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My Grandmother's Hands

by Menakem, Resmaa

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My Grandmother's Hands, the adult non-fiction selection for 2023's Read Brave, is a ground-breaking work that both explores and then guides readers through the somatic connection between racism-related trauma and the body. (We have copies available in print and e-books and e-audiobooks.) If you're interested in exploring related topics, this list includes resources about trauma, anti-racism work, intersectionality, and the history of race and racism in the U.S. It closes with titles on Black healing and Black joy as forms of resistance and resilience. These topics overlap in various titles, including in a few memoirs. (J.B.)

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The Body Keeps the Score

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Van der Kolk, Bessel A.

Book - 2014

“Psychological trauma can befall anyone, not just soldiers, refugees, or victims of rape. . . . This important and helpful book makes sense of suffering and offers opportunity for healing.” (Booklist) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook. “Psychological trauma can befall anyone, not just soldiers, refugees, or victims of rape. . . . This important and helpful book makes sense of suffering and offers opportunity for healing.” (Booklist) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

“Psychological trauma can befall anyone, not just soldiers, refugees, or victims of rape. . . . This important and helpful book makes sense of suffering and offers opportunity for healing.” (Booklist) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook. “Psychological trauma can befall anyone, not just soldiers, refugees, or victims of rape. . . . This important and helpful book makes sense of suffering and offers opportunity for healing.” (Booklist) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

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The Inheritors

The Inheritors

Moving Forward From Generational Trauma

by Baack, Gita Arian

Book - 2017

Our family legacies, both positive and negative, are passed down from one generation to the next in ways that are not fully understood. This secondary for...Show more Our family legacies, both positive and negative, are passed down from one generation to the next in ways that are not fully understood. This secondary form of trauma, which Dr. Gita Baack calls "Inherited Trauma," has not received adequate attention--a failing that perpetuates cycles of pain, hatred, and sometimes violence. . . . (R)eaders are given the opportunity to reflect on the inherited burdens they carry, as well as the resilience that has given them the power to not only survive but thrive. (From the publisher.) Show less

Our family legacies, both positive and negative, are passed down from one generation to the next in ways that are not fully understood. This secondary for...Show more Our family legacies, both positive and negative, are passed down from one generation to the next in ways that are not fully understood. This secondary form of trauma, which Dr. Gita Baack calls "Inherited Trauma," has not received adequate attention--a failing that perpetuates cycles of pain, hatred, and sometimes violence. . . . (R)eaders are given the opportunity to reflect on the inherited burdens they carry, as well as the resilience that has given them the power to not only survive but thrive. (From the publisher.) Show less

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It Didn't Start With You

It Didn't Start With You

How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

by Wolynn, Mark

Book - 2016

"Argues that the roots of such mental disorders as depression and phobias may lie within inherited traumatic experiences, offering a pragmatic guide ...Show more "Argues that the roots of such mental disorders as depression and phobias may lie within inherited traumatic experiences, offering a pragmatic guide to uncovering fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms." (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

"Argues that the roots of such mental disorders as depression and phobias may lie within inherited traumatic experiences, offering a pragmatic guide ...Show more "Argues that the roots of such mental disorders as depression and phobias may lie within inherited traumatic experiences, offering a pragmatic guide to uncovering fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms." (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing

by Leary, Joy DeGruy

Book - 2017

What do repeated traumas, endured generation after generation by a people produce? What impact have these ordeals had on African Americans today? . . . P...Show more What do repeated traumas, endured generation after generation by a people produce? What impact have these ordeals had on African Americans today? . . . Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome helps to lay the necessary foundation to ensure the well-being and sustained health of future generations and provides a rare glimpse into the evolution of society's beliefs, feelings, attitudes and behavior concerning race in America. (From the publisher.) Show less

What do repeated traumas, endured generation after generation by a people produce? What impact have these ordeals had on African Americans today? . . . P...Show more What do repeated traumas, endured generation after generation by a people produce? What impact have these ordeals had on African Americans today? . . . Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome helps to lay the necessary foundation to ensure the well-being and sustained health of future generations and provides a rare glimpse into the evolution of society's beliefs, feelings, attitudes and behavior concerning race in America. (From the publisher.) Show less

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Black Fatigue

Black Fatigue

How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

by Winters, Mary-Frances

Book - 2020

Presents information about the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of African Americans and explains why ...Show more Presents information about the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of African Americans and explains why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

Presents information about the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of African Americans and explains why ...Show more Presents information about the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of African Americans and explains why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

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The Body Is Not An Apology

The Body Is Not An Apology

The Power of Radical Self-love

by Taylor, Sonya Renee

Book - 2018

"The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and p...Show more "The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength. As we awaken to our own indoctrinated body shame, we feel inspired to awaken others and to interrupt the systems that perpetuate body shame and oppression against all bodies. When we act from this truth on a global scale, we usher in the transformative opportunity of radical self-love, which is the opportunity for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world--for us all." (NoveList) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

"The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and p...Show more "The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength. As we awaken to our own indoctrinated body shame, we feel inspired to awaken others and to interrupt the systems that perpetuate body shame and oppression against all bodies. When we act from this truth on a global scale, we usher in the transformative opportunity of radical self-love, which is the opportunity for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world--for us all." (NoveList) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

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How the Word Is Passed

How the Word Is Passed

A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

by Smith, Clint

Book - 2021

"Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest a...Show more "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view, ensuring the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted." (NoveList) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook, an audiobook, and in large print. Show less

"Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest a...Show more "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view, ensuring the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted." (NoveList) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook, an audiobook, and in large print. Show less

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Stamped From the Beginning

Stamped From the Beginning

The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Kendi, Ibram X.

Book - 2016

"A comprehensive history of anti-black racism focuses on the lives of five major players in American history, including Cotton Mather and Thomas Jeff...Show more "A comprehensive history of anti-black racism focuses on the lives of five major players in American history, including Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson, and highlights the debates that took place between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists." (NoveList) Available as an e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

"A comprehensive history of anti-black racism focuses on the lives of five major players in American history, including Cotton Mather and Thomas Jeff...Show more "A comprehensive history of anti-black racism focuses on the lives of five major players in American history, including Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson, and highlights the debates that took place between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists." (NoveList) Available as an e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

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The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

Book - 2021

"The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of...Show more "The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's very origin. The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country." (NoveList) Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, and large print formats. Show less

"The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of...Show more "The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's very origin. The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country." (NoveList) Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, and large print formats. Show less

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How to Be An Antiracist

How to Be An Antiracist

by Kendi, Ibram X.

Book - 2019

"From the National Book Award–winning author comes a bracingly original approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—...Show more "From the National Book Award–winning author comes a bracingly original approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves. Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America—but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other." (NoveList) Also available in large print and e-book editions. Show less

"From the National Book Award–winning author comes a bracingly original approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—...Show more "From the National Book Award–winning author comes a bracingly original approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves. Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America—but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other." (NoveList) Also available in large print and e-book editions. Show less

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Me and White Supremacy

Me and White Supremacy

Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become A Good Ancestor

by Saad, Layla F

Book - 2020

When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people t...Show more When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book, e-audiobook, and audiobook. Show less

When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people t...Show more When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book, e-audiobook, and audiobook. Show less

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The Racial Healing Handbook

The Racial Healing Handbook

Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism & Engage in Collective Healing

by Singh, Anneliese A.

Book - 2019

The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and...Show more The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and privileges, and handle feelings of stress and shame. You’ll also learn to develop a profound racial consciousness and conscientiousness, and heal from grief and trauma. Most importantly, you’ll discover the building blocks to creating a community of healing in a world still filled with racial microaggressions and discrimination. (From the publisher.) Show less

The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and...Show more The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and privileges, and handle feelings of stress and shame. You’ll also learn to develop a profound racial consciousness and conscientiousness, and heal from grief and trauma. Most importantly, you’ll discover the building blocks to creating a community of healing in a world still filled with racial microaggressions and discrimination. (From the publisher.) Show less

