Cover of The Ground Breaking

The Ground Breaking

An American City and Its Search for Justice

by Scott Ellsworth

Publication: First published 2021
ISBNs: 9780593182987, 9780593182994, 9781785787270

NBA Nonfiction 2021 · Longlist

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Prize history

National Book Award for Nonfiction
2021

Longlist

National Book Award for Nonfiction 2021 longlist

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