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2020 selection · Nonfiction
Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens The Unsolved Murder Cases Of The Civil Rights Era
Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens The Unsolved Murder Cases Of The Civil Rights Era by Jerry Mitchell appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, biography & memoir, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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