Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence re…
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1. Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
By: Mamadou Kouyaté , Djibril Tamsir Niane
3.63
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
This epic - part history, part legend - is a great adventure story. Other tellings can be found und… read more
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- history
"The lion has walked."-Mamadou Kouyaté, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
"He was great among kings, he was peerless among men."-Mamadou Kouyaté, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
"How few things good fortune prizes!' Yes, the day you are fortunate is also the day when you are the most unfortunate, for in good fortune you cannot imagine what suffering is."-Mamadou Kouyaté, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
"We are vessels of speech, we are the repositories which harbour secrets many centuries old. The art of eloquence has no secrets for us; without us the names of kings would vanish into oblivion, we ar…"-Mamadou Kouyaté, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
2. The Mis-Education of the Negro
By: Carter G. Woodson , H. Khalif Khalifah
4.48
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
The Mis-Education of the Negro is one of the most important books on education ever written. Carter… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
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- social justice
"History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never …"-Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro
"Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desi…"-Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro
"If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man f…"-Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro
3. My Life, My Love, My Legacy
By: Coretta Scott King
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for… read more
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- race
- history
- biography
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- social justice
"There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change."-Coretta Scott King, My Life, My Love, My Legacy
4. Second Treatise of Government
By: John Locke , Crawford Brough Macpherson , C.B. MacPherson
3.87
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
The Second Treatiseis one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the mos… read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
5. Arrow of God (The African Trilogy #3)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Set in the Igbo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conf… read more
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6. Nobody Knows My Name
By: James Baldwin
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply… read more
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- nonfiction
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7. Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
By: bell hooks
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, feminist intellectual be… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
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- memoir
8. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence re… read more
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9. The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
By: Molly Crabapple , Matt Taibbi
4.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "THE WASHINGTON POST "AND N… read more
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10. No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil servi… read more
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11. 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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12. The Beast from the East (Goosebumps, #43)
By: R.L. Stine
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Mass Market Paperback
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look,… read more
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13. Jesus and the Disinherited
By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more
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14. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
By: Anthea Butler
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more
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- race
- history
- nonfiction
15. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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16. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
By: Jon Meacham
4.26
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politi… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"The opposite of fear is hope, defined as the expectation of good fortune not only for ourselves but for a group to which we belong. Fear feeds anxiety and produces anger; hope, particularly in a poli…"-Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
17. Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple
By: Scot McKnight
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
See how the Book of Revelation can be read as a book of discipleship , challenging Christ-followers… read more
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18. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
19. 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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20. The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
By: Warren Farrell
3.91
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
What is the boy crisis?It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy
By: Joel Bakan
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A brilliant follow up to the internationally bestselling The Corporation, with a new look inside th… read more
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