HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
by Ibram X. Kendi, Published by One World, 2019
Kendi is a on a mission to push those of us who believe we are not racists, who support ideas and policies affirming that the “the racial groups are equal in all their apparent differences—that there is nothing right or wrong with any racial group”. This is a 21st century manual of racial ethics.
Kendi is also the author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, 2017.
New York Times Bestselle
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Locking Up Our Own:
Crime and Punishment in Black America , 2017
by James Forman Jr.
- Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
- Long-listed for the National Book Award
- Finalist, Current Interest Category, Los Angeles Times Book Prizes
- One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2017
- Short-listed for the Inaugural Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice
Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation’s urban centers.
Well written putting our current situation in historical context.
https://www.amazon.com/Locking-Up-Our-Own-Punishment/dp/0374189978
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Grand Avenue
A Novel in Stories
by Greg Sarris
Grand Avenue runs through the center of the Northern California town of Santa Rosa. One stretch of it is home not only to Pomo Indians making a life outside the reservation but also to Mexicans, blacks, and some Portuguese, all trying to find their way among the many obstacles in their turbulent world
“Grand Avenue” by Greg Sarris - One of the very best works of fiction by and about Native Americans - A compelling sequence of interwoven stories about a Native American community - “a gritty, power-filled book, unsparing and unapologetic”. 1994, 244 pages
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