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Stony the Road

Stony the Road

Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

by Gates, Henry Louis

Book - 2019

Historian Gates has long been fascinated with the idea of the "New Negro," and how African Americans fought back against white supremacy during ...Show more Historian Gates has long been fascinated with the idea of the "New Negro," and how African Americans fought back against white supremacy during the Redemption and Jim Crow periods. In this work . . . , the author asserts that this era is fundamental to understanding the current period of racist backlash following Barack Obama's presidency. Borrowing heavily from historians such as Eric Foner and David W. Blight, Gates covers the basics of Reconstruction, the pseudoscience of racism in the field of anthropology, lynching and racial violence across America, and widespread commercial use of stereotypes such as Sambo and Aunt Jemima, and how African Americans continually strived to disprove this onslaught of bigotry through education, literature, art, music, and political organizing. (Library Journal) Also available as an e-book. Show less

Historian Gates has long been fascinated with the idea of the "New Negro," and how African Americans fought back against white supremacy during ...Show more Historian Gates has long been fascinated with the idea of the "New Negro," and how African Americans fought back against white supremacy during the Redemption and Jim Crow periods. In this work . . . , the author asserts that this era is fundamental to understanding the current period of racist backlash following Barack Obama's presidency. Borrowing heavily from historians such as Eric Foner and David W. Blight, Gates covers the basics of Reconstruction, the pseudoscience of racism in the field of anthropology, lynching and racial violence across America, and widespread commercial use of stereotypes such as Sambo and Aunt Jemima, and how African Americans continually strived to disprove this onslaught of bigotry through education, literature, art, music, and political organizing. (Library Journal) Also available as an e-book. Show less

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Caste

Caste

The Origins of Our Discontents

by Wilkerson, Isabel

Book - 2020

"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a ...Show more "The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, impact everyday American lives." (NoveList) Also available as an audiobook and e-audiobook. Show less

"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a ...Show more "The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, impact everyday American lives." (NoveList) Also available as an audiobook and e-audiobook. Show less

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The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Alexander, Michelle

Book - 2010

(L)egal scholar Alexander argues vigorously and persuasively that “[w]e have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” Jim Crow an...Show more (L)egal scholar Alexander argues vigorously and persuasively that “[w]e have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” Jim Crow and legal racial segregation has been replaced by mass incarceration as “a system of social control” (“More African Americans are under correctional control today... than were enslaved in 1850”). Alexander reviews American racial history from the colonies to the Clinton administration, delineating its transformation into the “war on drugs.” She offers an acute analysis of the effect of this mass incarceration upon former inmates “who will be discriminated against, legally, for the rest of their lives, denied employment, housing, education, and public benefits.” (Publishers Weekly) Also available as an e-book and pre-loaded audiobook. Show less

(L)egal scholar Alexander argues vigorously and persuasively that “[w]e have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” Jim Crow an...Show more (L)egal scholar Alexander argues vigorously and persuasively that “[w]e have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” Jim Crow and legal racial segregation has been replaced by mass incarceration as “a system of social control” (“More African Americans are under correctional control today... than were enslaved in 1850”). Alexander reviews American racial history from the colonies to the Clinton administration, delineating its transformation into the “war on drugs.” She offers an acute analysis of the effect of this mass incarceration upon former inmates “who will be discriminated against, legally, for the rest of their lives, denied employment, housing, education, and public benefits.” (Publishers Weekly) Also available as an e-book and pre-loaded audiobook. Show less

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The Color of Law

The Color of Law

A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Rothstein, Richard

Book - 2017

Richard Rothstein has painstakingly documented how American cities, from San Francisco to Boston, became so racially divided. Rothstein describes how fede...Show more Richard Rothstein has painstakingly documented how American cities, from San Francisco to Boston, became so racially divided. Rothstein describes how federal, state, and local governments systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning, public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities, subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs, tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation, and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. He demonstrates that such policies still influence tragedies in places like Ferguson and Baltimore. (NoveList) Also available as a e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

Richard Rothstein has painstakingly documented how American cities, from San Francisco to Boston, became so racially divided. Rothstein describes how fede...Show more Richard Rothstein has painstakingly documented how American cities, from San Francisco to Boston, became so racially divided. Rothstein describes how federal, state, and local governments systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning, public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities, subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs, tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation, and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. He demonstrates that such policies still influence tragedies in places like Ferguson and Baltimore. (NoveList) Also available as a e-book and e-audiobook. Show less

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The Sum of Us

The Sum of Us

What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

by McGhee, Heather C.

