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
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Race
Politics
Obama
Biography
Politics
History
The Fire Next Time
Classics
Essays
Race
How to Be Black
Humor
Memoir
Race
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Feminism
Essays
Race
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
Science
Race
History
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
Memoir
Social Justice
Race
Colonize This!
Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Live Girls)
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Bitita's Diary
The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
Memoir
Brazil
Classics
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy)
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Writing My Wrongs
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Race
History
Anti Racist
Is Everyone Really Equal?
An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education (Multicultural Education Series)
Education
Social Justice
Race
The Hate U Give
A Printz Honor Winner
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Reading With Patrick
A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
Memoir
Education
Biography
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
Politics
Sociology
Race
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
Politics
Law
Social Justice
Biased
Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Beautiful Struggle
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Race
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration (Myths Made in America)
Politics
History
Economics
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
History
Memoir
School
My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
How To Argue With A Racist
Science
Race
Politics
We Need New Stories
Politics
Feminism
Essays
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Feminism
Race
Essays
The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
Canada
Race
Politics
How We Fight for Our Lives
A Memoir
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality
History
Canada
Politics
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
Our Time Is Now
Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
Politics
Social Justice
History
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Myth of Equality
Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
Race
Christian
Social Justice
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series)
Politics
Race
Social Justice
The Beautiful Community
Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best
Theology
Christian
Race
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
History
Sociology
Race
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
Biography
History
Memoir
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?
Race
Education
Social Justice
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Essays
Feminism
Race
White Feminism
From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
Feminism
History
Race
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece (Books About Books)
History
Memoir
Biography
Black Magic
What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
Race
Leadership
History
Against White Feminism
Notes on Disruption
Feminism
Race
Politics
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Education
Teaching
School
Woke Racism
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Politics
Race
Sociology