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
James
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Nickel Boys
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Just Mercy
Memoir
Book Club
Social Justice
Accountable
The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Race
Social Justice
Education
The Hate U Give
Young Adult
Contemporary
Book Club
Street Data
A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
The Making of Asian America
A History
History
Race
Politics
Black Skin, White Masks
Philosophy
Race
Politics
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Politics
Race
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Indigenous
Politics
History
Homegoing
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
American Like Me
Reflections on Life Between Cultures
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Dear Martin
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Camp of the Saints
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Biography
History
Memoir
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
Native Son
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Education
Teaching
School
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
Women, Race & Class
Feminism
Politics
History
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
Teaching
Feminism
Social Justice
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
The Underground Railroad
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Message to the Blackman in America
Religion
Race
Islam
Invisible Man
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Indigenous
History
Canada
Ten Myths About Israel
History
Politics
Israel
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Americanah
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Politics
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 a Life-Changing Friendship
Memoir
Education
Book Club
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
History
Memoir
Race
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
Feminism
Race
Gender
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
History
Race
Social Justice
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Where We Stand
Class Matters
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
Say the Right Thing
How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice
Social Justice
Race
Self Help
Biased
Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
Jesus and the Disinherited
Theology
Religion
Christian
