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A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
268k+
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 96%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
610
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand 95%
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024
4.31
610 ratings
Choice Theory
by William Glasser • 1999
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
4.01
4k+
Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory 95%
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
by William Glasser 1999
4.01
4k+ ratings
Black AF History
by Michael Harriot • 2023
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
4.60
10k+
Black AF History Summary
Black AF History 95%
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
by Michael Harriot 2023
4.60
10k+ ratings
White Rage
by Carol Anderson • 2016
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
4.46
15k+
White Rage Summary
White Rage 94%
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
by Carol Anderson 2016
4.46
15k+ ratings
Mexifornia
by Victor Davis Hanson • 2003
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
3.93
760
Mexifornia Summary
Mexifornia 94%
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
by Victor Davis Hanson 2003
3.93
760 ratings
We Are Not Yet Equal
by Carol Anderson • 2018
Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.
4.40
798
We Are Not Yet Equal Summary
We Are Not Yet Equal 94%
Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.
by Carol Anderson 2018
4.40
798 ratings
Original Sins
by Eve L. Ewing • 2025
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
4.46
2k+
Original Sins Summary
Original Sins 94%
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
by Eve L. Ewing 2025
4.46
2k+ ratings
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen • 1995
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
3.97
75k+
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me 94%
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
by James W. Loewen 1995
3.97
75k+ ratings
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson • 2015
Policies came first, hatred second: 600 years of manufacturing racist ideas to justify exploitation.
4.13
163k+
Dead Wake Summary
Dead Wake 94%
Policies came first, hatred second: 600 years of manufacturing racist ideas to justify exploitation.
by Erik Larson 2015
4.13
163k+ ratings
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell • 2010
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
3.81
2k+
A Renegade History of the United States Summary
A Renegade History of the United States 94%
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
by Thaddeus Russell 2010
3.81
2k+ ratings
Caste
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2020
America's deepest divide isn't race but caste, a hidden hierarchy four hundred years old.
4.52
164k+
Caste Summary
Caste 93%
America's deepest divide isn't race but caste, a hidden hierarchy four hundred years old.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020
4.52
164k+ ratings
Black Folk
by Blair L.M. Kelley • 2023
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
4.49
417
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk 93%
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023
4.49
417 ratings
American Holocaust
by David E. Stannard • 1992
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
4.34
1k+
American Holocaust Summary
American Holocaust 93%
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
by David E. Stannard 1992
4.34
1k+ ratings
The Wrath to Come
by Sarah Churchwell • 2022
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
4.22
528
The Wrath to Come Summary
The Wrath to Come 93%
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
by Sarah Churchwell 2022
4.22
528 ratings
"They Take Our Jobs!"
by Aviva Chomsky • 2007
We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.
4.06
623
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!" 93%
We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.
by Aviva Chomsky 2007
4.06
623 ratings
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell • 2005
Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.
4.37
10k+
Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary
Black Rednecks and White Liberals 93%
Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.
by Thomas Sowell 2005
4.37
10k+ ratings
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane • 2011
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
4.15
434
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House 93%
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
by Clarence Lusane 2011
4.15
434 ratings
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 93%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
The Second
by Carol Anderson • 2021
The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.
4.31
1k+
The Second Summary
The Second 93%
The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.
by Carol Anderson 2021
4.31
1k+ ratings
How the South Won the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
4.31
5k+
How the South Won the Civil War Summary
How the South Won the Civil War 93%
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2020
4.31
5k+ ratings
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • 2016
Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.
4.47
2k+
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 93%
Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016
4.47
2k+ ratings
Not Stolen
by Jeff Fynn-Paul • 2023
Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.
4.13
463
Not Stolen Summary
Not Stolen 93%
Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.
by Jeff Fynn-Paul 2023
4.13
463 ratings
The Christian Imagination
by Willie James Jennings • 2010
The modern idea of race was not a secular invention; it was born inside Christian theology.
4.51
713
The Christian Imagination Summary
The Christian Imagination 93%
The modern idea of race was not a secular invention; it was born inside Christian theology.
by Willie James Jennings 2010
4.51
713 ratings
How Migration Really Works
by Hein de Haas • 2023
Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.
4.35
3k+
How Migration Really Works Summary
How Migration Really Works 93%
Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.
by Hein de Haas 2023
4.35
3k+ ratings
America's Original Sin
by Jim Wallis • 2016
The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.
4.07
2k+
America's Original Sin Summary
America's Original Sin 93%
The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.
by Jim Wallis 2016
4.07
2k+ ratings
The Next America
by Paul Taylor • 2014
By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.
3.67
697
The Next America Summary
The Next America 93%
By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.
by Paul Taylor 2014
3.67
697 ratings
Unsettling Truths
by Mark Charles • 2019
A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.
