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Rec­om­mend­ed Reading

Black His­to­ry Month Reading

February 14, 2022

Cel­e­brate Black His­to­ry Month with inspir­ing and infor­ma­tive reads rec­om­mend­ed on JBC’s Insta­gram by LaN­i­tra M. Berg­er, Bruce D. Haynes, and Car­o­livia Her­ron. And be sure to check out the authors’ own books, too!

LaN­i­tra M. Berg­er author of Irma Stern and the Racial Para­dox of South African Mod­ern Art: Audac­i­ties of Col­or 

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Bruce D. Haynes author of The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America

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Car­o­livia Her­ron author of Peacesong DC, Always an Olivia: A Remark­able Fam­i­ly His­to­ry, and more

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