History and Current Events

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Updated November 7, 2025
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In open contempt : confronting White supremacy in art and public space
Weathersby, Irvin, Jr.
Paper Book
"An awe-striking masterpiece of love." --Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The sentences alone in In Open Contempt make it one of the most memorable books of the decade. But it's the unexpected lingering and genius crafting of consequential...
The icon & the idealist : Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the rivalry that brought birth control to America
Gorton, Stephanie
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY WINNER OF THE ASJA AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY A riveting history about the little-known rivalry between Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett that profoundly shaped reproductive rights in America In the 1910s, as the...
The stained glass window : a family history as the American story, 1790-1958
Lewis, David Levering
Paper Book
"At once narrative history, family chronicle and personal memoir... [a] luminous work of investigation and introspection." -Wall Street Journal National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis's own family history that...

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