Books of Knowledge
Shomari Wills
By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history. " />
By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history. " />
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
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By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.
Who Lynched Willie Earle? Preaching to Confront Racism
By Will Willimon
By hearing black pain, naming white complicity, critiquing American exceptionalism/civil religion, inviting/challenging the church, and attending to African American pastors, this book helps pastors of white, mainline Protestant churches
So You Want to Talk About Race
By Ijeoma Oluo
In “So You Want to Talk About Race”, editor at large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the “N” word.
‘Post-Racial or Most-Racial?’ Racial Attitudes and Their Effects on Modern American Politics
By Michael Tesler
Michael Tesler shows how, in the years that followed the 2008 election—a presidential election more polarized by racial attitudes than any other in modern times—racial considerations have come increasingly to influence many aspects of political decision making.
The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
By Ken Wytsma
Yet if one were to ask a majority of white Americans, especially within the Church, about white privilege, most will get defensive and unwilling to even confront the reality of the issue.
New Bestseller, “Mind Set Go,” Reveals the Simple Principles to Living a Renewed Life
Author, Business Coach, and Motivational Speaker, Derrick D. Reed has now released his new book titled Mind
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‘Race to Judgment’ Dedicated to Memory of Brooklyn’s First Black District Attorney
By Frederic Block – Block’s book draws from his more than two decades on the federal bench and tackles such cases as the 1991 Crown Heights riot.
Read More“When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir”
By Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele’s
A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America―and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.
Sing, Unburied, Sing – An Intimate Portrait of a Family and an Epic Tale of Hope
Jesmyn Ward – Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi’s past and present, examining the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power of family bonds.
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of the Associated Negro Press
By Professor Gerald Horne – For nearly fifty years, the Chicago-based Associated Negro Press (ANP) fought racism at home and grew into an international news organization abroad. At its head stood founder Claude Barnett …
Read MoreJohn Hope Bryant – The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation
By John Hope Bryant – Rising up from economically disadvantaged circumstances, Bryant teaches readers five rules that lay the foundation for achieving financial freedom.
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The Wilmington Ten: Violence, Injustice, and the Rise of Black Politics in the 1970s
By Kenneth Janken – In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes.
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