Anti-Racist Books

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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017
March: Book One By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image

March: Book One (Paperback)

By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781603093002
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 13th, 2013
So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo Cover Image

So You Want to Talk About Race (Paperback)

By Ijeoma Oluo
$16.99
ISBN: 9781580058827
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Published: Seal Press - September 24th, 2019
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption By Bryan Stevenson Cover Image

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Paperback)

By Bryan Stevenson
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812984965
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Published: One World - August 18th, 2015
How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
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Published: One World - August 13th, 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism By Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by) Cover Image

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Paperback)

By Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807047415
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Published: Beacon Press - June 26th, 2018
Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image

Between the World and Me (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: One World - July 14th, 2015
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race By Reni Eddo-Lodge Cover Image

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Paperback)

By Reni Eddo-Lodge
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635572957
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - March 5th, 2019
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir By Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele Cover Image

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Paperback)

By Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250306906
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - January 14th, 2020
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations By Mira Jacob Cover Image

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations (Paperback)

By Mira Jacob
$20.00
ISBN: 9780399589065
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Published: One World - March 24th, 2020
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (Paperback)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$18.00
ISBN: 9780399590573
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Published: One World - October 30th, 2018
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein Cover Image

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Paperback)

By Richard Rothstein
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631494536
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Published: Liveright - May 1st, 2018
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race By Beverly Daniel Tatum Cover Image

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (Paperback)

By Beverly Daniel Tatum
$18.99
ISBN: 9780465060689
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Published: Basic Books - September 5th, 2017
The Blood of Emmett Till By Timothy B. Tyson Cover Image

The Blood of Emmett Till (Paperback)

By Timothy B. Tyson
$18.00
ISBN: 9781476714851
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Published: Simon & Schuster - December 5th, 2017
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland By Jonathan M. Metzl Cover Image

Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland (Paperback)

By Jonathan M. Metzl
$19.99
ISBN: 9781541644977
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Published: Basic Books - May 12th, 2020
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America By Jennifer Harvey, Tim Wise (Foreword by) Cover Image

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America (Paperback)

By Jennifer Harvey, Tim Wise (Foreword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781501878077
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Published: Abingdon Press - February 5th, 2019
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness By Austin Channing Brown Cover Image

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)

By Austin Channing Brown
$25.00
ISBN: 9781524760854
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Published: Convergent Books - May 15th, 2018
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race By Jesmyn Ward Cover Image

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (Paperback)

By Jesmyn Ward
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501126352
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Published: Scribner - June 20th, 2017
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do By Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD Cover Image

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Paperback)

By Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735224957
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Published: Penguin Books - March 3rd, 2020
Heavy: An American Memoir By Kiese Laymon Cover Image

Heavy: An American Memoir (Paperback)

By Kiese Laymon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501125669
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Published: Scribner - March 5th, 2019
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons By Imani Perry Cover Image

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Hardcover)

By Imani Perry
$19.95
ISBN: 9780807076552
Availability: Backordered
Published: Beacon Press - September 17th, 2019
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Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine By Emily Bernard Cover Image

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine (Paperback)

By Emily Bernard
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101972410
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Published: Vintage - December 3rd, 2019
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #3) By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Cover Image

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #3) (Paperback)

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807057834
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Published: Beacon Press - August 11th, 2015
Women, Race & Class By Angela Y. Davis Cover Image

Women, Race & Class (Paperback)

By Angela Y. Davis
$16.95
ISBN: 9780394713519
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Published: Vintage - February 12th, 1983
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) Cover Image

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Paperback)

By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812980028
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 21st, 2009
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot By Mikki Kendall Cover Image

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Paperback)

By Mikki Kendall
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525560562
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Published: Penguin Books - February 23rd, 2021
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Michelle Alexander Cover Image

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Paperback)

By Michelle Alexander
$18.99
ISBN: 9781620971932
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Published: New Press - January 7th, 2020
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League By Jeff Hobbs Cover Image

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League (Paperback)

By Jeff Hobbs
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476731919
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Published: Scribner - July 28th, 2015
The Autobiography of Malcolm X By MALCOLM X, Alex Haley (With) Cover Image

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Paperback)

By MALCOLM X, Alex Haley (With)
$19.00
ISBN: 9780345376718
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Published: Ballantine Books - January 15th, 1992
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) By James Baldwin Cover Image

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By James Baldwin
$14.00
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992
White Privilege Pop Quiz: Reflecting on Whiteness By Molly Secours Cover Image

White Privilege Pop Quiz: Reflecting on Whiteness (Paperback)

By Molly Secours
$15.99
ISBN: 9798672023298
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Published: Independently Published - October 17th, 2020
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Cover Image

Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul (Paperback)

By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
$17.00
ISBN: 9780804137430
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Published: Crown - January 10th, 2017
Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights By Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, Tayari Jones (Foreword by) Cover Image

Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights (Paperback)

By Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, Tayari Jones (Foreword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616209551
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Published: Algonquin Books - November 5th, 2019
Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation By Latasha Morrison, Daniel Hill (Foreword by), Jennie Allen (Afterword by) Cover Image

Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation (Paperback)

By Latasha Morrison, Daniel Hill (Foreword by), Jennie Allen (Afterword by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525652885
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Published: WaterBrook - October 15th, 2019
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom By David W. Blight Cover Image

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Paperback)

By David W. Blight
$22.00
ISBN: 9781416590323
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Published: Simon & Schuster - January 7th, 2020
The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Toni Morrison
$16.00
ISBN: 9780307278449
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Published: Vintage - May 8th, 2007
Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation By Steve Luxenberg Cover Image

Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation (Paperback)

By Steve Luxenberg
$19.95
ISBN: 9780393357691
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 4th, 2020
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Cover Image

Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow (Paperback)

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
$20.00
ISBN: 9780525559559
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Published: Penguin Books - April 7th, 2020
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (Paperback)

By Margot Lee Shetterly
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062677280
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 5th, 2017
The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner) By Sarah M. Broom Cover Image

The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner) (Paperback)

By Sarah M. Broom
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802149039
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Published: Grove Press - June 30th, 2020
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning By Cathy Park Hong Cover Image

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Paperback)

By Cathy Park Hong
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984820389
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Published: One World - March 2nd, 2021
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power By Deirdre Mask Cover Image

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power (Paperback)

By Deirdre Mask
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250134790
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - January 26th, 2021
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt By Jill Watts Cover Image

The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt (Paperback)

By Jill Watts
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802148667
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Published: Grove Press - February 16th, 2021