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uoy gnimocpu taht kaens pudnuor desaeler skeep ruo srehto fo ylhtnom ,dessim ev’thgim tsuj .spord skoob ta dna s’ereH
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“Firstborn Girls” by Bernice L. McFadden
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“Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution” by Peniel E. Joseph
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“Aging While Black” by Raymond A. Jetson
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“The Best Man: Unfinished Business” by Malcolm D. Lee & Jayne Allen
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“Coded Justice: A Thriller (Avery Keene)” by Stacey Abrams
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About the Author
Brooke Leigh Howard is a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Black culture team, UATL.
