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• Reading While Black

  African American Biblical Interpretation as An Exercise in Hope

  McCaulley, Esau

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  Reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition can help us connect with a rich faith history and address the urgent issues of our times. Demonstrating an ongoing conversation between the collective Black experience and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Motherhood So White

  a Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America

  Austin, Nefertiti

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  In America, Mother = White. That's what Nefertiti, a single African American woman, discovered when she decided she wanted to adopt a Black baby boy out of the foster care system. Eager to finally join the motherhood ranks, Nefertiti was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Our Shoes

  on Being a Young Black Woman in Not-so "post-racial" America

  Holt, Brianna, 1995-

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  In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not So "Post-Racial" America is a memoir in essays about young Black women and the stereotypes and preconceived notions they are expected to live up to, examined through the lens of Brianna…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl Gurl Grrrl

  on Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic

  Hunt, Kenya,

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  From the Deputy Editor of Elle UK, a provocative and humorous collection of essays on what it means to be black, a woman, a mother and a global citizen in today's ever-changing world.

• Dear Black Girl

  Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power

  Winfrey Harris, Tamara,

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  From the bestselling author of The Sisters Are Alright comes a book of personal letters written by black women to black girls to nurture healthy womanhood and sisterhood, covering topics like identity, self-love, parents, violence, grief,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

  Acho, Emmanuel

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  In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask--yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Didn't We Riot?

  A Black Man in Trumpland

  Bailey, Issac J.,

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  An award-winning journalist deals forthrightly with what it means to be black in Trump Country. In A Black Man in Trumpland, South Carolina-based journalist Issac J. Bailey reflects on a wide range of topics that have been increasingly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between the World and Me

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi

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  For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him--most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Peculiar Indifference

  the Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

  Currie, Elliott,

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  In the United States today, a young black man has a sixteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined. Even black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Presidency

  Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

  Dyson, Michael Eric

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  Michael Eric Dyson delivers a provocative exploration of the politics of race and the Obama presidency. Barack Obama's presidency unfolded against the national traumas of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Time Coming

  Reckoning With Race in America

  Dyson, Michael Eric

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  A passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption. The night of May 25, 2020 changed America. George Floyd, a 43-year-old Black man, was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis when a white cop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tell Me Who You Are

  Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, and Identity

  Guo, Winona,

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  Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep

  Hope--and Hard Pills to Swallow--about Fighting for Black Lives

  Henry, Andre (Musician),

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  A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with white people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism-and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the history of nonviolent struggle.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me and Has Failed

  Notes From Periracial America

  McLarin, Kim

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  With accumulated wisdom and sharp-eyed clarity, Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed addresses the joys and hardships of being an older Black woman in contemporary, "periracial" America. Award-winning author Kim McLarin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Busted in New York and Other Essays

  Pinckney, Darryl, 1953-

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  In these twenty-five essays, Darryl Pinckney has given us a view of our recent racial history that blends the social and the personal and wonders how we arrived at our current moment. Pinckney reminds us that "white supremacy isn't back;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grieving While Black

  An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow

  Wade, Breeshia, 1991-

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  A groundbreaking exploration of grief and racial trauma through the eyes of a Black end-of-life caregiver. Grieving While Back: An Anti-Racist Take on Oppression and Sorrow approaches grief as something that is bigger than what's already…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something in the Water

  a 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey

  Waters, Michael W.

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  Take an epic journey through America's racist past - and present - with award-winning author, pastor, and civil rights leader Michael W. Waters, From the riverbank where Emmett Till's body was recovered and the Lorraine Motel where Martin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Requiem for the Massacre

  a Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  Young, R. J. (Writer)

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  With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the racial tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American history.

• Breathe

  a Letter to My Sons

  Perry, Imani, 1972-

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  Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Can't Breathe

  on Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival

  Asim, Jabari, 1962-

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  Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison [calls] the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight ... essays, he explores such topics as…Read moreRead more of this annotation