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✊🏿 Black Labor Organizing

Histories and narratives of Black workers building collective power, from Pullman porters to sanitation strikes, fighting for dignity on the job and beyond.
Black Folk
by Blair L.M. Kelley • 2023
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
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417
🔨 American Labor History💰 Black Economic History🏭 Working Class Studies
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 Labor History💰 Black Economic History🏭 Working Class Studies
Workers on Arrival
by Joe William Trotter Jr. • 2019
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
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41
⛏️ Black Labor History💰 Racial Capitalism⛓️ Mass Incarceration
Workers on Arrival Summary
Workers on Arrival 92%
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
by Joe William Trotter Jr. 2019
4.20
41 ratings
⛏️ Black Labor History💰 Racial Capitalism⛓️ Mass Incarceration
America's Social Arsonist
by Gabriel Thompson • 2016
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
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50
🧱 Grassroots Organizing🛠️ Labor Organizing🍇 Farmworker Movement
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist 91%
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
by Gabriel Thompson 2016
4.54
50 ratings
🧱 Grassroots Organizing🛠️ Labor Organizing🍇 Farmworker Movement
State of the Union
by Nelson Lichtenstein • 2002
Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.
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170
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Labor Movement📜 New Deal Era
State of the Union Summary
State of the Union 90%
Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.
by Nelson Lichtenstein 2002
3.75
170 ratings
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Labor Movement📜 New Deal Era
Why David Sometimes Wins
by Marshall Ganz • 2008
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
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177
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning
Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins 90%
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
by Marshall Ganz 2008
3.99
177 ratings
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
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99
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields 90%
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997
4.00
99 ratings
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
by Nelson Lichtenstein • 1995
The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.
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🏭 Labor History🚗 Auto Industry🌹 Social Democracy
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit 90%
The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995
4.04
96 ratings
🏭 Labor History🚗 Auto Industry🌹 Social Democracy
Black Power
by Stokely Carmichael • 1967
Racism isn't prejudice. It's a colonial system, and the only cure is politics by the colonized.
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2k+
🖤 Black Radicalism🌍 Anti-Colonial Thought✊ Community Organizing
Black Power Summary
Black Power 90%
Racism isn't prejudice. It's a colonial system, and the only cure is politics by the colonized.
by Stokely Carmichael 1967
4.37
2k+ ratings
🖤 Black Radicalism🌍 Anti-Colonial Thought✊ Community Organizing
Freedom Farmers
by Monica M. White • 2018
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
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404
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers 90%
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
by Monica M. White 2018
4.36
404 ratings
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
The Fall of the House of Labor
by David Montgomery • 1987
Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.
3.93
147
📚 Labor History🛠️ Craft Unionism⚙️ Scientific Management
The Fall of the House of Labor Summary
The Fall of the House of Labor 89%
Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.
by David Montgomery 1987
3.93
147 ratings
📚 Labor History🛠️ Craft Unionism⚙️ Scientific Management
Racial Realignment
by Eric Schickler • 2016
Labor unions and state parties, not presidents, drove the Democratic turn toward civil rights.
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46
🗳️ Party Realignment✊ Civil Rights History🇺🇸 American Political History
Racial Realignment Summary
Racial Realignment 89%
Labor unions and state parties, not presidents, drove the Democratic turn toward civil rights.
by Eric Schickler 2016
4.24
46 ratings
🗳️ Party Realignment✊ Civil Rights History🇺🇸 American Political History
Justice at Work
by Marc Doussard • 2022
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
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3
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work 89%
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
by Marc Doussard 2022
5.00
3 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building
Women, Race, & Class
by Angela Y. Davis • 1981
From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.
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35k+
🖤 Black Feminism🧩 Intersectionality🏥 Reproductive Justice
Women, Race, & Class Summary
Women, Race, & Class 89%
From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.
by Angela Y. Davis 1981
4.59
35k+ ratings
🖤 Black Feminism🧩 Intersectionality🏥 Reproductive Justice
A Black Women's History of the United States
by Daina Ramey Berry • 2020
The Black women who built America: their four-century story, from freedom before 1619 to now.
