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• White Fragility

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

  DiAngelo, Robin

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  In this in-depth exploration, anti-racist educator Robin DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what can be done to engage more constructively.

• 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

• The New Jim Crow

  Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

  Alexander, Michelle

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  Former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it.

• Unapologetic

  A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement

  Carruthers, Charlene

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  An inside look from an on-the-ground activist and movement leader about how to move people from the margins to the center of political strategy and practice.

• So You Want to Talk about Race

  Oluo, Ijeoma

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  Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word.

• When They Call You a Terrorist

  A Black Lives Matter Memoir

  Cullors, Patrisse • bandele, asha

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  A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America—and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.

• Tears We Cannot Stop

  a Sermon to White America

  Dyson, Michael Eric,

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  Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.

• The Color of Law

  a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

  Rothstein, Richard,

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  Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research, Rothstein comes to chronicle an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how the process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Be an Antiracist

  Kendi, Ibram X.

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  Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism.

• Me and White Supremacy

  Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

  Saad, Layla

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  Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously)…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

  And Other Conversations About Race

  Tatum, Beverly Daniel

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  Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Tatum argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Be Less Stupid About Race

  On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

  Fleming, Crystal M.

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  An essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics.

• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

  Eddo-Lodge, Reni • Alake Olarewaju Ltd

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  Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see,…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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  In a time when nearly all institutions claim to value "diversity" in their mission statements, here is a powerful account of how and why our actions so often fall short of our words. Austin writes in detail about her journey to self-worth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Rage

  The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

  Anderson, Carol

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  As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as “black rage,” historian Carol Anderson wrote that this was, instead, “white rage…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fire This Time

  A New Generation Speaks about Race

  Ward, Jesmyn

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  Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Mercy

  A Story of Justice and Redemption

  Stevenson, Bryan

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  Bryan Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need. This is a powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eloquent Rage

  A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

  Cooper, Brittney

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  Cooper argues that ultimately feminism, friendship, and faith in one's own superpowers are all we really need to turn things right side up again.

• They Can't Kill Us All

  Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement

  Lowery, Wesley, 1990-

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  By posing the question, "What does the loss of any one life mean to the rest of the nation?" Lowery examines the cumulative effect of decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools, crumbling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How We Fight for Our Lives

  A Memoir

  Jones, Saeed

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  Haunted and haunting, Jones’s memoir tells the story of a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears.