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2019 Nonfiction Books By Black Americans

  1. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
  2. How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
  3. The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis
  4. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  5. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman
  6. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young
  7. Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations by Toni Morrison
  8. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
  9. Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
  10. I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation by Chanequa Walker-Barnes
  11. Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion by Tanisha C. Ford
  12. Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard
  13. Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
  14. The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation by Jodie Patterson
  15. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
  16. Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life by Kim McLarin
  17. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
  18. Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family by Mitchell S. Jackson
  19. Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  20. The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
  21. White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue . and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation by Lauren Michele Jackson
  22. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
  23. Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day
  24. We Speak for Ourselves: A Word from Forgotten Black America by D. Watkins
  25. Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Doris Payne
  26. Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by LaTasha Morrison
  27. Think Black: A Memoir of Sacrifice, Success, and Self-Loathing in Corporate America by Clyde W. Ford
  28. Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge
  29. Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal by Shennette Garrett-Scott
  30. When You Learn the Alphabet by Kendra Allen
  31. On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw by Kimberlé Crenshaw
  32. From Willard Straight to Wall Street: A Memoir by Thomas W. Jones
  33. A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill
  34. Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century by Lorene Cary
  35. Black Women and Social Justice Education: Legacies and Lessons by Stephanie Y. Evans
  36. Hurricanes: A Memoir by Rick Ross
  37. Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry
  38. Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business by Pamela Newkirk
  39. Mothering While Black: Boundaries and Burdens of Middle-Class Parenthood by Dawn Marie Dow
  40. Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones
  41. The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay
  42. The Love Prison Made and Unmade: My Story by Ebony Roberts
  43. Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary: Selected Works of Kathleen Collins by Kathleen Collins
  44. We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain
  45. Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story by Cicero M. Fain III
  46. Building the Black Arts Movement: Hoyt Fuller and the Cultural Politics of the 1960s by Jonathan Fenderson
  47. The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown
  48. Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin
  49. Obviously: Stories from My Timeline by Akilah Hughes
  50. Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now by Andre Perry
  51. Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America by Joe William Trotter Jr.
  52. None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators by Shani Robinson
  53. Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence by Kellie Carter Jackson
  54. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  55. Once More To The Ghetto And Other Essays by Jerald Walker
  56. True Names: Four Generations of My Afro Appalachian Family by Malaika Adero
  57. Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin
  58. A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington
  59. After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom by Alice Marie Johnson
  60. Black Towns, Black Futures: The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West by Karla Slocum
  61. The Underground Railroad Records: Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom by William Still
  62. Sallie Ann Robinson’s Kitchen: Food and Family Lore from the Lowcountry by Sallie Ann Robinson
  63. Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook by Ricky Moore
  64. Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights by Dovey Johnson Roundtree
  65. The Beautiful Ones by Prince
  66. Pathways: From Providence to Purpose by Tony Evans
  67. Motivational Prayers for Men by Tony Evans
  68. The Tony Evans Bible Commentary: Advancing God’s Kingdom Agenda by Tony Evans
  69. Letters From An Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
  70. Sacred Endurance: Finding Grace and Strength for a Lasting Faith by Trillia J. Newbell
  71. We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity by Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Editor)
  72. Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. by Ashante M. Reese
  73. Wild at Home: How to style and care for beautiful plants by Hilton Carter
  74. Designing Victory by Robert P. Madison
  75. Behind the Laughter: A Comedian’s Tale of Tragedy and Hope by Anthony Griffith
  76. The Homeschool Alternative: Incorporating a Homeschool Mindset for the Benefit of Black Children in America by Myiesha Taylor
  77. Some of My Friends Are.: The Daunting Challenges and Untapped Benefits of Cross-Racial Friendships by Deborah L. Plummer
  78. Supreme Glamour by Mary Wilson
  79. Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful by Kwame Brathwaite
  80. The Unqualified Hostess: I Do It My Way So You Can Too! by Whoopi Goldberg
  81. The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of an Extraordinary Life by David F. Walker
  82. Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox
  83. Emptied: Experiencing the Fullness of a Poured-Out Marriage by Wynter Pitts
  84. Come and Get These Memories: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland by Edward Holland
  85. Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works by Rucker C. Johnson
  86. Walk in Faith: 5-Minute Devotions for Teen Guys by Andy Dooley
  87. Elements of Fiction by Walter Mosley
  88. The Soul of a Team: A Modern-Day Fable for Winning Teamwork by Tony Dungy
  89. Spill Ink On It by Jennifer Jazz
  90. Everyday Millionaires by Chris Hogan
  91. Just Peachy by Belinda Smith-Sullivan
  92. Debt-Free Degree: The Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Kid Through College Without Student Loans by Anthony O’Neal

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