4.35
2k+
Unsettling Truths Summary
Unsettling Truths 93%
A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.
by Mark Charles 2019
4.35
2k+ ratings
Brown Enough
by Christopher Rivas • 2022
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
4.28
310
Brown Enough Summary
Brown Enough 93%
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
by Christopher Rivas 2022
4.28
310 ratings
The Age of Entitlement
by Christopher Caldwell • 2020
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
4.04
2k+
The Age of Entitlement Summary
The Age of Entitlement 93%
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
by Christopher Caldwell 2020
4.04
2k+ ratings
Self-Portrait in Black and White
by Thomas Chatterton Williams • 2019
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
4.03
2k+
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White 93%
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
by Thomas Chatterton Williams 2019
4.03
2k+ ratings
The Color of Money
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2017
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
4.47
2k+
The Color of Money Summary
The Color of Money 93%
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2017
4.47
2k+ ratings
So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo • 2018
Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.
4.48
108k+
So You Want to Talk About Race Summary
So You Want to Talk About Race 93%
Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.
by Ijeoma Oluo 2018
4.48
108k+ ratings
The End of Race Politics
by Coleman Hughes • 2024
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
4.38
2k+
The End of Race Politics Summary
The End of Race Politics 93%
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
by Coleman Hughes 2024
4.38
2k+ ratings
These Truths
by Jill Lepore • 2018
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
4.40
14k+
These Truths Summary
These Truths 93%
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
by Jill Lepore 2018
4.40
14k+ ratings
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
by Crystal Marie Fleming • 2018
Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.
4.27
3k+
How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary
How to Be Less Stupid About Race 93%
Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.
by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018
4.27
3k+ ratings
The Sum of Us
by Heather McGhee • 2021
The zero-sum story on race is a lie that has cost all Americans trillions. Here is how.
4.62
22k+
The Sum of Us Summary
The Sum of Us 93%
The zero-sum story on race is a lie that has cost all Americans trillions. Here is how.
by Heather McGhee 2021
4.62
22k+ ratings
How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi • 2019
Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.
4.36
120k+
How to Be an Antiracist Summary
How to Be an Antiracist 93%
Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.
by Ibram X. Kendi 2019
4.36
120k+ ratings
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
4.37
21k+
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States 93%
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014
4.37
21k+ ratings
Ghetto
by Mitchell Duneier • 2015
The ghetto was built in Venice. It took 500 years for America to perfect it.
3.75
583
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto 93%
The ghetto was built in Venice. It took 500 years for America to perfect it.
by Mitchell Duneier 2015
3.75
583 ratings
The Myth of Race
by Robert Wald Sussman • 2014
Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.
4.02
484
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race 93%
Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014
4.02
484 ratings
Hitler's American Model
by James Q. Whitman • 2017
The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.
3.91
2k+
Hitler's American Model Summary
Hitler's American Model 93%
The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.
by James Q. Whitman 2017
3.91
2k+ ratings
Le contrat racial
by Charles W. Mills • 2023
The social contract hid a racial one: whites as full persons, everyone else denied full personhood.
4.59
73
Le contrat racial Summary
Le contrat racial 93%
The social contract hid a racial one: whites as full persons, everyone else denied full personhood.
by Charles W. Mills 2023
4.59
73 ratings
Albion's Seed
by David Hackett Fischer • 1989
Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.
4.38
4k+
Albion's Seed Summary
Albion's Seed 93%
Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.
by David Hackett Fischer 1989
4.38
4k+ ratings
An Inconvenient Minority
by Kenny Xu • 2021
Asian students score highest on every objective measure, so Harvard docks them on personality.
3.95
282
An Inconvenient Minority Summary
An Inconvenient Minority 93%
Asian students score highest on every objective measure, so Harvard docks them on personality.
by Kenny Xu 2021
3.95
282 ratings
The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2010
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
4.48
119k+
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns 92%
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2010
4.48
119k+ ratings
Between Barack and a Hard Place
by Tim Wise • 2009
Obama's election didn't end racism; it adapted it to look like respect.
4.14
538
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place 92%
Obama's election didn't end racism; it adapted it to look like respect.
by Tim Wise 2009
4.14
538 ratings
The Great Escape
by Saket Soni • 2023
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
4.50
980
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape 92%
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
by Saket Soni 2023
4.50
980 ratings
Red Nation Rising
by Nick Estes • 2021
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
4.38
159
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising 92%
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
by Nick Estes 2021
4.38
159 ratings
Black in Blues
by Imani Perry • 2025
Indigo was traded for human life. How blue became the keeper of Black grief, art, and survival.
4.25
3k+
Black in Blues Summary
Black in Blues 92%
Indigo was traded for human life. How blue became the keeper of Black grief, art, and survival.
by Imani Perry 2025
4.25
3k+ ratings
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