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4k+
🖤 Black Women'S History🇺🇸 African American History📜 Hidden Histories
A Black Women's History of the United States Summary
A Black Women's History of the United States 89%
The Black women who built America: their four-century story, from freedom before 1619 to now.
by Daina Ramey Berry 2020
4.29
4k+ ratings
🖤 Black Women'S History🇺🇸 African American History📜 Hidden Histories
Rules for Revolutionaries
by Becky Bond • 2016
The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.
3.84
762
📢 Political Organizing🌱 Grassroots Campaigns🤝 Volunteer Mobilization
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries 89%
The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.
by Becky Bond 2016
3.84
762 ratings
📢 Political Organizing🌱 Grassroots Campaigns🤝 Volunteer Mobilization
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
by Barbara Ransby • 2003
While King gave the speeches, she built the grassroots network that made the movement move.
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2k+
🏛️ Civil Rights Movement🌱 Grassroots Organizing👥 Collective Leadership
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Summary
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement 89%
While King gave the speeches, she built the grassroots network that made the movement move.
by Barbara Ransby 2003
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Civil Rights Movement🌱 Grassroots Organizing👥 Collective Leadership
Work Won't Love You Back
by Sarah Jaffe • 2021
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
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5k+
✊ Labor Organizing🧡 Passion Economy🎭 Emotional Labor
Work Won't Love You Back Summary
Work Won't Love You Back 89%
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
by Sarah Jaffe 2021
3.94
5k+ ratings
✊ Labor Organizing🧡 Passion Economy🎭 Emotional Labor
Black-Owned
by Char Adams • 2025
From Underground Railroad safe house to FBI target: the two-century story of Black bookstores.
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1k+
🖋️ Black Literary History📚 Independent Bookstores📜 Abolitionist History
Black-Owned Summary
Black-Owned 89%
From Underground Railroad safe house to FBI target: the two-century story of Black bookstores.
by Char Adams 2025
4.33
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Black Literary History📚 Independent Bookstores📜 Abolitionist History
Red State Revolt
by Eric Blanc • 2019
How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.
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454
🍎 Teachers Strikes✊ Union Activism🏭 Labor History
Red State Revolt Summary
Red State Revolt 89%
How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.
by Eric Blanc 2019
4.18
454 ratings
🍎 Teachers Strikes✊ Union Activism🏭 Labor History
In Search of Sisterhood
by Paula J. Giddings • 1988
Before it was two months old, this Black sorority was marching on Washington for women's votes.
4.54
429
🏛️ Black Sororities📜 Black Women'S History👥 Black Women'S Clubs
In Search of Sisterhood Summary
In Search of Sisterhood 89%
Before it was two months old, this Black sorority was marching on Washington for women's votes.
by Paula J. Giddings 1988
4.54
429 ratings
🏛️ Black Sororities📜 Black Women'S History👥 Black Women'S Clubs
The Black Woman
by Toni Cade Bambara • 1970
The 1970 anthology that told white feminists they were bourgeois and Black Power it was sexist.
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415
✊🏾 Black Feminism🎯 Intersectional Feminism🧨 Black Power
The Black Woman Summary
The Black Woman 89%
The 1970 anthology that told white feminists they were bourgeois and Black Power it was sexist.
by Toni Cade Bambara 1970
4.48
415 ratings
✊🏾 Black Feminism🎯 Intersectional Feminism🧨 Black Power
Blues Legacies & Black Feminism
by Angela Y. Davis • 1998
Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.
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2k+
🎸 Blues History🎤 Women In Music✊🏾 Black Feminism
Blues Legacies & Black Feminism Summary
Blues Legacies & Black Feminism 89%
Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.
by Angela Y. Davis 1998
4.28
2k+ ratings
🎸 Blues History🎤 Women In Music✊🏾 Black Feminism
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+
🧱 Structural Racism⛓️ Mass Incarceration👮🏿 Police Violence
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 89%
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
🧱 Structural Racism⛓️ Mass Incarceration👮🏿 Police Violence
The Making of American Exceptionalism
by Kim Voss • 1993
The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.
