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 Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
History
Race
American History
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Race
Politics
Obama
From Promise to Power
Biography
Politics
History
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
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
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Between the World and Me
Memoir
Race
History
Bitita's Diary
The Childhood Memoirs of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Memoir
Brazil
Classics
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
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
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
So You Want to Talk About Race
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Is Everyone Really Equal?
An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education
Education
Social Justice
Race
The Hate U Give
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
How to Be Less Stupid about Race
On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
All You Can Ever Know
Memoir
Adoption
Biography
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
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Memoir
Essays
Canada
I'm Still Here
Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Memoir
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
Memoir
Biography
Race
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
Politics
History
Economics
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race
Technology
Social Justice
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
History
Memoir
School
Where White Men Fear to Tread
The Autobiography of Russell Means
Biography
History
Autobiography
My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
How to Argue With a Racist
History, Science, Race and Reality
Science
Race
Politics
We Need New Stories
Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent
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
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
Race
Education
Books About Books
One Person, No Vote
How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
Politics
History
Race
Self-Portrait in Black and White
Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race
Memoir
Race
Politics
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