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“Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, it never occurred to Uché Blackstock and her twin sister, Oni, that they would be anything but physicians. In the 1980s, their mother headed an…
“Award-winning journalist Mike Hixenbaugh delivers the immersive and eye-opening story of Southlake, Texas, a district that seemed to offer everything parents would want for their…
“This timely, comprehensive study examines how racism manifests online and highlights the antiracist tactics rising to oppose it. From cell phone footage of police killing unarmed…
“At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan…
“Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any…
“Spanning from the debut of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway in 1959 to her early death from cancer in January 1965, Lorraine Hansberry’s short stint in the public eye changed the…
“In this wide-ranging collection of thought-provoking interviews -- including her first and last -- Toni Morrison (whom President Barrack Obama called a ‘national treasure’)…
“What would happen if people started moving beyond the conversation and took action to combat racism? We are in an era where many Americans express the sentiment, ‘I thought we…
“Jenna Arnold, director of strategic engagement for the historic 2017 Women’s March, helps American white women (one of the most powerful demographics in the world--but too often…
“‘You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.’ So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has…