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10
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism💰 Gilded Age
The Making of American Exceptionalism Summary
The Making of American Exceptionalism 89%
The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.
by Kim Voss 1993
3.80
10 ratings
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism💰 Gilded Age
Revolutionary Suicide
by Huey P. Newton • 1973
Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.
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7k+
✍️ Radical Memoir✊ Black Power Movement🔫 Armed Self-Defense
Revolutionary Suicide Summary
Revolutionary Suicide 88%
Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.
by Huey P. Newton 1973
4.49
7k+ ratings
✍️ Radical Memoir✊ Black Power Movement🔫 Armed Self-Defense
The Wages of Whiteness
by David R. Roediger • 1991
The white working class took racial status as partial payment. The bargain was a trap.
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2k+
🔨 Labor History👤 Whiteness Studies🧬 Racial Identity
The Wages of Whiteness Summary
The Wages of Whiteness 88%
The white working class took racial status as partial payment. The bargain was a trap.
by David R. Roediger 1991
3.99
2k+ ratings
🔨 Labor History👤 Whiteness Studies🧬 Racial Identity
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
🪧 Social Movements📖 People'S History✊🏿 Racial Justice
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 88%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
🪧 Social Movements📖 People'S History✊🏿 Racial Justice
To Tell the Truth Freely
by Mia Bay • 2009
She proved lynching was about money, not rape. The NAACP she helped build then sidelined her.
4.09
274
⛓️ Reconstruction Era🚂 Jim Crow Era⚰️ Lynching In America
To Tell the Truth Freely Summary
To Tell the Truth Freely 88%
She proved lynching was about money, not rape. The NAACP she helped build then sidelined her.
by Mia Bay 2009
4.09
274 ratings
⛓️ Reconstruction Era🚂 Jim Crow Era⚰️ Lynching In America
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
by Angela Y. Davis • 2015
Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.
4.44
36k+
🚫 Prison Abolition✊🏾 Black Feminism🌍 Global Solidarity
Freedom is a Constant Struggle Summary
Freedom is a Constant Struggle 88%
Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.
by Angela Y. Davis 2015
4.44
36k+ ratings
🚫 Prison Abolition✊🏾 Black Feminism🌍 Global Solidarity
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson • 1933
America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.
4.49
10k+
🏫 Black Education✊ Racial Uplift⛓️ Educational Oppression
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro 88%
America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.
by Carter G. Woodson 1933
4.49
10k+ ratings
🏫 Black Education✊ Racial Uplift⛓️ Educational Oppression
Chokepoint Capitalism
by Rebecca Giblin • 2022
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
4.25
1k+
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism 88%
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
by Rebecca Giblin 2022
4.25
1k+ ratings
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
Rest Is Resistance
by Tricia Hersey • 2022
Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.
4.04
13k+
✊🏾 Black Liberation💰🚫 Anti-Capitalist Thought⚙️ Grind Culture Critique
Rest Is Resistance Summary
Rest Is Resistance 88%
Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.
by Tricia Hersey 2022
4.04
13k+ ratings
✊🏾 Black Liberation💰🚫 Anti-Capitalist Thought⚙️ Grind Culture Critique
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
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245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 88%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Death of Reconstruction
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2001
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
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🏛️ Reconstruction Era⚒️ Labor History💰 Political Economy
The Death of Reconstruction Summary
The Death of Reconstruction 88%
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2001
3.86
107 ratings
🏛️ Reconstruction Era⚒️ Labor History💰 Political Economy
A Nation Under Our Feet
by Steven Hahn • 2003
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
4.11
958
🗳️ Reconstruction Era🌾 Southern History🌱 Grassroots Organizing
A Nation Under Our Feet Summary
A Nation Under Our Feet 88%
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
by Steven Hahn 2003
4.11
958 ratings
🗳️ Reconstruction Era🌾 Southern History🌱 Grassroots Organizing
The Grift
by Clay Cane • 2024
From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.
4.32
951
🏛️ African American History🐘 Black Conservatism💰 Political Opportunism
The Grift Summary
The Grift 88%
From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.
by Clay Cane 2024
4.32
951 ratings
🏛️ African American History🐘 Black Conservatism💰 Political Opportunism
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 88%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou • 2009
Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.
