The Blood of Emmett Till
In 1955, white men in the Mississippi Delta lynched a fourteen-year-old from Chicago named Emmett Till. His murder was part of a wave of white terrorism in the wake of the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional.
More info →Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Short, emotional, literary, powerful―Tears We Cannot Stop is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read.
More info →African Americans Against the Bomb
African Americans Against the Bomb tells the compelling story of those black activists who fought for nuclear disarmament by connecting the nuclear issue with the fight for racial equality.
More info →At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White
In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America. At Mama’s Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers transmit to their children.
More info →Beethoven and Me: A Beginner’s Guide to Classical Music
Best known as an African-American commentator on politics, race and social issues, Beethoven and Me: A Beginner’s Guide to Classical Music is a fast paced, easy to understand survey of the music’s well-known and not so well-known composers, their music and their struggles for recognition.
More info →The NAACP – Fighting Neoslavery in the 20th Century
A compilation of stories and narratives confirmed by numerous letters and documents are used by the author, Ron Walters, to establish the amazing fact that slavery existed in the United States well into the 20th century.
More info →Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide
Fracture traces the party's makeup and character regarding race from the civil rights days to the Obama presidency. Filled with key political players such as Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, and Al Sharpton, it provides historical context while addressing questions arising as we head into the next national election: Will Hillary Clinton's campaign represent an embrace of Obama's legacy or a repudiation of it? How is Hillary Clinton's stand on race both similar to and different from Obama's, or from her husband's? How do minorities view Mrs. Clinton, and will they line up in huge numbers to support her—and what will happen if they don't?
More info →Fighting Neoslavery in the Twentieth Century
Dr. Ronald Walters, one of the most highly respected political scientist in the nation, has compiled a body of evidence and anecdotes to substantiate his hypothesis that chattel slavery for African Americans did not end with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
More info →Between the World and Me
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 current crisis.
More info →In Every Tongue
The Racial & Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People.
More info →Transparent
In this unique memoir, Primetime CNN anchor Don Lemon takes readers behind the scenes of journalism, detailing his own struggle to become one of the most prominent African American men in television news—and inside some of the biggest stories of our times.
More info →White Nationalism, Black Interests
Conservative Public Policy and the Black Community
More info →Say It Loud!
Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity
More info →Hope on a Tightrope
Words & Wisdom
More info →End of Anger
A New Generation's Take on Race and Rage
More info →The Obama Hate Machine
The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them.
More info →Ebony and Ivy
Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
More info →Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
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