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  • Cover of: Autobiografía Malcolm X

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  • Cover of: One Day When I Was Lost: A Scenario Based on Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    First published in 1972 — 11 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Souls of Black Folk

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  • Cover of: Three Negro classics

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: Incidents in the life of a slave girl: written by herself

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  • Cover of: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

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  • Cover of: Incidents in the life of a slave girl: written by herself

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  • Cover of: Incidents in the life of a slave girl: written by herself

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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Cabin

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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Cabin

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  • Cover of: Blues For Mister Charlie: A Play

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  • Cover of: Notes of a Native Son

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  • Cover of: The fire next time

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  • James Baldwin

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  • Cover of: Nobody Knows My Name

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  • Cover of: Notes of a Native Son

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  • Cover of: Another Country

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  • Cover of: Sula

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  • Cover of: Tar Baby

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  • Cover of: Beloved

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  • Cover of: The Bluest Eye

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  • Cover of: Tar Baby

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  • Cover of: Novels (Song of Solomon / Sula / Tar Baby)

    First published in 1987 — 3 editions work
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  • Cover of: Sula

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  • Cover of: Sula

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  • Cover of: The Bluest Eye

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  • Cover of: To Be a Slave (Plus)

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  • Cover of: A key to Uncle Tom's cabin: presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work.

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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Cabin

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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Cabin

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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Cabin

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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Cabin

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  • Cover of: Life and times of Frederick Douglass

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  • Cover of: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

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  • Cover of: Life and times of Frederick Douglass

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  • Cover of: Abolition fanaticism in New York: Speech of a runaway slave from Baltimore, at an abolition meeting in New York, held May 11, 1847.

    Cover of edition abolitionfanatic00doug First published in 1847 — 7 editions work
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  • Cover of: Up from Slavery

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  • Cover of: My larger education

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  • Cover of: An address on Abraham Lincoln

    First published in 1909 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: Address prepared by Mr. Booker T. Washington

    First published in 1899 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: An autobiography

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: Address of Booker T. Washington ...

    First published in 1896 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: An edge in my voice

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: Approaching oblivion

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: The beast that shouted love at the heart of the world

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  • Cover of: Invisible Man

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  • Cover of: Invisible Man

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October 16, 2012 Edited by Sunny Jackson updated list seeds.
October 16, 2012 Edited by Sunny Jackson updated list seeds.
October 16, 2012 Edited by Sunny Jackson updated list seeds.
October 16, 2012 Edited by Sunny Jackson updated list seeds.
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