Race & Culture
Policing and Race: The Debate Over Excessive Use of Force
Publisher:Referencepoint Press
Pub Date: 02/01/2025
This book examines the long "history of violent encounters between law enforcement officers and Americans of color, particularly Black Americans"--
$30.95
Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race
Publisher:Rise X Penguin Workshop Pub Date: 03/16/2021 Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud board book series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young...
$8.99
Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Publisher:Roaring Brook Press Pub Date: 12/15/2020 A young reader’s adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the height of Jim Crow, Dovey...
$19.99
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus)
Publisher:Scholastic Pub Date: 01/29/2019 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation. This is a...
$19.99
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!
Publisher:Scholastic Press Pub Date: 09/25/2018 Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of George, is back with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social justice issues. Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma,...
$16.99
I Walk with Vanessa: A Picture Book Story about a Simple Act of Kindness
Publisher:Schwartz & Wade Books Pub Date: 04/24/2018 Named by Parents Magazine as the "Best Book that Champions Kindness"!This simple yet powerful picture book--from a New York Times bestselling husband-and-wife team--tells the story of one girl who inspires a community to stand up to bullying....
$17.99
Marching for Change: Movements Across America
Sleeping Bear Press Millions of Americans have marched and protested to fight inequality and to bring about social change. These large gatherings, filled with powerful and courageous voices, have shined a light on important issues and resulted in new laws....
$17.99
10 Ideas to Overcome Racism
Starry Forest Books One small action a day can make a difference . . . in a big way! In 10 Ideas to Overcome Racism, we explore how to counteract racism and prejudice in our everyday lives. Are you ready to...
$12.99
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
Publisher:Versify Pub Date: 08/17/2021 Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times best-selling authors Veronica Chambers and Jennifer...
$21.99
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Publisher:Viking Books for Young Readers Pub Date: 09/21/2021 A lyrical picture book debut from presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long "I can hear change hummingIn its loudest, proudest song.I don't fear change coming,And so I...
$18.99
Concrete Rose
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that...
$19.99
Year of Plagues: A Memoir of 2020
In this piercing and unforgettable memoir, the award-winning poet reflects on a year of turbulence, fear, and hope. For acclaimed British-Guyanese writer Fred D’Aguiar, 2020 was a year of personal and global crisis. The world around him was shattered by...
$26.99
White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality
Shows how government created “ghettos” and affluent white space and entrenched a system of American residential caste that is the linchpin of US inequality—and issues a call for abolition.The iconic Black hood, like slavery and Jim Crow, is a peculiar American institution...
$28.95
This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism
In this ‘vital book for these times’ (Kirkus Reviews), Don Lemon brings his vast audience and experience as a reporter and a Black man to today’s most urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes? The host...
$28.00
Terraform: Building a Better World
In this debut collection of essays and poetry, musician, speaker, and activist Propaganda inspires us to create a better, more equitable world. “If we get to make the very cultures that shape who we are, then let us remake them...
$24.99
Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture
A collection of provocative essays exploring the key social justice issues of our time—from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. Kennedy is "among the most incisive American commentators on race" (The New York Times).Informed by sharpness...
$30.00
Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America
A Cold Civil War has engulfed the nation.After a deadly pandemic, shocking incidents of police brutality, a racial justice crisis, and the fall of a dangerous demagogue, America remains more divided than at any time in decades. At the heart...
$28.00
Letters to My White Male Friends
In Letters to My White Male Friends, Dax-Devlon Ross speaks directly to the millions of middle-aged white men who are suddenly awakening to race and racism.White men are finally realizing that simply not being racist isn’t enough to end racism. These...
$24.99
The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter“The Kaepernick Effect reveals that Colin Kaepernick’s story is bigger than one athlete. With profiles of courage that leap off the page, Zirin...
$25.99
How to Survive America
Legendary comedian D.L. Hughley uses his "hilarious yet soul-shaking" (Black Enterprise) humor to confront racism's unjust impact on the health and well-being of Blacks and minorities White people love survival guides. But have you noticed they’re always about ridiculous activities in...
$27.99