Book - 2021

A powerful new exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us--including white people--from one of tod...Show more A powerful new exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us--including white people--from one of today's most insightful and influential thinkers. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book an e-audiobook. Show less

A powerful new exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us--including white people--from one of tod...Show more A powerful new exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us--including white people--from one of today's most insightful and influential thinkers. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book an e-audiobook. Show less

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The Fire This Time

The Fire This Time

A New Generation Speaks About Race

Book - 2016

The National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones presents a continuation of James Baldwin's 1963 The Fire Next Time that examines race issues f...Show more The National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones presents a continuation of James Baldwin's 1963 The Fire Next Time that examines race issues from the past half century through essays, poems and memoir pieces by some of her generation's most original thinkers and writers. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

The National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones presents a continuation of James Baldwin's 1963 The Fire Next Time that examines race issues f...Show more The National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones presents a continuation of James Baldwin's 1963 The Fire Next Time that examines race issues from the past half century through essays, poems and memoir pieces by some of her generation's most original thinkers and writers. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

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Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

by Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Book - 2015

In this extended open letter to his young son, Samori, Atlantic national correspondent and senior editor Coates reflects further on his unlikely road to m...Show more In this extended open letter to his young son, Samori, Atlantic national correspondent and senior editor Coates reflects further on his unlikely road to manhood and escape from the maw of America's tradition—nay, heritage—of destroying the black body. Mixing memoir, discourse, and outcry, Coates details what it has meant and what it means to be black in America, especially what it has meant and means to be a black male. His review pays special attention to the American Dream amid the physically painful and exhausting realities of U.S. ghettos from slavery to the killing fields of Detroit, Chicago, and Baltimore, where he grew up living in fear. Pleading for his son to understand the struggle even as it shifts in time and place, Coates cautions against illusions that America's racism exists in a distant past that needs not be discussed. (Library Journal) Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, audiobook (CDs), large print, and book club kit. Show less

In this extended open letter to his young son, Samori, Atlantic national correspondent and senior editor Coates reflects further on his unlikely road to m...Show more In this extended open letter to his young son, Samori, Atlantic national correspondent and senior editor Coates reflects further on his unlikely road to manhood and escape from the maw of America's tradition—nay, heritage—of destroying the black body. Mixing memoir, discourse, and outcry, Coates details what it has meant and what it means to be black in America, especially what it has meant and means to be a black male. His review pays special attention to the American Dream amid the physically painful and exhausting realities of U.S. ghettos from slavery to the killing fields of Detroit, Chicago, and Baltimore, where he grew up living in fear. Pleading for his son to understand the struggle even as it shifts in time and place, Coates cautions against illusions that America's racism exists in a distant past that needs not be discussed. (Library Journal) Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, audiobook (CDs), large print, and book club kit. Show less

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SUBTLE ACTS OF EXCLUSION;HOW TO UNDERSTAND, IDENTIFY, AND STOP MICROAGGRESSIONS

SUBTLE ACTS OF EXCLUSION;HOW TO UNDERSTAND, IDENTIFY, AND STOP MICROAGGRESSIONS

by TIFFANY JANA; MICHAEL BARAN.

eBook - 2020

Jana and Baran give simple and clear tools to identify and address such acts, offering scripts and action plans for everybody involved. Knowing how to hav...Show more Jana and Baran give simple and clear tools to identify and address such acts, offering scripts and action plans for everybody involved. Knowing how to have these conversations in an open-minded, honest way will help us build trust and create stronger workplaces and healthier, happier people and communities. (From the publisher.) Also available in print. Show less

Jana and Baran give simple and clear tools to identify and address such acts, offering scripts and action plans for everybody involved. Knowing how to hav...Show more Jana and Baran give simple and clear tools to identify and address such acts, offering scripts and action plans for everybody involved. Knowing how to have these conversations in an open-minded, honest way will help us build trust and create stronger workplaces and healthier, happier people and communities. (From the publisher.) Also available in print. Show less

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Right Within

Right Within

How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace

by Harts, Minda

Book - 2021

Harts argues that we need to understand that racism kills both people and careers, and that workplace injustices do incredible harm. She goes on to explai...Show more Harts argues that we need to understand that racism kills both people and careers, and that workplace injustices do incredible harm. She goes on to explain the labor involved with being the only Black woman in the office, facing microaggressions from colleagues and a lack of support from human resources. This vital guidebook for women of color in the workplace . . . urges readers to understand there are paths forward, and to remember that they are not alone. (Booklist) Show less

