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The Groundings with My Brothers
Read more: The Groundings with My BrothersWalter Rodney · 1969 · Nonfiction Why we chose it: Walter Rodney’s 1969 classic gathers the speeches and “groundings” — open, face-to-face reasonings — that…
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Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655–1844
Read more: Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655–1844Lucille Mathurin Mair · 2006 · Nonfiction Why we chose it: A pioneering work of Caribbean women’s history, recovering the lives of enslaved and free…
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Rethinking Puerto Rican Precolonial History
Read more: Rethinking Puerto Rican Precolonial HistoryReniel Rodríguez Ramos · 2010 · Nonfiction Why we chose it: An archaeologist’s challenge to inherited narratives of Puerto Rico’s Indigenous past, marshalling new evidence…
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Puerto Rico: A National History
Read more: Puerto Rico: A National HistoryJorell Meléndez-Badillo · 2024 · Nonfiction Why we chose it: A sweeping, up-to-date (2024) history that tells Puerto Rico’s story on its own terms —…
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