The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clayborne Carson | Warner Books | 2001

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates | One World | 2015

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass | originally published 1845

Pictured version published by Warbler Press | 2022

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass | Originally published 1846

Pictured version published by Penguin Classics | 2003

Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting by in America

Barbara Ehrenreich | Picador | 2011

Break the Wheel

Ending the Cycle of Police Violence

Keith Ellison | Twelve | 2023

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley | originally published 1965

Pictured version published by One World | 1992

The Sun Does Shine

How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice

Anthony Ray Hinton | St. Martin’s Griffin | 2019

Coretta

My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta Scott King | Henry Holt and Company | 2017

The Other Side of the River

A True Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America’s Dilemma

Alex Kotlowitz | Anchor | 1999

I Take My Coffee Black

Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black In America

Tyler Merritt | Worthy Books | 2023

Holler if You Hear Me

The Education of a Teacher and His Students 2nd Edition

Gregory Michie | Teacher’s College Press | 2009

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup | originally published 1853

Pictured version published by Penguin Classics | 2012

His Name Is George Floyd

One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa | Penguin Books | 2024

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot | Brodway Books | 2010

Just Like Us

The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

Helen Thorpe | Scribner | 2011

Up From Slavery

Booker T. Washington | originally published 1901

Pictured version published by Dover Publications | 1995