Books About Black History
16 Books About Black History That Shine a Light on Incredible Historical Figures
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In 2016, The Underground Railroad won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and became a New York Times bestseller. Colson Whitehead's gripping tale follows Cora, a young slave, in her journey to escape and find freedom, which begins with her crossing the Underground Railroad. Whitehead's prose has been described as poetic, mixing fiction and realism to bring the horrors of slavery to life.