social justice

This love letter to Black life in the United States highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.

Darcy, a 32-year-old librarian, returns to work after a mental breakdown triggered by the death of her ex-boyfriend. Returning to work she faces local book bans, protests and more.

Illuminates how an over century-long history of Asian migration, labor and community formation in the U.S. is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early 21st century.

Piano-prodigy Isabella, 11, whose Black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.

After reporting on the War on Terror, Black Lives Matter protests and the slaughter in Gaza, the author concludes that much of what the West promises is a lie; there will always be groups outside the boundaries of privilege who won't be considered fully human.

Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising.

Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother.

Historian Ibram X. Kendi examines the origins of the "great replacement theory" and how it has become a global political belief. Connecting modern rhetoric to the ideologies of 20th-century eugenicists and Nazi propaganda, Kendi illustrates how these beliefs have been repackaged for the digital age.

When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status. Eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Embarking on a deeply personal journey across the country from Mississippi to Maine, the author tallies up what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm: the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.

An introductory book for parents and children to see what racism is, how it makes people feel and how to recognize it in the real world.

This anti-racist manual illustrates the everyday efforts made by activists to transform and remove systemic racism throughout multiple sectors in the U.S. as well as offering readers actionable steps to building equitable communities. 

Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material.

When 16-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.

After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen Black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.

This book details the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.

Ahed Tamimi's father was born in 1967, the year Israeli occupation of the West Bank began, and every aspect of their family's life has been touched by it. Her memoir is one of the first to deal directly with what life in occupation actually means for the people in it, beyond geography or policy.

In America, Black people "live sicker and die quicker" than their white counterparts. Learn more about the forces in American society that each year rob Black Americans of years of life.

Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.