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A probing look at what America gets wrong about transracial adoption.
Wagner and the rise of the freelance tough guy.
Sleepless
By Annabel Abbs-Streets
Arise, insomniacs! Your alter ego has things to do.
When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law
By Diane Kiesel
The Little Tramp’s legal woes were more over-the-top than a Bruckheimer film.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads: Angelo Herndon’s Fight for Free Speech
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
By Judith Giesberg
Tragic accounts of seekers and the stolen.
Medgar & Myrlie
By Joy-Ann Reid
An appealing look at the civil-rights icons’ private lives.
Fearless and Free: A Memoir
By Josephine Baker; translated by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis
Raw, sometimes incendiary reminiscences from the late sui generis chanteuse.
