Via Google Books. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America Ira Katznelson W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 – History – 238 pages A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. When Affirmative Action Was White demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair … Read More
Via Amazon. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga by Cherríe Moraga (Author, Editor), Gloria Anzaldúa (Editor) Editorial Reviews Review “These essays and poems do more than just revisit the hopes, fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of women of color circa 1981; they also shed light on concerns women continue to face today … Read More
Via Zora Neale Hurston. Their Eyes Were Watching God By. Zora Neale Hurston The epic tale of Janie Crawford, whose quest for identity takes her on a journey during which she learns what love is, experiences life’s joys and sorrows, and come home to herself in peace. Her passionate story prompted Alice Walker to say, … Read More
Via Penguin Random House. The Warmth of Other Suns THE EPIC STORY OF AMERICA’S GREAT MIGRATION By ISABEL WILKERSON ABOUT THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for … Read More
Via University of California Press. The Next American Revolution Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century, Foreword by Danny Glover and Afterword with Immanuel Wallerstein by Grace Lee Boggs (Author), Scott Kurashige (Author), Danny Glover (Foreword) About the Book The pioneering Asian American labor organizer and writer’s vision for intersectional and anti-racist activism. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, … Read More
Via New Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness “One of the most influential books of the last 20 years.” —Chronicle of Higher Education “Two years after Obama’s election, Alexander put the entire criminal justice system on trial, exposing racial discrimination from lawmaking to policing to the denial of … Read More
