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
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Indigenous
History
Canada
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Social Justice
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
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
The Myth of Equality
Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
Race
Social Justice
Christian
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Memoir
Biography
African American
Are Prisons Obsolete?
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
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Music
Feminism
History
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
The Mis-Education of the Negro
History
Education
Race
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Biography
History
Memoir
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
Biography
History
Race
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
Thick
And Other Essays
Essays
Feminism
Race
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
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
A Guide to Getting Out
Race
Vegan
Social Justice
Black Magic
What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
Race
Leadership
History
Against White Feminism
Notes on Disruption
Feminism
Race
Politics
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
A Love Letter to Women of Color
Feminism
Memoir
Race
Under Our Skin
Getting Real about Race–And Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us
Race
Christian
Social Justice
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
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
Awakening Together
The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
Read This to Get Smarter
About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More
Social Justice
Feminism
Disability
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
Street Data
A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
Urban Apologetics
Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Nice Racism
How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth
12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice
Christian
Theology
Christianity
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son
Memoir
Race
Essays
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
Seen, Heard, and Paid
The New Work Rules for the Marginalized
Business
Self Help
Productivity
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
History
True Crime
Politics
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
Brown Enough
True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America
Memoir
Race
Anti Racist
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
White Women
Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
Race
Social Justice
Feminism