White Supremacy

Here are our recommendations for books that look at white supremacy and learning about how to dismantle white privelege and white supremacy. Hat tip to Charis Books in Georgia for supplemental suggestions to this list.

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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Cover Image

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Paperback)

By Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807047415
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Published: Beacon Press - June 26th, 2018
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Cover Image

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)

By Layla Saad, Robin Diangelo (Foreword by)
$25.99
ISBN: 9781728209807
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Published: Sourcebooks - January 1st, 2020
How to Be an Antiracist Cover Image

How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
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Published: One World - August 13th, 2019
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family Cover Image

The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family (Hardcover)

By Bettye Kearse
$28.00
ISBN: 9781328604392
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Published: Mariner Books - March 24th, 2020
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Cover Image

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice Cover Image

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice (Paperback)

By Paul Kivel
$24.99
ISBN: 9780865718654
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Published: New Society Publishers - September 19th, 2017
Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It, Second Edition Cover Image

Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It, Second Edition (Paperback)

By Shelly Tochluk
$55.35
ISBN: 9781607092575
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Published: R & L Education - January 1st, 2010
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race Cover Image

Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race (Paperback)

By Derald Wing Sue
$29.95
ISBN: 9781119241980
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Published: Wiley - February 1st, 2016
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (Educational Leadership for Social Justice) Cover Image

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (Educational Leadership for Social Justice) (Paperback)

By Tema Jon Okun
$62.09
ISBN: 9781617351044
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Published: Information Age Publishing - September 9th, 2010
Towards the Other America: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter Cover Image

Towards the Other America: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter (Paperback)

By Chris Crass
$16.99
ISBN: 9780827237094
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Published: Chalice Press - December 1st, 2015
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, Revised and Expanded Edition Cover Image

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback)

By George Lipsitz
$39.94
ISBN: 9781592134946
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Published: Temple University Press - March 10th, 2006
Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Cover Image

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race (Paperback)

By Debby Irving
$19.99
ISBN: 9780991331307
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Published: Elephant Room Press - January 9th, 2014
How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood Cover Image

How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood (Paperback)

By Jim Grimsley
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616205348
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Published: Algonquin Books - February 23rd, 2016
Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History (Feminist Classics) Cover Image

Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History (Feminist Classics) (Paperback)

By Vron Ware, Mikki Kendall (Foreword by)
$29.95
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ISBN: 9781784780128
Published: Verso - June 9th, 2015
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence Cover Image

Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence (Paperback)

By Chad Williams (Editor), Kidada E. Williams (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
$29.95
ISBN: 9780820349572
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Published: University of Georgia Press - May 15th, 2016
killing rage: Ending Racism Cover Image

killing rage: Ending Racism (Paperback)

By bell hooks
$18.00
ISBN: 9780805050271
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - October 15th, 1996
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race Cover Image

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (Paperback)

By Beverly Daniel Tatum
$18.99
ISBN: 9780465060689
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Published: Basic Books - September 5th, 2017
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide Cover Image

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Paperback)

By Carol Anderson
$17.00
ISBN: 9781632864130
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - September 5th, 2017
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son Cover Image

White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Paperback)

By Tim Wise
$16.95
ISBN: 9781593764258
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Published: Soft Skull - September 13th, 2011
White Trash: Race and Class in America Cover Image

White Trash: Race and Class in America (Paperback)

By Annalee Newitz (Editor), Matt Wray (Editor)
$66.08
ISBN: 9780415916929
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Published: Routledge - December 20th, 1996
Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times Cover Image

Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times (Paperback)

By Amy Sonnie, James Tracy, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Introduction by)
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ISBN: 9781935554660
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Published: Melville House - September 16th, 2011
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy) Cover Image

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy) (Paperback)

By Christopher Emdin
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807028025
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Published: Beacon Press - January 3rd, 2017
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Cover Image

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (Paperback)

By Resmaa Menakem
$17.95
ISBN: 9781942094470
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Published: Central Recovery Press - September 19th, 2017
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America Cover Image

America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America (Paperback)

By Jim Wallis, Bryan Stevenson (Foreword by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781587434006
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Published: Brazos Press - February 14th, 2017
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race Cover Image

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)

By Reni Eddo-Lodge
$27.00
ISBN: 9781408870556
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Published: Bloomsbury Circus - November 7th, 2017
So You Want to Talk About Race Cover Image

So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)

By Ijeoma Oluo
$27.00
ISBN: 9781580056779
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Published: Seal Press - January 16th, 2018
Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter Cover Image

Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter (Paperback)

By Tehama Lopez Bunyasi, Candis Watts Smith
$18.95
ISBN: 9781479836482
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Published: New York University Press - September 24th, 2019
Benign Bigotry Cover Image

Benign Bigotry (Paperback)

By Kristin J. Anderson
$29.99
ISBN: 9780521702591
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Published: Cambridge University Press - February 1st, 2010
The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea Cover Image

The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea (Paperback)

By Christopher J. Lebron
$21.95
ISBN: 9780190910754
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - October 1st, 2018
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations Cover Image

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations (Paperback)

By Mira Jacob
$20.00
ISBN: 9780399589065
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Published: One World - March 24th, 2020
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? (City Lights Open Media) Cover Image

Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? (City Lights Open Media) (Paperback)

By Mumia Abu-Jamal
$15.95
ISBN: 9780872867383
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Published: City Lights Books - July 4th, 2017
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Cover Image

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Hardcover)

By Cathy Park Hong
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984820365
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Published: One World - February 25th, 2020
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People Cover Image

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (Paperback)

By Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald
$17.00
ISBN: 9780345528438
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Published: Bantam - August 16th, 2016
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America Cover Image

How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America (Paperback)

By Moustafa Bayoumi
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143115410
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Published: Penguin Books - July 28th, 2009
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race Cover Image

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (Paperback)

By Jesmyn Ward
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501126352
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Published: Scribner - June 20th, 2017
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness Cover Image

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)

By Austin Channing Brown
$25.00
ISBN: 9781524760854
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Published: Convergent Books - May 15th, 2018
Citizen: An American Lyric Cover Image

Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)

By Claudia Rankine
$20.00
ISBN: 9781555976903
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 7th, 2014
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out Cover Image

Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out (Paperback)

By Ruth King
$17.95
ISBN: 9781683640813
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Published: Sounds True - June 1st, 2018
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Cover Image

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Paperback)

By Bryan Stevenson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812984965
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Published: One World - August 18th, 2015
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America Cover Image

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (Hardcover)

By Michael Eric Dyson
$24.99
ISBN: 9781250135995
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Published: St. Martin's Press - January 17th, 2017
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Cover Image

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Paperback)

By Richard Rothstein
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631494536
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Published: Liveright - May 1st, 2018
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future #1) Cover Image

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future #1) (Paperback)

By Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780711245211
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - January 7th, 2020
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap Cover Image

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (Paperback)

By Mehrsa Baradaran
$17.95
ISBN: 9780674237476
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Published: Belknap Press - March 11th, 2019
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements Cover Image

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (Hardcover)

By Charlene Carruthers
$22.95
ISBN: 9780807019412
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Published: Beacon Press - August 28th, 2018
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (Justice) Cover Image

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (Justice) (Hardcover)

By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
$30.00
ISBN: 9781469653662
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - October 21st, 2019
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American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin Poets) Cover Image

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin Poets) (Paperback)

By Terrance Hayes
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143133186
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Published: Penguin Books - June 19th, 2018
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do Cover Image

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Hardcover)

By Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735224933
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Published: Viking - March 26th, 2019
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow Cover Image

Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow (Paperback)

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
$20.00
ISBN: 9780525559559
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Published: Penguin Books - April 7th, 2020
Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism Cover Image

Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism (Hardcover)

By Terry McAuliffe, John Lewis (Contributions by)
$24.99
ISBN: 9781250245885
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Published: Thomas Dunne Books - July 30th, 2019
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy Cover Image

Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy (Hardcover)

By Talia Lavin
$27.00
ISBN: 9780306846434
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Published: Legacy Lit - October 13th, 2020
Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America Cover Image

Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (Hardcover)

By Nefertiti Austin
$25.99
ISBN: 9781492679011
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Published: Sourcebooks - September 20th, 2019
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America Cover Image

Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (Paperback)

By Ari Berman
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250094728
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Published: Picador - August 2nd, 2016
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America Cover Image

Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America (Paperback)

By Peniel E. Joseph
$21.99
ISBN: 9780805083354
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - July 10th, 2007
Erasure: A Novel Cover Image

Erasure: A Novel (Paperback)

By Percival Everett
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555975999
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 25th, 2011
The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Cover Image

The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 (Paperback)

By Tim Madigan
$17.99
ISBN: 9780312302474
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - February 1st, 2003
Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of America Cover Image

Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of America (Paperback)

By Richard Gergel
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250251268
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Published: Picador - February 18th, 2020
How Race Is Lived in America: Pulling Together, Pulling Apart Cover Image

How Race Is Lived in America: Pulling Together, Pulling Apart (Paperback)

By Correspondents of The New York Times, Joseph Lelyveld (Introduction by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780805070842
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Published: Times Books - May 1st, 2002
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual Cover Image

I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (Paperback)

By Luvvie Ajayi
$17.00
ISBN: 9781627796064
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - September 13th, 2016
I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter Cover Image

I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter (Hardcover)

By David Chariandy
$20.00
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ISBN: 9781635572872
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - March 5th, 2019
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster Cover Image

Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster (Paperback)

By Stephen L. Carter
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250230669
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Published: Picador - October 8th, 2019
My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education Cover Image

My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education (Paperback)

By Jennine Capó Crucet
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250299437
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Published: Picador - September 3rd, 2019
The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide Cover Image

The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide (Hardcover)

By Zerlina Maxwell
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780306873614
Published: Legacy Lit - July 7th, 2020
Anti-Racism (Words of Change series): Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas Cover Image

Anti-Racism (Words of Change series): Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas (Hardcover)

By Kenrya Rankin
$16.95
ISBN: 9781632173409
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Published: Spruce Books - July 23rd, 2020
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Cover Image

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Hardcover)

By Robert P. Jones
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982122867
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 28th, 2020
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America Cover Image

Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America (Hardcover)

By Michael Eric Dyson
$25.99
ISBN: 9781250276759
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Published: St. Martin's Press - December 1st, 2020