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DeRay Mckesson Recommended Books
DeRay Mckesson has recommended 8 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
DeRay Mckesson is an American civil rights activist, podcaster, and former school administrator.
(Read more on Wikipedia)8 Books Recommended
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Black Women, Black Love
America's War on African American Marriage
by Dianne M Stewart
"You should buy [this book]." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
I'll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
"It's such an incredible book!" - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
Tiger Lily
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
"I loved this book and revisit it often." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems
by Eloise Greenfield
"Such a great book." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"A must-read." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
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Barack Obama's "2016 Summer Reading List."
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Jon Stewart recommended this bookJon Stewart
"A wonderful, challenging read." - Jon Stewart
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Cal Fussman recommended this bookCal Fussman
"It’s a letter to his son about being a black male in America. I think it is required reading." - Cal Fussman
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- Jay-Z
"America. Please. read." - Jay-Z
- Mark Manson
"A love letter, not just to [the author's] son, but to black people and even the United States, in the truest sense of the genre." - Mark Manson
- Linda Sarsour
"A MUST READ." - Linda Sarsour
- Jay-Z
Parable of the Sower
Earthseed, Book 1
by Octavia E Butler
"An incredible book." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
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Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
"An incredible book." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
The People Could Fly
American Black Folktales
by Virginia Hamilton
"That was my all-time favorite book when I was younger." - DeRay Mckesson (Source)
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