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Great Moments in Black Her-story: 10 Books That Celebrate the Presence, Power, and Legacies of Black Women

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2/29/20

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Black History, Black Stories: 7 Books That Center Our Legacies for Longer Than a Month

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2/18/20

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Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

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2/14/20

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Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

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2/13/20

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Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

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2/6/20

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An Immigrant’s Story: Acclaimed Author Edwidge Danticat Wins $100,000 Prize for Her ‘Genre-Spanning Work’

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2/3/20

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VSB's Damon Young Wins Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award for What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

Maiysha Kai

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1/28/20

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‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors

Maiysha Kai

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12/31/19

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Booked, Busy and Black: The Root's Favorite Reads of 2019

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12/24/19

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A Treat for Fans, the Rihanna Book Proves Robyn Invented Photographs

Corey Townsend

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12/16/19

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Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses

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6/3/18

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The Inheritance

Lori D. Johnson

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5/27/18

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Talon of God

Wesley Snipes, Ray Norman

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5/13/18

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Beyond the Blue

Tara Knight

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4/29/18

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Dominate

Danielle C. Belton

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4/22/18

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The Takedown

Aya de Leon

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4/15/18

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Birthday Boy

Jason Douglas Louie

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4/8/18

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We Head South

Sean Lester Durham

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4/1/18

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3/25/18

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Roses

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Great Moments in Black Her-story: 10 Books That Celebrate the Presence, Power, and Legacies of Black Women

Black History, Black Stories: 7 Books That Center Our Legacies for Longer Than a Month

Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

An Immigrant’s Story: Acclaimed Author Edwidge Danticat Wins $100,000 Prize for Her ‘Genre-Spanning Work’

VSB's Damon Young Wins Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award for What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors

Booked, Busy and Black: The Root's Favorite Reads of 2019

A Treat for Fans, the Rihanna Book Proves Robyn Invented Photographs

Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses

The Inheritance

Talon of God

Beyond the Blue

Dominate

The Takedown

Birthday Boy

We Head South

Champion

Roses

Trevor Noah gets 13 minutes with the one guy you want to listen to on COVID-19

You Don't Need to Sanitize Your Groceries

Rick and Morty Just Released a Short Samurai Film and It's Awesome

Great Moments in Black Her-story: 10 Books That Celebrate the Presence, Power, and Legacies of Black Women

Black History, Black Stories: 7 Books That Center Our Legacies for Longer Than a Month

Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

F*ck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

An Immigrant’s Story: Acclaimed Author Edwidge Danticat Wins $100,000 Prize for Her ‘Genre-Spanning Work’

VSB's Damon Young Wins Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award for What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors

Booked, Busy and Black: The Root's Favorite Reads of 2019

A Treat for Fans, the Rihanna Book Proves Robyn Invented Photographs

Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses

The Inheritance

Talon of God

Beyond the Blue

Dominate

The Takedown

Birthday Boy

We Head South

Champion

Roses

Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day