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Civil Rights Historical — 2026-08-0150 booksAvg 4.71★134,930 total reviewsUpdated daily ~9am ET
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America―The New York Times Bestselling Retelling of US History Through the Experiences of Black AmericansMichael Harriot2 days on chart
4.8
5,499
2New
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationIsabel Wilkerson2 days on chart
4.8
25,016
3New
Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's SoulMatthew F. Delmont
4.8
16
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass2 days on chart
4.7
5,685
52
How The Democrats Won The Blacks: From Physical to Mental SlaveryRobin G Robinson II2 days on chart · peak #3
4.7
222
616
Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of AmericaDavid S. Reynolds2 days on chart
4.6
12
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last ""Black Cargo""Zora Neale Hurston2 days on chart · peak #4
4.7
7,085
83
The 1619 Project: A New Origin StoryNikole Hannah-Jones2 days on chart · peak #5
4.8
16,452
92
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in AmericaIbram X. Kendi2 days on chart · peak #6
4.8
12,852
102
Reconstruction: The Unfinished PromiseMalcolm Gladwell2 days on chart · peak #8
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across AmericaClint Smith2 days on chart · peak #9
4.8
5,300
12New
My Remarkable Journey: A MemoirKatherine Johnson
4.8
802
133
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the PresentHarriet A. Washington2 days on chart · peak #10
4.8
6,939
142
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomDavid W. Blight2 days on chart · peak #12
4.8
3,245
153
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceMargot Lee Shetterly2 days on chart
4.4
13,669
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Nature Knows No Color-LineJ.A. Rogers2 days on chart · peak #12
4.8
293
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The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's MagicLindsey Stewart2 days on chart · peak #14
4.7
180
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The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American MythJermaine Fowler2 days on chart · peak #17
4.9
407
198
The Slaves' Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812Gene Allen Smith2 days on chart · peak #7
4.3
33
201
The Black BookMiddleton A. Harris2 days on chart · peak #18
4.8
3,439
212
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to FreedomIlyon Woo2 days on chart · peak #19
4.4
2,609
221
The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a SlaveWillie Lynch2 days on chart · peak #21
4.7
7,721
23New
Backtalker: An American MemoirKimberlé Williams Crenshaw
4.8
75
248
Up from SlaveryBooker T. Washington2 days on chart · peak #16
4.7
2,648
251
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona JudgeErica Armstrong Dunbar2 days on chart · peak #19
4.4
3,042
261
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical RitualsLuisah Teish2 days on chart · peak #25
4.8
2,734
277
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.)William Kamkwamba2 days on chart · peak #20
4.6
4,439
283
When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical LegacyBeronda L. Montgomery2 days on chart
4.7
33
293
Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 ― A Classic History Book on the End of Slavery (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)Eric Foner2 days on chart · peak #26
4.7
1,041
30New
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became MillionairesShomari Wills
4.8
2,196
317
Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)Marcus Garvey2 days on chart
4.8
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The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White SupremacySteven J. Ross2 days on chart · peak #28
4.6
138
33New
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My PeopleImani Perrypeak #32
4.6
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Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of AmericanRacismEve L. Ewingpeak #28
4.6
130
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Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American HistoryHampton Sides2 days on chart
4.7
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3612
An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning History)Paul Ortiz2 days on chart
4.8
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378
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow AsylumAntonia Hylton2 days on chart · peak #29
4.5
977
381
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America ― A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Civil Rights History (P.S.)Gilbert King2 days on chart · peak #33
4.7
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393
Nigger: An AutobiographyDick Gregory2 days on chart · peak #34
4.8
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401
The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and SororitiesLawrence C. Ross Jr.2 days on chart · peak #35
4.8
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412
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo JacksonJeff Pearlman2 days on chart · peak #38
4.6
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428
On Witness and Respair: EssaysJesmyn Ward2 days on chart · peak #41
4.6
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The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of AmericaGerald Horne2 days on chart
4.7
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442
The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas – Royal Profit and the Roots of Racial InjusticeBrooke N. Newman2 days on chart · peak #37
4.8
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Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston ChurchKevin Sack2 days on chart · peak #35
4.8
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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo ArchivesDana Canedy2 days on chart · peak #32
4.8
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47New
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American CapitalismEdward E Baptist
4.8
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481
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family KeepsakeTiya Miles2 days on chart · peak #39
4.3
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49New
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019Ibram X. Kendi
4.8
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50New
Working The Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American HealingMichele Elizabeth Leepeak #48
4.8
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