Books of Knowledge
Book Feature: False Black Power?
Author Jason L. Riley
Black civil rights leaders have long supported ethnic identity politics and prioritized the integration of political institutions, and seldom has that strategy been questioned.
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
Author Alice Goffman
Alice Goffman spent six years in one Philadelphia neighborhood, documenting the routine stops, searches, raids, and beatings that young men navigate as they come of age.
Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination
Author Herb Boyd
The author of Baldwin’s Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual life of Detroit—a blend of memoir, love letter, history, and clear-eyed reportage …
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Author Ari Berman
There have been countless books written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 …
Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
Authors Susan Burton & Cari Lynn
Forward by Michelle Alexander
One woman’s remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery—and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Author Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status
Book Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
Author David Grann
“Disturbing and riveting…Grann has proved himself a master of spinning delicious, many-layered mysteries that
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Author Ibram X. Kendi
Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism….
Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
Author Condoleezza Rice
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the former secretary of state and bestselling author — a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.
