I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
By: Austin Channing Brown
4.38
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian,…
Want to Read $ 14.99"I am not a priest for the white soul."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"I am not a priest for the white soul."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"I am not a priest for the white soul."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"Rare is the ministry praying that they would be worthy of the giftedness of Black minds and hearts."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
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1. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
By: Brené Brown
4.13
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we k… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"When we're suffering, may of us are better at causing pain than feeling it. We spread hurt rather than let it inside."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"(Quoting Viola Davis) I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in…"-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
2. Between the World and Me
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.40
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live wi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"Soft or hard, love was an act of heroism."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
3. Born Survivors
By: Wendy Holden
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would n… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
4. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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- race
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5. Africa's Child (Dancing Soul Trilogy Book 1)
By: Maria Nhambu
3.98
Format: 296 pages,
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6. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
By: Asha Bandele , Patrisse Khan-Cullors
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the moveme… read more
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7. The Souls of Black Folk
By: W.E.B. Du Bois , None , None
3.62
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a s… read more
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8. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.54
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Blac… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
- audiobook
9. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
By: David W. Blight
4.15
Format: 888 pages, Hardcover
As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more
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- race
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
10. His Only Wife
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more
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- audiobook
11. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
By: Mikki Kendall
4.37
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
- audiobook
"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
12. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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- memoir
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- anti racist
- audiobook
"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
13. Furia
By: Yamile Saied Méndez
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything … read more
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- audiobook
"Lies have long legs."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"When we played, we were all the same. We were all one."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"I was just a girl with strong legs and a stubborn streak."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"I’ll rescue myself. No one will ever lock me up in a tower."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
14. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
By: Robin DiAngelo
4.17
Format: 7 pages, Audiobook
Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility i… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
- audiobook
"I am often asked if I think the younger generation is less racist. No, I don't. In some ways, racism's adaptations over time are more sinister than concrete rules such as Jim Crow."-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
"For those of us who work to raise the racial consciousness of whites, simply getting whites to acknowledge that our race gives us advantages is a major effort. The defensiveness, denial, and resistan…"-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
"How can I say that if you are white, your opinions on racism are most likely ignorant, when I don't even know you? I can say so because nothing in mainstream US culture gives us the information we ne…"-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
"Habitus maintains our social comfort and helps us regain it when those around us do not act in familiar and acceptable ways. .... Thus, white fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of ra…"-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
15. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
By: Austin Channing Brown
4.38
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian,… read more
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- christian
- biography
- memoir
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- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
- audiobook
"I am not a priest for the white soul."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"Rare is the ministry praying that they would be worthy of the giftedness of Black minds and hearts."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"This is the shadow of hope. Knowing that we may never see the realization of our dreams, and yet still showing up."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"Reconciliation is the pursuit of the impossible - and upside-down world where those who are powerful have relinquished that power to the margins"-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
16. So You Want to Talk About Race
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.49
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from w… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
- audiobook
"Conversations on racism should never be about winning."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"When we say ‘Asian American’ we are talking about so much more than can be fit in a single stereotype."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
17. The Last Story of Mina Lee
By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot,… read more
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"Her mother had once screamed, “How am I going to pay for this? Why don’t you take better care of yourself?"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not at the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrutiny in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all,…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"But if she allowed that story to continue to be told, over and over again - that her mother was a nobody, anonymous, an immigrant who couldn't speak the language, another immigrant who worked a job t…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"She wondered how many women had been trapped - in terrible marriages, terrible jobs, unbearable circumstances - simply because the world hadn't been designed to allow them to thrive on their own. The…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
18. Still Lives
By: Maria Hummel
3.26
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her … read more
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19. Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
By: LaTasha Morrison
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A leading advocate for racial reconciliation offers a clarion call for Christians to move toward re… read more
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- christian
- race
- religion
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
- audiobook
"We can’t bypass the weight of our guilt and shame if we intend to arrive at true reconciliation and justice."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
"Confession of our entanglement in racism and systemic privilege is essential for complete healing and restoration."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
"Reconciliation requires truth telling and empathy and tears. It requires changed perspectives and changing directions (also known as repentance)."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
"Repairing what’s broken is a distinctly biblical concept, which is why as people of faith we should be leading the way into redemption, restoration, and reconciliation."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
20. Everything Inside
By: Edwidge Danticat
3.70
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vivi… read more
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- audiobook
21. Redwood Court
By: DeLana R.A. Dameron
3.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its yo… read more
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