Natalie Diaz's "collection of tender, heart-wrenching and defiant poems that explore what it means to love and be loved in an America beset by conflict." General Nonfiction: “Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy”ĭavid Zucchino's "gripping account of the overthrow of the elected government of a Black-majority North Carolina city after Reconstruction that untangles a complicated set of power dynamics cutting across race, class and gender. Les and Tamara Payne's "powerful and revelatory account of the civil rights activist, built from dozens of interviews, offering insight into his character, beliefs and the forces that shaped him." Poetry: “Postcolonial Love Poem” Her fiction has won the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), and has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Marcia Chatelain's "nuanced account of the complicated role the fast-food industry plays in African-American communities, a portrait of race and capitalism that masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwined with the fate of Black businesses." Biography: “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X” History: "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America”
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