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History and Current Events April 2025 |
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The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second...
by Kevin Fagan
Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan's moving and intimate social history explores homelessness through the experiences of a pair of individuals trying to get by in San Francisco, California. Further reading: Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs.
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Being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza : a reckoning
by Peter Beinart
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza is a provocative and fearless argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral nuance, and a clear vision for the future.
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Integrated : how American schools failed Black children
by Noliwe Rooks
By tracing four generations of her own family, an award-winning interdisciplinary scholar of education and Black history weaves together sociological data and cultural history to challenge the idea that integration was a boon for Black children.
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The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Pryne
by Kate Winkler Dawson
Wicked Words podcaster and true crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson's thought-provoking and richly detailed history explores a real-life murder trial that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne to write his 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. Further reading: Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 murder of a Salem Slave Trader by Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
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An African history of Africa : from the dawn of humanity to independence
by Zeinab Badawi
This sweeping historical survey traces Africa's rich legacy from prehistory to the present, exploring ancient civilizations, medieval empires and colonialism's impact, while highlighting African voices and perspectives to offer a long-overdue account of the continent's global significance.
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