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Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

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Nnedi Okorafor

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Jill Santopolo

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Tahereh Mafi

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Michael Arceneaux

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I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays

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Alice Walker

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Nikki Giovanni

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Angela Davis

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Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

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