Race
Books in this genre confront the complex realities of racial identity, justice, and power in society through personal stories, scholarly analysis, and cultural commentary. These vital works examine systemic racism, civil rights, mass incarceration, education reform, and the lived experiences of people of color across different times and places.
Race Book Summaries
James
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Historical
Accountable
The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Race
Social Justice
Education
The Nickel Boys
Historical Fiction
Historical
Race
Just Mercy
Memoir
Social Justice
Race
Street Data
A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
The Hate U Give
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Making of Asian America
A History
History
Race
Politics
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
Angel of Greenwood
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Indigenous
History
Canada
Homegoing
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Education
Teaching
School
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Biography
History
Memoir
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Politics
Race
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Indigenous
Politics
Social Justice
Reading with Patrick
A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Memoir
Education
Biography
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Native Son
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Politics
Is Everyone Really Equal?
An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education
Education
Social Justice
Race
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Race
History
Anti Racist
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Politics
Race
Social Justice
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Music
Feminism
History
DEI Deconstructed
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right
Business
Leadership
Social Justice
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Essays
Feminism
Race
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race
Technology
Politics
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Classics
African American
Race
Dear Martin
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Feminism
Race
Essays
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
Canada
Race
Memoir
Read This to Get Smarter
About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More
Social Justice
Feminism
Disability
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
Teaching
Feminism
Social Justice
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Race
History
Politics
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
History
Memoir
School
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
