54 Books in the Social Science / Essays Category

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Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-Present

Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-Present
Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy

Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose

In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose
A Burst of Light: and Other Essays

A Burst of Light: and Other Essays
How to Write about Africa: Collected Works

How to Write about Africa: Collected Works
In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So Post-Racial America

In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So Post-Racial America
Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation

Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation
The Black Agenda

The Black Agenda
The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women

The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Dispatches from the Race War

Dispatches from the Race War
This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope

This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope
Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay

Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay
My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. And the Last Stand of the Angry White Man.: An Autobiography of America

My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. And the Last Stand of the Angry White Man.: An Autobiography of America
Thick: And Other Essays

Thick: And Other Essays
We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival

We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
The Universal Machine (consent not to be a single being)

The Universal Machine (consent not to be a single being)
Dark Days

Dark Days
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
Black and Blur (consent not to be a single being)

Black and Blur (consent not to be a single being)
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together

Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White

Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists
The Words & Wisdom of Charles Johnson

The Words & Wisdom of Charles Johnson
Bad Feminist: Essays

Bad Feminist: Essays
Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian

Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian
How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America

How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America
Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh

Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh
On Intellectual Activism

On Intellectual Activism
Going Too Far: Essays About America’s Nervous Breakdown

Going Too Far: Essays About America’s Nervous Breakdown
In Defense of Taboos

In Defense of Taboos
Color Me English: Migration And Belonging Before And After 9/11

Color Me English: Migration And Belonging Before And After 9/11
Howard Zinn on Race

Howard Zinn on Race
Razor

Razor
The Politics Of Black Women’s Hair

The Politics Of Black Women’s Hair
The Black Body

The Black Body
Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson

Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson
Family Affair: What It Means To Be African American Today

Family Affair: What It Means To Be African American Today
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series)

Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series)
Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From An Angry White Male

Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From An Angry White Male
Ever Wonder Why? And Other Controversial Essays

Ever Wonder Why? And Other Controversial Essays
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures)

Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures)
In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose

In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose
Controversial Essays (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Controversial Essays (Hoover Institution Press Publication)
The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League’s Opportunity Magazine

The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League’s Opportunity Magazine
Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace

Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace
The Assassination of the Black Male Image

The Assassination of the Black Male Image