4.23
25k+
🪧 Civil Rights Memoir🎭 Art And Activism👩‍👦 Single Motherhood
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman 88%
Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.
by Maya Angelou 2009
4.23
25k+ ratings
🪧 Civil Rights Memoir🎭 Art And Activism👩‍👦 Single Motherhood
The Black Messiah
by Albert B. Cleage Jr. • 1989
Jesus was a Black revolutionary. Paul built a slave religion on his grave.
4.35
17
🏴 Black Theology✊ Black Power🔍 White Supremacy Critique
The Black Messiah Summary
The Black Messiah 88%
Jesus was a Black revolutionary. Paul built a slave religion on his grave.
by Albert B. Cleage Jr. 1989
4.35
17 ratings
🏴 Black Theology✊ Black Power🔍 White Supremacy Critique
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+
🚂 Great Migration⛓️ Jim Crow Era🏙️ Urban History
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns 88%
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2010
4.48
119k+ ratings
🚂 Great Migration⛓️ Jim Crow Era🏙️ Urban History
Slavery by Another Name
by Douglas A. Blackmon • 2008
The 13th Amendment's exception for criminals became a new slavery that lasted eighty years.
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7k+
⛓️ Forced Labor📜 Jim Crow Era🏗️ Reconstruction Era
Slavery by Another Name Summary
Slavery by Another Name 88%
The 13th Amendment's exception for criminals became a new slavery that lasted eighty years.
by Douglas A. Blackmon 2008
4.38
7k+ ratings
⛓️ Forced Labor📜 Jim Crow Era🏗️ Reconstruction Era
How Change Happens
by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018
Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.
3.74
160
📢 Social Movements✊ Community Organizing🗳️ Political Strategy
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens 88%
Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018
3.74
160 ratings
📢 Social Movements✊ Community Organizing🗳️ Political Strategy
Negro League Baseball
by Neil Lanctot • 2004
Jackie Robinson's triumph was a death sentence for the Black-owned baseball world that produced him.
3.94
82
🖤 Negro Leagues⚾ Segregation And Sport📈 Black Business History
Negro League Baseball Summary
Negro League Baseball 88%
Jackie Robinson's triumph was a death sentence for the Black-owned baseball world that produced him.
by Neil Lanctot 2004
3.94
82 ratings
🖤 Negro Leagues⚾ Segregation And Sport📈 Black Business History
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986
Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.
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🏛️ Civil Rights Movement☮️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Racial Justice
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 88%
Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986
4.34
24k+ ratings
🏛️ Civil Rights Movement☮️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Racial Justice
The Rejected Stone
by Al Sharpton • 2013
What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.
4.18
148
✊🏾 Activist Memoir🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership✊ Modern Civil Rights
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone 88%
What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.
by Al Sharpton 2013
4.18
148 ratings
✊🏾 Activist Memoir🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership✊ Modern Civil Rights
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.
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980
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape 88%
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
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing
Black AF History
by Michael Harriot • 2023
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
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🇺🇸 American History✊ Antiracism🔄 Revisionist History
Black AF History Summary
Black AF History 88%
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
by Michael Harriot 2023
4.60
10k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American History✊ Antiracism🔄 Revisionist History
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman • 2013
Ten million workers, poverty wages, no paid sick leave: what sustainable food leaves off the menu.
3.65
489
🍽️ Restaurant Industry👩‍🍳 Restaurant Workers🌾 Food Justice
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door 88%
Ten million workers, poverty wages, no paid sick leave: what sustainable food leaves off the menu.
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013
3.65
489 ratings
🍽️ Restaurant Industry👩‍🍳 Restaurant Workers🌾 Food Justice
Rosa Parks
by Rosa Parks • 1948
A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.
4.19
3k+
✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement🚫 Jim Crow South📖 Activist Memoirs
Rosa Parks Summary
Rosa Parks 88%
A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.
by Rosa Parks 1948
4.19
3k+ ratings
✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement🚫 Jim Crow South📖 Activist Memoirs
Democracy at Work
by Richard D. Wolff • 2012
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
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2k+
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
Democracy at Work Summary
Democracy at Work 88%
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
by Richard D. Wolff 2012
3.95
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
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