Author: Shay Thomas

Redefining Realness

Via Simon and Schuster.  Redefining Realness New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the 2015 WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize • Goodreads Best of 2014 Semi-Finalist • Books for a Better Life Award Finalist • Lambda Literary Award Finalist • Time Magazine “30 Most Influential People on the Internet” • American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book In her profound … Read More

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Me and White Supremacy

Via Layla F Saad.  Me and White Supremacy When Layla F. Saad ran a free month-long Instagram challenge during the summer of 2018, she had no idea it would become an international cultural movement. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WERE GALVANIZED BY THE #MEANDWHITESUPREMACY CHALLENGE, EXAMINING AND OWNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAYS IN … Read More

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Just Mercy

Via Equal Justice Initiative.  Just Mercy A Story of Justice and Redemption A powerful true story about the Equal Justice Initiative, the people we represent, and the importance of confronting injustice, Just Mercy is a bestselling book by Bryan Stevenson that has been adapted into a feature film. ABOUT Equal Justice Initiative EJI is committed to ending … Read More

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Via Penguin Random House.  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By MAYA ANGELOU Foreword by Oprah Winfrey ABOUT I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Here is a book as … Read More

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How To Be An Antiracist

Via Ibram X. Kendi. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a refreshing approach that will radically reorient America on the urgent issues of race, justice, and equality. How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice … Read More

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Heavy: An American Memoir

Via Kiese Laymon. Heavy: An American Memoir Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction, LA Times Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and Audible’s Audiobook of the Year, HEAVY was also named one of the Best Books of 2018 by the The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, Library Journal , The Washington Post , Southern Living , Entertainment … Read More

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