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248 books

Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America by George Yancy

Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

George Yancy

168 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction philosophy race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

You Bring the Distant Near

Mitali Perkins

7 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0adamrshields's review
fiction contemporary historical young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

7 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

18 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance by Reggie L. Williams

Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance

Reggie L. Williams

196 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction race religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race by Willie James Jennings

The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race

Willie James Jennings

384 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction race religion informative reflective slow-paced
The Apostles' Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism by Ben Myers

The Apostles' Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism

Christian Essentials Series

Ben Myers

112 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0adamrshields's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced