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• How to Be an Antiracist

  Kendi, Ibram X.

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  Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Jim Crow

  Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

  Alexander, Michelle

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  Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Racial Healing Handbook

  Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collec

  Anneliese A. Singh, Ph. D., LPC

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  A powerful and practical guide to help you navigate racism, challenge privilege, manage stress and trauma, and begin to heal.

• Stamped from the Beginning

  The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

  Kendi, Ibram X.

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  Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning uses the lives of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Fragility

  Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

  DiAngelo, Robin

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  Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mindful of Race

  Transforming Racism From the Inside Out

  King, Ruth (Diversity Consultant),

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  "Racism is a heart disease," writes Ruth King, "and it's curable." Exploring a crucial topic seldom addressed in meditation instruction, this revered teacher takes to her pen to shine a compassionate, provocative, and practical light into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Still Here

  Reese's Book Club: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

  Brown, Austin Channing

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  I'm Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God's ongoing work in the world, and discover how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Inner Work of Racial Justice

  Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness

  Magee, Rhonda V.,

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  Law professor and mindfulness practitioner Rhonda Magee shows that the work of racial justice begins with ourselves. When conflict and division are everyday realities, our instincts tell us to close ranks, to find the safety of our own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Rage

  The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

  Anderson, Carol

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  From the Civil War to our combustible present, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson reframes our continuing conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.

• Just Mercy

  A Story of Justice and Redemption

  Stevenson, Bryan

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  Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Grace of Silence

  A Memoir

  Norris, Michele

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  While exploring the hidden conversation on race unfolding throughout America in the wake of President Obama's election, Michele Norris discovered that there were painful secrets within her own family that had been willfully withheld. These…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between the World and Me

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi

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  In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Assata

  An Autobiography

  Shakur, Assata

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  This presents the life story of African American revolutionary Shakur, previously known as JoAnne Chesimard.

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So You Want to Talk About Race

  Oluo, Ijeoma,

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  A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide.

• Eloquent Rage

  A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

  Cooper, Brittney

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  Far too often, Black women's anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. But Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that. Black women's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fatal Invention

  How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century

  Roberts, Dorothy E., 1956-

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  Explores the ways science, politics, and large corporations affect race in the twenty-first century, discussing the efforts and results of the Human Genome Project, and describing how technology-driven science researchers are developing a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fire Next Time

  Baldwin, James

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  A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color of Law

  a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

  Rothstein, Richard,

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  Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How We Get Free

  Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

  Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta

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  The Combahee River Collective, a group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the anti-racist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection, founding members of…Read moreRead more of this annotation