and misconceptions of her legendary life...
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Black History Month's 100th Anniversary
"On February 7, 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), initiated the first week-long observance of Black history, Negro History Week- which laid the foundati..."
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"Immediately following Emancipation, there were 4,047 millionaires in the United States--and six of them were African American. Between 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of...
