151 Books in the SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies Category

View as Collage
The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle’s Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era

The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle’s Central District from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era
Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America

Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer

Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage

Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership

Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership
Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business

Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business
So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race
The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South

The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South
Empire: The House That John H. Johnson Built (The Life & Legacy of Pioneering Publishing Magnate)

Empire: The House That John H. Johnson Built (The Life & Legacy of Pioneering Publishing Magnate)
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
The Lessons of Ubuntu: How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America

The Lessons of Ubuntu: How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America
Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change

Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change
Race Matters

Race Matters
Race Matters (hardcover)

Race Matters (hardcover)
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro

100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together

Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond

Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland

The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland
Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America

Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America
Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation

Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation

Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
The Covenant with Black America - Ten Years Later

The Covenant with Black America - Ten Years Later
Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape

Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
Providential

Providential
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga
100 Black And White Questions

100 Black And White Questions
Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country

Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country
The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America

The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation (Critical Africana Studies)

Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation (Critical Africana Studies)
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing

Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing
My Bondage and My Freedom

My Bondage and My Freedom
Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy

Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy
Intellectuals And Race

Intellectuals And Race
Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From The Seventies To Obama

Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From The Seventies To Obama
Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home
The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions

The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions
American Tapestry

American Tapestry
Dear White America: Letter To A New Minority (City Lights Open Media)

Dear White America: Letter To A New Minority (City Lights Open Media)
Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America

Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America
White Like Me: Reflections On Race From A Privileged Son

White Like Me: Reflections On Race From A Privileged Son
Howard Zinn on Race

Howard Zinn on Race
The End Of Anger: A New Generation’s Take On Race And Rage

The End Of Anger: A New Generation’s Take On Race And Rage
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race And Civility In Everyday Life

The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race And Civility In Everyday Life
More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States

More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
The Presumption Of Guilt: The Arrest Of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. And Race, Class And Crime In America

The Presumption Of Guilt: The Arrest Of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. And Race, Class And Crime In America
Colorblind: The Rise Of Post-Racial Politics And The Retreat From Racial Equity (City Lights Open Media)

Colorblind: The Rise Of Post-Racial Politics And The Retreat From Racial Equity (City Lights Open Media)
How To Deal With White People

How To Deal With White People
Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need To Stop Doing

Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need To Stop Doing
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America

Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America
Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation

Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation
The Color of Fascism: Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States

The Color of Fascism: Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States
What’s Race Got to Do with It?: Why It’s Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America

What’s Race Got to Do with It?: Why It’s Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, And The Exploitation Of Black Urban America

Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, And The Exploitation Of Black Urban America
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale Of Love And Deception Across The Color Line

Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale Of Love And Deception Across The Color Line
Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History

Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
Between Barack And A Hard Place: Racism And White Denial In The Age Of Obama

Between Barack And A Hard Place: Racism And White Denial In The Age Of Obama
Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America

Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America
Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From An Angry White Male

Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From An Angry White Male
Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement

Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement
The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse

The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse
Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past

Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past
There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America

There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America
After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina

After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina
Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma

Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma
White Flight: Atlanta And The Making Of Modern Conservatism (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)

White Flight: Atlanta And The Making Of Modern Conservatism (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)
White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era

White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era
Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America

Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America
On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century

On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century
Debating Race: with Michael Eric Dyson

Debating Race: with Michael Eric Dyson
Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis In Black America

Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis In Black America
Workin’ on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History

Workin’ on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History
Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America—and What We Can Do About It

Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America—and What We Can Do About It
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away

Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
A Black Way of Seeing: From Liberty to Freedom

A Black Way of Seeing: From Liberty to Freedom
The Covenant with Black America

The Covenant with Black America
Race War!: White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire

Race War!: White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire
Sundown Towns

Sundown Towns
The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]

The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War

Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War
The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America

The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America
Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Social Crisis and Social Demoralization: The Dynamics of Status in American Race Relations

Social Crisis and Social Demoralization: The Dynamics of Status in American Race Relations
Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America

Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America
Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (American History and Culture)

Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (American History and Culture)
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
Race and Ethnicity: Across Time, Space and Discipline (Studies in Critical Social Sciences (Brill Academic))

Race and Ethnicity: Across Time, Space and Discipline (Studies in Critical Social Sciences (Brill Academic))
Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South

Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Dreams From My Father

Dreams From My Father
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story

Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
The Failures Of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream

The Failures Of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream
The African Predicament and the American Experience: A Tale of Two Edens

The African Predicament and the American Experience: A Tale of Two Edens
Problem Of The Century: Racial Stratification In The United States

Problem Of The Century: Racial Stratification In The United States
Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land

Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land
Another Day At The Front: Dispatches From The Race War

Another Day At The Front: Dispatches From The Race War
Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, And Adoption

Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, And Adoption
Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy

Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy
Case for Black Reparations

Case for Black Reparations
Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation

Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America

Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America
Controversial Essays (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Controversial Essays (Hoover Institution Press Publication)
Southern History Across the Color Line

Southern History Across the Color Line
When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America

At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America
Atlas of Asian-American History (Facts on File Library of American History)

Atlas of Asian-American History (Facts on File Library of American History)
Lo Que El Pueblo Me Dice: Cronicas De LA Colonia Puertorriquena En Nueva York (Spanish Edition)

Lo Que El Pueblo Me Dice: Cronicas De LA Colonia Puertorriquena En Nueva York (Spanish Edition)
Police Brutality: An Anthology

Police Brutality: An Anthology
Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Panthers and Their Legacy

Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Panthers and Their Legacy
The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks

The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks
Where We Stand: Class Matters

Where We Stand: Class Matters
The Cornel West Reader

The Cornel West Reader
The Color of Our Future: Race in the 21st Century

The Color of Our Future: Race in the 21st Century
Assimilation Blues: Black Families In White Communities, Who Succeeds And Why (Contributions In Afro-American & African Studies)

Assimilation Blues: Black Families In White Communities, Who Succeeds And Why (Contributions In Afro-American & African Studies)
Wildavsky Forum Series

Wildavsky Forum Series
A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America
Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948

Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948
Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class

Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class
The Color of Our Future : Our Multiracial Future

The Color of Our Future : Our Multiracial Future
What’s Going On

What’s Going On
Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy

Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy
Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace

Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace
Up from Slavery

Up from Slavery
Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race In A Race-Obsessed World

Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race In A Race-Obsessed World
Afrolantica Legacies

Afrolantica Legacies
The Name “Negro,” Its Origin and Evil Use

The Name “Negro,” Its Origin and Evil Use
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness

My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown

Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown
The Darden Dilemma: 12 Black Writers on Justice, Race, and Conflicting Loyalties

The Darden Dilemma: 12 Black Writers on Justice, Race, and Conflicting Loyalties
100 Years of Lynchings

100 Years of Lynchings
Beyond Black and White: Rethinking Race in American Politics and Society

Beyond Black and White: Rethinking Race in American Politics and Society
War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America

War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy
No Disrespect

No Disrespect
Black Wealth/ White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality

Black Wealth/ White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
Voices from the Battlefront: Achieving Cultural Equity

Voices from the Battlefront: Achieving Cultural Equity
The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time
Black Power : The Politics of Liberation

Black Power : The Politics of Liberation
As Nature Leads

As Nature Leads
Working-Class Formation: Ninteenth-Century Patterns in Western Europe and the United States

Working-Class Formation: Ninteenth-Century Patterns in Western Europe and the United States
Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad