Some great books on this list that are worth checking out.
I would add these as well:
Miles Davis Autobiogrphy
Jazz and Justice – Gerald Horne
A Cure for Gravity – Joe Jackson
Fight The Power – Chuck D
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original – Robin D.G. Kelley
The Ballad of Joe Strummer – Chris Salewicz
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