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
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
A Love Letter to Women of Color
Feminism
Latinx
Memoir
You Are Your Best Thing
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Race
Essays
Social Justice
When Helping Hurts
How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
Christian
Christianity
Theology
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Politics
Race
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
History
Politics
Social Justice
Nice Racism
How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
Race
Social Justice
Politics
Who Do We Choose To Be?
Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity
Leadership
Education
Personal Development
Trauma Stewardship
An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
Psychology
Social Work
Mental Health
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
Undoing Border Imperialism
Politics
Race
Activism
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
So You Want to Talk About Race
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
Economics
Politics
Society
White Tears/Brown Scars
How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Politics
Feminism
Race
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Social Justice
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Race
Politics
Feminism
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
Psychology
Mental Health
Politics
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
Why We Can't Wait
History
Politics
Race
Freedom Farmers
Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
History
Food
Race
Pedagogy of Freedom
Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Against White Feminism
Notes on Disruption
Feminism
Race
Politics
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
History
Politics
Immigration
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms
Education
Teaching
Academia
Trust Kids!
Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
Parenting
Politics
Essays
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Race
Politics
History
Revolutionary Power
An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
Environment
Climate Change
Social Justice
Ain't No Makin' It
Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
Sociology
Education
School
Our Time Is Now
Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Lightmaker's Manifesto
How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy
Self Help
Social Justice
Activism
No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Politics
History
Economics
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Blind Injustice
A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions
True Crime
Law
Crime
Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy
An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity
Economics
Politics
Business
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Education
African American
Social Justice
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Methodology of the Oppressed
Feminism
Theory
Philosophy
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Politics
Self Help
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Yes Means Yes!
Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Feminism
Gender Studies
Sexuality
White Feminism
From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
Feminism
History
Race
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
Economics
Business
Sociology
Notes on Resistance
Politics
History
Theory
Blessed Unrest
How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
Environment
Sustainability
Activism
