Race

Haskell Indian Nations University began as the U.S. Indian Industrial Training School. It was one of the first Native…

The Sisters Are Alright exposes anti–black-woman propaganda and shows how real black women are pushing back…

Chris Terry's young adult novel Zero Fade chronicles eight days in the life of inner-city Richmond, Virginia…

With her hands raised on a New Jersey turnpike, Assata Shakur (godmother of Tupac) was shot by state troopers, claiming…

This novel is everything. At its most simplistic, it's a love story set in Nigeria, the US, and the UK. It's so…

In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from…

This collection of essays about what it means to be "cool," particularly in relation to Blackness, packs a…

A wake up call for white Americans to recognize their privilege in society and to address the fact that while America…

Punk rock music has addressed race since the beginning, and racial concerns have always been important in punk…

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold Ii of Belgium seized for himself the vast and…

Shon Meckfessel takes an innovative look at challenges faced by twenty-first century social movements in the US. One of…

This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the…

Music has historically been an important part of the fights for civil rights. In Keep On Pushing, Denise Sullivan tells…

In 1995, twenty-two-year-old Mari had just exited a long-term relationship, moving from Mill Valley to San Jose,…

Decoded is billed as rapper Jay-Z's annotated lyrics. In reality, it's a whip-smart, beautifully written memoir…

This book chronicles the formation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black…

This is the first and only collection of the most vital, representative writings of the Party. It fiercely refuted the…

Police murders of Black people no longer go unnoticed in the public eye and the violence of racism can no…

Angela Davis walks us through the intersectionality of oppression: the concept that various forms of oppression, such as…

Angels with Dirty Faces is no romanticized tale of crime and punishment. The three lives in this creative nonfiction…

There are a lot of serious issues in the world, and let's face it, scrolling through the headlines and memes…

A century ago, Marshall "Major" Taylor was the fastest man in America and a sports hero idolized…

Whew, is there a more loaded topic than hair? Race, gender, class, history, body image, sexuality, religion... it's…

The late 1960s, when the Panthers captured the imagination of the nation’s youth, was a time of regulation. While…

For many people in modern America, it is difficult to understand what it was like to be an African American living under…