Understanding Structural Racism

The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Kendi, Ibram X.

eBook - 2016

The story of anti-Black racist ideas and their power over the course of American history from the author of "How to be an Antiracist." The story of anti-Black racist ideas and their power over the course of American history from the author of "How to be an Antiracist." Show less

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The History of White People

by Painter, Nell Irvin

eBook - 2010

Two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise of “whiteness” for economic, scientific, and political ends. Two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise of “whiteness” for economic, scientific, and political ends. Show less

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Frederick Douglass

Prophet of Freedom

by Blight, David W.

eBook - 2018

Follows the life of the runaway slave who became a famous abolitionist and tireless activist for African American rights. Follows the life of the runaway slave who became a famous abolitionist and tireless activist for African American rights. Show less

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The Color of Law

A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Rothstein, Richard

eBook - 2017

Presents the case that racially segregated cities in the United States are the result of governmental policy (de jure segregation) rather than the standard reason of individual prejudices or income differences. Presents the case that racially segregated cities in the United States are the result of governmental policy (de jure segregation) rather than the standard reason of individual prejudices or income differences. Show less

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White Rage : The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

by Anderson, Carol, Ph.D.

eBook - 2016

A sobering history of African American struggle for participation in society after emancipation and the many roadblocks along the way. A sobering history of African American struggle for participation in society after emancipation and the many roadblocks along the way. Show less

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https://belonging.berkeley.edu/rootsraceplace

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A history of exclusion and dispossession of people of color, which is specific to the San Francisco Bay Area. A history of exclusion and dispossession of people of color, which is specific to the San Francisco Bay Area. Show less

Stony the Road

Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

by Gates, Henry Louis

eBook - 2019

Emancipation brought freedom, but the struggle for civil rights still remained. Emancipation brought freedom, but the struggle for civil rights still remained. Show less

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The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Alexander, Michelle

eBook - 2020

This book argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it: the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. This book argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it: the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. Show less

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National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/8073NCJRS.pdf

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After a summer of civil unrest in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson established this Commission -- often called the Kerner Commission -- to answer three b...Show more After a summer of civil unrest in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson established this Commission -- often called the Kerner Commission -- to answer three basic questions: What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again? Show less

The Fire Next Time

by Baldwin, James

eBook - 1993

Warns citizens to examine the actual state of America, the role of blacks, and race relations after a century of Emancipation. Warns citizens to examine the actual state of America, the role of blacks, and race relations after a century of Emancipation. Show less

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An African American and Latinx History of the United States

by Ortiz, Paul

eBook - 2018

African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices are unapologetically front and center here for a transformation of US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices are unapologetically front and center here for a transformation of US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. Show less

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The Half Has Never Been Told

Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

by Baptist, Edward E.

eBook - 2014

How slavery drove the evolution and modernization of the United States. How slavery drove the evolution and modernization of the United States. Show less

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Fatal Invention

How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century

by Roberts, Dorothy E.

eBook - 2011

How the myth of the biological conception of race still reverberates today. How the myth of the biological conception of race still reverberates today. Show less

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Black Boy (American Hunger)

A Record of Childhood and Youth

by Wright, Richard

eBook - 2008

First published in 1945, this American classic recounts Wright's upbringing in the Jim Crow South. First published in 1945, this American classic recounts Wright's upbringing in the Jim Crow South. Show less

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Sister Outsider

Essays and Speeches

by Lorde, Audre

Downloadable Audiobook - 2016

These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to "never close our eyes to the terror, to the chaos which is Black which is creative which is female which is dark which is rejected which is messy... These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to "never close our eyes to the terror, to the chaos which is Black which is creative which is female which is dark which is rejected which is messy... Show less

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