Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

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A "novel about twin sisters ... who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white."

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"Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret."

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Historical fiction about a Black female doctor and her daughter.

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A fictionalized account of the life of Belle da Costa Greene, who who passed as white while working as the librarian to J.P. Morgan.

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A "novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence."

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"A mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery."

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"Inspired by true events ... a novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients"

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"Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy."

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A graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's 1979 novel.

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Butler's classic speculative, dystopian novel about a world in chaos and a 15-year-old girl with hyper-empathy fighting to survive.

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A story of escaping enslavement that combines history with magical realism.