White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for...
Robin DiAngeloGroundbreaking book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequalityIn this groundbreaking and timely book, antiracist educator Rob...
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to Whi...
Michael Eric DysonThis program is read by the author"Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish." ―T...
With the expected grace of Wendell Berry comes The Hidden Wound, an essay about racism and the damage it has done to the identity of our country. Through Berry's personal experience, he explains how remaining passive in the face of th...
We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Pr...
In the midst of loss and death and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means—and how we take steps to get there. “In the United States, being poor and Black makes you more likely to get sick. Being ...
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of A...
Da'shaun L. HarrisonExploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackne...
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudi...
Jennifer L. Eberhardt"A fascinating new book... Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt is] a genius."--Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah "Poignant....important and illuminating."--The New York Times Book Review "Groundbreaking.&qu...
As Black as Resistance: Finding the C...
In the United States, both struggles against oppression and the gains made by various movements for equality have often been led by Black people. Still, though progress has regularly been fueled by radical Black efforts, liberal polit...
Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes...
H. Samy AlimRaciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race and vice versa. The book brings together a team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-to share powerful, much...
Black Boy Poems: An Account of Black ...
Tyson AmirIn the pages of Black Boy Poems, you will experience the fight, struggle, love, anger, frustration, critical analysis, and hope for a better future which is all present in the heart, mind, and soul of its author, Tyson Amir. Black Boy...
Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Gr...
Jealous T. AnnBy beginning a conversation that encourages self-examination and compassion, Combined Destinies invites readers to look at how white Americans have been hurt by the very ideology that their ancestors created. Editors Ann Todd Jealous ...
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Man...
Charles M. BlowINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York TimesEditor’s Choice From journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to action, "a must-read in the effort...
Whites, Jews, and Us: Toward a Politi...
Houria BouteldjaWhy am I writing this book? Because I share Gramsci's anxiety: "The old are dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." The fascist monster, born in the entrails of Weste...
Encounters with Police: A Black Man's...
Eric C. Broyles EsqThis book provides advice to African American boys and men on how to survive encounters with police. This book provides ideas on how to think about interaction with police to lower the chances of escalation. The book also provides i...
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerabilit...
Tarana BurkeNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two ...
A dangerous worldwide coalition of Islamic terrorists, well-intentioned but misinformed students, right-wing fascists, left-wing ideologues, academics, feminists, European politicians, journalists, and international human rights organ...
Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating C...
Joy Arlene Renee CoxCombatting fatphobia and racism to reclaim a space for womxn at the intersection of fat and Black To be a womxn living in a body at the intersection of fat and Black is to be on the margins. From concern-trolling"I just ...
Towards the "Other America": Anti-Rac...
Chris CrassChris Crass calls on all of us to join our values to the power of love and act with courage for a world where Black lives truly matter. A world where the death culture of white supremacy no longer devours the lives of Black people ...
Black Voters, Black Voices: The Shapi...
Tiffany CrossA breakout media and political analyst delivers a sweeping snapshot of American Democracy and the role that African Americans have played in its shaping while offering concrete information to help harness the electoral power of the co...
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black...
Emma DabiriStamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in this timely and resonant essay collection from Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri,exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropria...
What White People Can Do Next: From A...
Emma DabiriINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn the spirit of We Should All Be Feminists and How to Be an Antiracist, a poignant and sensible guide to questioning the meaning of whiteness and creating an antiracist world from the acclaimed historian and ...
Nice Racism: How Progressive White Pe...
Robin DiangeloNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Building on the groundwork laid in the New York Times bestseller White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explores how a culture of niceness inadvertently promotes racism. In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo...
Powerful Peace: A Navy Seal's Lessons...
J. Robert DuBoisIn Powerful Peace, J. Robert DuBois takes on a crucial, unprecedented mission for a U.S. Navy SEAL: the relentless pursuit of interpersonal and international peacemaking. With gut wrenching candor and surprising moments of comedy, he ...
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White ...
Reni Eddo-Lodge"This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need such a book. Essential." --Marlon James"The most important book for me this year." -Emma Wat...
No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges...
Jordan FlahertyPeople with privilege often engage with the world as saviors, and leave devastation behind. The world does not need more heroes, we need systemic solutions to racism, patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism.Award-winning journalist Jor...
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On ...
Crystal M. FlemingA unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our "national conversation about race"—and what to do about itHow to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ri...
The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1938-1...
Henry Louis GatesStudents of African American history, the Jim Crow era, and legacy of American racial discrimination will value this historical resource for African American travelers, now introduced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Traveling the country was...
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America ...
Eddie S. GlaudeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil righ...
Conversations in Black: On Power, Pol...
Ed GordonAn award-winning journalist envisions the future of leadership, excellence, and prosperity in Black America with this "urgent and pathbreaking" work (Marc Lamont Hill). Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Convers...
No Campus for White Men: The Transfor...
Scott GreerNo Campus for White Men shines a bright light on the growing obsession with diversity, victimization and identity politics on today's college campuses, and shows how it is creating an intensely hostile and fearful atmosphere that can ...
100 Questions and Answers about Arab ...
Joe Grimm"One Hundred Questions and Answers About Arab Americans" is part of the Michigan State University School of Journalism series on cultural competence. This guide has sections on culture, language, religions, social norms, pol...