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African American nonfiction

Books about being African American in the United States. Selected by Anne P.

Hennepin County Library

24 items

  • Afrofuturism

    a History of Black Futures

    BookWashington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Better Living Through Birding

    Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World

    Cooper, Christian
    BookNew York : Random House, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • bell Hooks

    the Last Interview and Other Conversations

    hooks, bell, 1952-2021
    BookBrooklyn : Melville House, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Black Ball

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA

    Runstedtler, Theresa
    BookNew York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2023. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Althea

    the Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson

    Jacobs, Sally H., 1957-
    BookNew York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2023. — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Black AF History

    the Un-whitewashed Story of America

    Harriot, Michael
    BookNew York : DeySt., an imprint of William Morrow, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Biography of a Phantom

    a Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey

    McCormick, Mack
    BookWashington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • The Black Angels

    the Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis.

    Smilios, Maria
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Black Archives

    a Photographic Celebration of Black Life

    Cherlise, Renata
    BookNew York : Ten Speed Press, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • BookPasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Across the Line

    Tales of the First Black Basketball Players in the ACC and SEC

    Jacobs, Barry, 1950-
    BookEssex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2023] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Watermelon & Red Birds

    a Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations

    Taylor, Nicole A.
    BookNew York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Black Smoke

    African Americans and the United States of Barbecue

    Miller, Adrian
    BookChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021] — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Black in White Space

    the Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life

    Anderson, Elijah
    BookChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Bessie Smith

    a Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend

    Kay, Jackie, 1961-
    BookNew York : Vintage Books, 2021. — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Illustrated Black History

    Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

    McCalman, George
    BookNew York, NY : Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • The Warmth of Other Suns

    the Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    Wilkerson, Isabel
    BookNew York : Random House, c2010. — Adult Nonfiction Book
  • Power to the People

    the World of the Black Panthers

    Shames, Stephen
    BookNew York, NY : Abrams, 2016. — Adult Nonfiction Book