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  1. The Space Race: An Audible Original
    The Space Race: An Audible Original Colin Brake, Patrick Chapman, Richard Hollingham, Richard Kurti, Sue Nelson, Kate Mulgrew, Helen Quigley, Andrew Mark Sewell, Audible Originals
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  2. How to Be an Antiracist
    How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi
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  3. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
    How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro
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  4. African-American Athletes Who Made History
    African-American Athletes Who Made History Louis Moore, The Great Courses, Audible Originals
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  5. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Trib
    Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History S. C. Gwynne, David Drummond, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  6. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Hachette Audio
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  7. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Robin Miles, Random House Audio
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  8. Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future
    Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future Shaun King, Bernie Sanders
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    Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) Vashti Harrison
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    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder
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  11. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
    The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein
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  12. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)
    Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner) Ibram X. Kendi
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  13. Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
    Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement John Lewis
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  14. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
    The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton
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  15. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
    White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Robert P. Jones
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  16. Tap Code: The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything
    Tap Code: The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything Carlyle S. Harris, Sara W. Berry, Henry O. Arnold, Ginny Welsch, Col. Lee Ellis (Ret.) - foreword, Zondervan
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    Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism Anne Applebaum
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  18. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
    Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Jocko Willink, Leif Babin, Macmillan Audio
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  19. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migra
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson
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  20. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our
    Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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    Night (Night) Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel
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    Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life Emily Nagoski Ph.D.
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    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Erik Larson
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    Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks) Workman Publishing, Michael Lindblad, Ximena Vengoechea, Editors of Brain Quest
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    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann
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    White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (P.S.) Shelby Steele
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    Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss, Simon & Schuster Audio
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