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Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, no biz like show biz, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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