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Cuban Star
How One Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball

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When the selection committee voted Alejandro “Alex” Pompez into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, some cried foul. A Negro-league owner during baseball’s...
  
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The Clamorgans
One Family’s History of Race in America

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The historian Julie Winch uses her sweeping, multigenerational history of the unforgettable Clamorgans to chronicle how one family navigated race in America...
  
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To Tell the Truth Freely
The Life of Ida B. Wells

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Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women’s rights advocate, and journalist. Wells’s refusal to accept any compromise...
  
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Che
A Graphic Biography

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A symbol of counterculture worldwide, Ernesto “Che” Guevara is one of the most, if not the most, recognizable and influential revolutionary figures of the...
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The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition

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JohnWoolman was one of the most significant Americans of the eighteenth century, though he was not a famous politician, general, scientist, or man of letters,...
  
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Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop

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In this fast-paced biography, Harvard Sitkoff presents a stunningly relevant and radical King. Honestly assessing his successes alongside his failures, King:...
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Isadora Duncan
A Graphic Biography

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Myth and controversy still swirl around the dramatic figure of Isadora Duncan. The pioneering modern dancer emerged from provincial nineteenth-century America...
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J. Edgar Hoover
A Graphic Biography

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A True History of Violence (and Crimefighting, Politics, and Power) In the hands of gifted cartoonist Rick Geary, J. Edgar Hoover’s life becomes a timely...
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A Graphic Biography

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Some Presidents Were Just Meant To Be In Pictures It confronted evil empires, planned Star Wars missile defense systems, and advocated supply-side...
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The Life of Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley was celebrity’s perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate...
  

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