Better books I've found giving solid historical context (mostly by historians, or journalists) to aspects of injustice, inequality, and social movements' response.
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Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
5 stars
The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some …
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Black reconstruction in America by W. E. B. Du Bois (Meridian books)
5 stars
The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual …
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America On Fire by Elizabeth Kai Hinton, Elizabeth Hinton
4 stars
What began in spring 2020 as local protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police quickly …
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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime by Elizabeth Kai Hinton
4 stars
"In the United States today, one in every 31 adults is under some form of penal control, including one in …
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They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
4 stars
Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery …
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The Bone and Sinew of the Land by Anna-Lisa Cox
3 stars
"The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early settlers who …
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A history of violence by Oscar Martínez
4 stars
"Heartbreaking immersion into the lives of people enduring extreme violence in Central America El Salvador and Honduras have had the …
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The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
4 stars
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America is a 2017 book by Richard Rothstein …
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Black against Empire by Joshua Bloom
5 stars
This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new …
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4 stars
In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the …
