African American History Month

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A partial list of books and videos in Erickson Library of possible interest to those wanting learn more about African American history and the cultural influence of African Americans. This list is not exhaustive of all titles in our collection that would meet this criteria, but is a good start for those wanting to find out more.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
22,348 members
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
11,293 members
396 reviews
½ 4.4
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The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
15,950 members
271 reviews
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
12,144 members
525 reviews
½ 4.5
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Revised Edition
by Barack Obama
7,107 members
126 reviews
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The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
6,133 members
165 reviews
½ 4.4
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Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
2,655 members
88 reviews
½ 4.3
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Rosa Parks: My Story
by Rosa Parks
1,626 members
22 reviews
3.9
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The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
1,034 members
25 reviews
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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
by Toni Morrison
980 members
9 reviews
4.1
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Hidden Figures [2016 film]
by Theodore Melfi
749 members
9 reviews
4.2
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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
574 members
5 reviews
½ 4.6
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The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult
by Alice Walker
481 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
by Lorraine Hansberry
402 members
1 review
½ 4.3
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Jackie Robinson: A Biography
by Arnold Rampersad
393 members
2 reviews
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Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
by Kwame Onwuachi
364 members
11 reviews
3.8
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The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose
by Oprah Winfrey
364 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
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I May Not Get There with You : The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Michael Eric Dyson
280 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
by Andrew Ward
218 members
5 reviews
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
by Coretta Scott King
213 members
19 reviews
4.2
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The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement
by Taylor Branch
182 members
2 reviews
4.1
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African-American Art
by Sharon F. Patton
182 members
1 review
4.1
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Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution
by Jerome Charyn
176 members
7 reviews
3.2
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I Am Not Your Negro [2016 film]
by Raoul Peck
175 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
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Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
by Sybrina Fulton
171 members
5 reviews
½ 4.4
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American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
by Gary Gerstle
157 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
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Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball
by Lawrence D. Hogan
150 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
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My Soul to Take
by Tananarive Due
131 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
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Roots [1977 TV miniseries]
by John Erman
126 members
2 reviews
½ 4.4
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On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
113 members
2 reviews
4.1
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Louis Armstrong's New Orleans
by Thomas Brothers
108 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
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Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power
by Gerald Posner
107 members
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Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington
by Robert J. Norrell
98 members
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Atlas of African-American History
by James Ciment
90 members
4
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We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
by Richard Paul
66 members
1 review
3.2
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Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders
by Eric Etheridge
61 members
4 reviews
½ 4.6
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Mulatto America: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social History
by Stephan Talty
50 members
1 review
½ 2.5
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The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal
by Mark Ribowsky
49 members
½ 3.7
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Lynchings in Duluth
by Michael Fedo
46 members
½ 4.3
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George Washington Carver: A Life (Southern Biography Series)
by Christina Vella
36 members
1 review
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Roots: The Next Generations [1979 TV mini series]
by Georg Stanford Brown
34 members
2 reviews
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American Daughter (Borealis Books)
by Era Bell Thompson
27 members
4
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Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution [2015 film]
by Stanley Nelson
24 members
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Marching in Birmingham (The Civil Rights Movement)
by William J. Boerst
22 members
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Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota
by Alexs Pate
21 members
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The Girls Are Coming
by Peggie Carlson
20 members
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Soul Style : Black Women Redefining the Color of Fashion
by Duane Thomas
20 members
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Somalis in Minnesota
by Ahmed I. Yusuf
19 members
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Ace Records: Labels Unlimited
by David Stubbs
18 members
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African American Dance: An Illustrated History
by Barbara S. Glass
17 members
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African American Quiltmaking in Michigan
by Marsha L. Macdowell
15 members
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They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers
by Ron Thomas
14 members
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Overcoming: The Autobiography of W. Harry Davis
by W. Harry Davis
11 members
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Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota
by Steven R. Hoffbeck
8 members
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Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912
by Paul D. Nelson
7 members
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Louis Armstrong: The Soundtrack of the American Experience
by David Stricklin
5 members
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A Political Companion to W. E. B. Du Bois
by Nick Bromell
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