The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
By: Peniel E. Joseph
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked…
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1. Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
By: Rebecca Solnit
3.99
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a wor… read more
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"We are winning,"-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"The moon is profound except when we land on it."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
"Waiting until everything looks feasible is too long to wait."-Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
2. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A sweeping collection of new and selected essays on the Obama era by the National Book Award-winnin… read more
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3. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
4. Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
By: Bernie Sanders
3.94
Format: None pages,
Throughout the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders galvanized voters with his progressive platfor… read more
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5. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
6. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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7. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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8. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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10. Great Expectations
By: Vinson Cunningham
3.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in the highly a… read more
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"For him, identity had been a kind of curation or collation—he picked up aspects as he went, freestyle."-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations
"It had always struck me as a place to be lost, experienced passage by passage in a series of unfolding images—not something you could take in in one possessive glance."-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations
11. Above Ground
By: Clint Smith
4.56
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more
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12. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
By: Linda Villarosa
4.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • "A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and di… read more
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13. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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14. By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners
By: Margaret A. Burnham
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, … read more
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15. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
By: Wesley Lowery
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Ant… read more
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16. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
By: Dahlia Lithwick
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Editor and one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the… read more
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"Being told you are believed without consequences being levied is neither justice nor power. And that is the real problem when women's pain is substituted for actual justice. Pain seems to have a sell…"-Dahlia Lithwick, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
17. Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
By: Adam Jentleson
4.26
Format: 352 pages, ebook
Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears… read more
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18. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
19. Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times
By: Otis Moss III
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A “deeply spiritual and socially radical” (Dr. Obery Hendricks, PhD) guide to uplift our spirits as… read more
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20. The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of an Extraordinary Life
By: David F. Walker
4.47
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed… read more
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"Not all who read learn. Not all who learn understand. Not all who understand care."-David F. Walker, The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of an Extraordinary Life
21. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
By: Ava Chin
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping narrative history of the Chinese Exclusion Act through an intimate portrayal of one fami… read more
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"I am trying to keep it all together -- not lashing out in anger, not bursting into tears, because what is anger, but pain masquerading as bravado?"-Ava Chin, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
22. Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
By: Mark K. Updegrove
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential histo… read more
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23. The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy
By: James Risen
4.13
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Witnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It w… read more
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24. The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power
By: Courtney B. Vance
4.43
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"A thoughtful, wise, empathetic book that has the capacity to save lives. " ( Kirkus) A moving com… read more
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25. Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity
By: Donald Yacovone
4.09
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A powerful exploration of the past and present arc of America’s white supremacy—from the country’s … read more
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26. Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
By: Thomas E. Ricks
4.44
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on… read more
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27. What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
By: Mona Hanna-Attisha
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents… read more
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28. The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now
By: Bakari Sellers
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landsca… read more
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29. The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future
By: Robert P. Jones
4.55
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Taking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities… read more
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30. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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31. The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
By: Peniel E. Joseph
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked… read more
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