Harts argues that we need to understand that racism kills both people and careers, and that workplace injustices do incredible harm. She goes on to explai...Show more Harts argues that we need to understand that racism kills both people and careers, and that workplace injustices do incredible harm. She goes on to explain the labor involved with being the only Black woman in the office, facing microaggressions from colleagues and a lack of support from human resources. This vital guidebook for women of color in the workplace . . . urges readers to understand there are paths forward, and to remember that they are not alone. (Booklist) Show less

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Hood Feminism

Hood Feminism

Notes From the Women That A Movement Forgot

by Kendall, Mikki

Book - 2020

In prose that is clean, crisp, and cutting, Kendall reveals how feminism has both failed to take into account populations too often excluded from the bann...Show more In prose that is clean, crisp, and cutting, Kendall reveals how feminism has both failed to take into account populations too often excluded from the banner of feminism and failed to consider the breadth of issues affecting the daily lives of millions of women. . . . Throughout, Kendall thoughtfully and deliberately takes mainstream feminism to task . . . [but] if Hood Feminism is a searing indictment of mainstream feminism, it is also an invitation. For every case in which Kendall highlights problematic practices, she offers guidance for how we can all do better. (NPR) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook, and an audiobook. Show less

In prose that is clean, crisp, and cutting, Kendall reveals how feminism has both failed to take into account populations too often excluded from the bann...Show more In prose that is clean, crisp, and cutting, Kendall reveals how feminism has both failed to take into account populations too often excluded from the banner of feminism and failed to consider the breadth of issues affecting the daily lives of millions of women. . . . Throughout, Kendall thoughtfully and deliberately takes mainstream feminism to task . . . [but] if Hood Feminism is a searing indictment of mainstream feminism, it is also an invitation. For every case in which Kendall highlights problematic practices, she offers guidance for how we can all do better. (NPR) Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook, and an audiobook. Show less

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Unapologetic

Unapologetic

A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement

by Carruthers, Charlene A.

eBook - 2018

Unapologetic is a 21st century guide to building a Black liberation movement through a Black queer feminist lens. (NoveList) Also available in print. Unapologetic is a 21st century guide to building a Black liberation movement through a Black queer feminist lens. (NoveList) Also available in print. Show less

Unapologetic is a 21st century guide to building a Black liberation movement through a Black queer feminist lens. (NoveList) Also available in print. Unapologetic is a 21st century guide to building a Black liberation movement through a Black queer feminist lens. (NoveList) Also available in print. Show less

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Eloquent Rage

Eloquent Rage

A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

by Cooper, Brittney C.

Book - 2018

A leading young black feminist illuminates how organized anger, friendship, and faith can be powerful sources of positive feminist change, explaining how ...Show more A leading young black feminist illuminates how organized anger, friendship, and faith can be powerful sources of positive feminist change, explaining how targeted rage has shaped the careers of such African-American notables as Serena Williams, Beyonce, and Michelle Obama. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

A leading young black feminist illuminates how organized anger, friendship, and faith can be powerful sources of positive feminist change, explaining how ...Show more A leading young black feminist illuminates how organized anger, friendship, and faith can be powerful sources of positive feminist change, explaining how targeted rage has shaped the careers of such African-American notables as Serena Williams, Beyonce, and Michelle Obama. (NoveList) Also available as an e-book. Show less

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America, Goddam

America, Goddam

Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice

by Lindsey, Treva B.

Book - 2022

Explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Thro...Show more Explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and legacies of violence against Black women and girls, as well as their demands for justice for themselves and their communities. America, Goddam powerfully demonstrates that the struggle for justice begins with reckoning with the pervasiveness of violence against Black women and girls in the United States. (NoveList) Show less

Explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Thro...Show more Explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and legacies of violence against Black women and girls, as well as their demands for justice for themselves and their communities. America, Goddam powerfully demonstrates that the struggle for justice begins with reckoning with the pervasiveness of violence against Black women and girls in the United States. (NoveList) Show less

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