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BROWN CLAUDE

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Celia, A Slave
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Melton A. McLaurin

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Art Spiegelman

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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Christopher McDougall

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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington

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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Barack Obama

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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Wes Moore

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The Heart of a Woman
The Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou

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Black Boy
Black Boy
Richard Wright

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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

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The Nazi Officer's Wife
The Nazi Officer's Wife
Susan Dworkin

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The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
Paul Hattaway

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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Maxine Hong Kingston

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An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
Laura Schroff

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Survivors
Survivors
Allan Zullo

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Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
Dorothy Sterling

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Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
William Kamkwamba

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Gifted Hands
Gifted Hands
Ben Carson

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A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
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Cupcake Brown

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Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
Marion Blumenthal Lazan

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Black Like Me
Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin

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Commonalities of the books on Ethnic & Cultural Biographies: - Majority of the books are autobiographical accounts or biographies of historical figures. - Many of the books explore themes related to race, identity, and belonging. - A significant number of the books focus on experiences during the Holocaust or Civil Rights Movement. - Several of the books center around Native American or African American culture and history. - Some of the books are collections of essays or letters.

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