The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation Complete Reading List
The Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation’s Reading for Understanding monthly virtual book discussions are free and have two requirements: Read/listen to the book and make time for the discussion. Read the Bracy Center’s press release for the 2023 Book Discussion Series Selection & Celebrating Black-Owned Bookstores.
January 2023 Selection
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
by Nikole Hannah-Jones
17-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- 10 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2022
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
One World (Nov 16, 2021)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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February 2023 Selection
A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America
by David K. Shipler
Vintage (Sep 01, 1998)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 624 pages
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March 2023 Selection
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
by Erika Lee
Basic Books (Nov 26, 2019)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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April 2023 Selection
An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
University of Georgia Press (Nov 15, 2018)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 90 pages
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May 2023 Selection
How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
by Priya Fielding-Singh
Little, Brown Spark (Nov 16, 2021)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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June 2023 Selection
Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma
by Guilaine Kinouani
Beacon Press (Jan 25, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 264 pages
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July 2023 Selection
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
by Harriet A. Washington
2-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- 10 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2007 BCALA Literary Award
Anchor (Jan 08, 2008)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 528 pages
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Read Our Review of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
August 2023 Selection
Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Beacon Press (Aug 24, 2021)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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September 2023 Selection
Why We Can’t Wait (King Legacy)
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Beacon Press (Jan 11, 2011)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 208 pages
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October 2023 Selection
Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil
by Susan Neiman
Picador (Sep 08, 2020)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 432 pages
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November 2023 Selection
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
by Andrés Reséndez
Mariner Books (Apr 18, 2017)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 448 pages
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December 2023 Selection
Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America
by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Rowman & Littlefield (Dec 09, 2021)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 392 pages
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