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9. The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar
A book on the Constitution may not have felt so urgent or timely in any other year, but in the wake of the Khan family’s appearance at the Democratic National Convention—and the president-elect’s subsequent affront—Amar’s expert framework of our nation’s most fundamental document feels desperately needed.
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1. March Vol. 3, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
The U.S. Congressman concludes his trilogy of graphic memoir with this, about his Civil Rights activism. The comic book, which recently won the National Book Award for young people’s literature (though it is for adults as well), begins with the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and continues through the emotional inauguration of Barack Obama.
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