history through

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History Through Our Eyes

A curated collection of banned and challenged books that tell the truth

--unapologetically--from Black voices across American History


Explore powerful, banned, and essentiao reads by Black authors

who witnessed, survived, and reshaped American history.

dEAR mARTIN

Justyce McAllister, a top student at a prep school, finds himself in handcuffs...

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THE UNDERGROUD RAILROAD

Whitehead reimagines the Under Ground Railroad as a train syste.

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stamped from the beginning

The story of racism in America to young readers, with a call to action.

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The NEW JIM CROW

Mass incarceration has created a racial caste system that devastates Black communities

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Shop By Collection

Imagine walking into a bookstore 10 years from now - and realizing the shelves are missing something.

Not just a few titles but entire stories.Memoirs, poems and novels that spoke hard truths about race,

identity and power. Books that once lit fires in the classrooms and hearts. Books that made people 

uncomfortable - and that some worked hard to remove.   read more

WHY THESE BOOKS WERE BANNED 

help_outline   ━━ Why are thess books under attack?
These books have been banned, restricted, or challenged in schools and libraries for daring to speak the truth about:

Slavery and Racism

Police Brutality

mass incareration

Black identity and liberation

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