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Imani Perry presents an essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South, as well as an argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America.

The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today?

Karen Karbo presents an ode to bold and charismatic women of modern history, spotlighting spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations.

Take on the world and make some serious change with this handbook to everything activism, social justice, and resistance. This book is an in-depth guide to everything from picking a cause, planning a protest, and raising money to running dispute-free meetings.

When her parents died, and Nice and her sister Soila were taken in by their uncle, who had little interest in the girls. Fearing "the cut" (female genital mutilation), which was the fate of all Maasai women, Nice and Soila climbed a tree to hide. After Soila chose to undergo the surgery, sacrificing herself to save Nice, their lives diverged. Soila married, dropped out of school, and had children--all in her teenage years--while Nice became the first in her family to attend college, and used her visits home to set an example for what an uncut Maasai woman can achieve.

Learn why a family in Borneo shares their garden with a black spitting cobra and about an eleven-year-old schoolgirl who names our newly discovered ninth planet, along with other stories about world cultures and world history.

Human rights activist Lisa Shannon weaves together the stories of one family's tragic encounters with Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in the Congo with tales from the family's rich and vibrant history. These lively stories transport Shannon from the chaos of the violence around her and bring to life a peaceful, vibrant Congo not soon forgotten.

In 2006, Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on Earth--nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. He gave himself a deadline: forty years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. This is the story of his journey.

What causes people to join--and more importantly, stay in--extreme groups? We secretly want to know: Could it happen to me? Amanda Montell argues that, on some level, it already has.

Poet and educator Clint Smith explores the places where the history of slavery has been preserved, if not fully reckoned with. Included are New Orleans, Monticello Plantation, Angola Prison, Blandford Cemetery, and others hidden in plain view. This book offers a new understanding of the role that memory and history can play in understanding our country.