Social Justice
Books in this genre shine a light on society's deepest inequalities and the brave individuals working to address them through protest, policy, and grassroots movements. These powerful works examine systemic barriers around race, class, gender and human rights while offering frameworks for creating meaningful social change and building more equitable communities.
Social Justice Book Summaries
Troublemakers
Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
The Sing Sing Files
One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
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
Biased
Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
Say the Right Thing
How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice
Social Justice
Race
Self Help
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Politics
Sociology
History
Coaching for Equity
Conversations That Change Practice
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
The Art of Coaching
Effective Strategies for School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
Teaching Critical Thinking
Practical Wisdom
Education
Teaching
Feminism
Rest Is Resistance
A Manifesto
Self Help
Social Justice
Mental Health
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Social Justice
Original Sins
The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
History
Education
Race
DEI Deconstructed
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right
Business
Leadership
Social Justice
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Feminism
Essays
Race
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Feminism
Politics
History
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Palaces for the People
How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
Sociology
Politics
Urban Planning
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Feminism
Race
Essays
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Race
History
Anti Racist
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
Demystifying Disability
What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
Disability
Social Justice
Disability Studies
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
History
Race
Book Club
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Politics
Sociology
Urbanism
The Color of Law
A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
History
Race
Politics
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
The Broken Ladder
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
Politics
Psychology
Economics
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
History
Race
Social Justice
Between the World and Me
Memoir
Race
History
Black Magic
What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
Race
Leadership
History
Four Hundred Souls
A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
History
Race
Social Justice
Days in the Lives of Social Workers
58 Professionals Tell Real-Life Stories From Social Work Practice
Social Work
Social Justice
Education
We're Not Broken
Changing the Autism Conversation
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Disability
Psychology
Consumed
On Colonialism, Climate Change, Consumerism, and the Need for Collective Change
Environment
Social Justice
Politics
Feminism for the 99%
A Manifesto
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Race
History
Politics
Free the Children
A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World
Biography Memoir
Childrens
Social Justice
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Politics
Economics
Business
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
Essays
Race
Short Stories
Read This to Get Smarter
About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More
Social Justice
Feminism
Race
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
A Love Letter to Women of Color
Feminism
Memoir
Race
