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
White Flight
Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
History
Politics
Race
White Too Long
The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
Religion
History
Race
Racial Innocence
Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality
Race
Social Justice
Latinx
Stony the Road
Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
History
Race
Politics
Categorically Unequal
The American Stratification System
Sociology
Politics
Economics
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
History
Race
American History
Stamped from the Beginning
The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
History
Race
Social Justice
A Different Mirror
A History of Multicultural America
History
Race
American History
Justice on the Brink
The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
Politics
History
Law
White Supremacy
A Comparative Study of American and South African History
History
Race
American History
The Ground Breaking
An American City and Its Search for Justice
History
Race
Social Justice
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Politics
Political Science
History
Race and Manifest Destiny
Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism
History
Race
American History
How to Change the World
Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
Business
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
History
Politics
Race
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
History
Race
Sociology
A Brief History of Equality
Economics
History
Politics
Feminist Theory
From Margin to Center
Feminism
Philosophy
Theory
Uneasy Alliances
Race and Party Competition in America
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
American Poison
How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise
Race
Politics
History
Earth Democracy
Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
Environment
Politics
Sustainability
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine
History
Politics
Middle East
The Good Society
Sociology
Philosophy
Society
A True History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
History
Race
Theology
