Race
Books in this genre confront the complex realities of racial identity, justice, and power in society through personal stories, scholarly analysis, and cultural commentary. These vital works examine systemic racism, civil rights, mass incarceration, education reform, and the lived experiences of people of color across different times and places.
Race Book Summaries
Immersive
Accountable
The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Race
Social Justice
Education
Immersive
The Camp of the Saints
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
Immersive
Keeper of Lost Children
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
James
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
Memoir
Book Club
Social Justice
The Nickel Boys
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Hate U Give
Young Adult
Contemporary
Book Club
Black Skin, White Masks
Philosophy
Race
Politics
Street Data
A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Politics
Race
The Making of Asian America
A History
History
Race
Asian American
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Politics
Race
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Indigenous
Politics
History
American Like Me
Reflections on Life Between Cultures
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Dear Martin
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
Design
Social Justice
Technology
Is Everyone Really Equal?
An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education
Education
Social Justice
Race
My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Women, Race, & Class
Feminism
Politics
History
Native Son
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Underground Railroad
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Message to the Blackman in America
History
Religion
Islam
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Invisible Man
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Politics
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality
Indigenous
History
Canada
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race
Technology
Politics
Angel of Greenwood
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Reading with Patrick
A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
Memoir
Education
Book Club
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
Feminism
Race
Gender
Multicultural Citizenship
A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
History
Memoir
Race
Where We Stand
Class Matters
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
History
Race
Social Justice
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Indigenous
Politics
History
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
Biased
Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Classics
African American
Race
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Politics
Original Sins
The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
History
Education
Race
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
