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  • A Beautiful Ghetto

    by Devin Allen
    Allen asks us to see beyond the the violence and poverty that all too often defines the "ghetto."

  • People Wasn't Made to Burn

    by Joe Allen
    The long-buried story of a Chicagoan's struggle for justice after four of his children perished in a tragic fire.

  • Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

    by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin
    Super Bowl Champion and three-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor.

  • Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism

    Edited by John J. Betancur and Cedric Herring
    Though far from a 'post-racial' society, the form of race and racism in the U.S. has changed over the years.

  • Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

    by Angela Y. Davis
    Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson, Palestine, and prison abolition.

  • My People Are Rising

    by Aaron Dixon
    A compelling look at the rise and fall of the Black Panther generation, through the eyes of a founding member.

  • Build Yourself a Boat

    by Camonghne Felix

    Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.

  • Floodlines

    by Jordan Flaherty
    A People's History of community organizing in New Orleans in the years before and after Katrina.

  • Black Panthers Speak

    Edited by Philip S. Foner
    A sweeping collection of the most vital and representative writings of the Black Panther party.

  • Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981

    by Philip S. Foner
    A classic, radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.

  • Class Struggle and the Color Line

    by Paul Heideman
    A thoughtful collection of original documents highlighting the deep, early roots of Black radicalism in the US from 1900-1930.

  • Long Shot

    by Rory Fanning and Craig Hodges
    Two-time NBA champion Craig Hodges has never been shy about speaking truth to power.

  • Black Queer Hoe

    by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
    A refreshing, unapologetic intervention into ongoing conversations about the line between sexual freedom and sexual exploitation.

  • The Whiskey of our Discontent

    Edited by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Georgia A. Popoff
    Reflections on the profound influence of poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks through examinations of her life and work.

  • "When the Welfare People Come"

    by Don Lash
    Analyzes the history of the U.S. child welfare system and its implications today, offering ideas for reform and building solidarity.

  • Black Liberation and the American Dream

    Edited by Paul Le Blanc
    Analysing intersections of race, class, and gender alongside primary texts, this unique volume explores racism and antiracism in the US.

  • The Political Economy of Racism

    by Melvin Leiman
    A forceful, well-researched historical analysis of racism's roots and its persistence in the institutions of American society.

  • How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America

    by Manning Marable
    Marable offers profound insight into the deeply intertwined problems of race and class in the United States historically and today.

  • I Am Troy Davis

    by Troy Davis, Martina Davis-Correia, et al.
    A riveting eyewitness account of the Davis family's courageous struggle against America's flawed criminal justice system.

  • C. L. R. James and Revolutionary Marxism

    Edited by Paul Le Blanc and Scott McLemee
    CLR James and Revolutionary Marxism collects some of the most important, but difficult to obtain, articles from the legendary Trinidadian-Marxist.

  • My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

    by Aja Monet
    Powerful, poetic meditations on motherhood, sisterhood, spirituality, solidarity, displacement/gentrification, racism, and sexism.

  • Assata Taught Me

    by Donna Murch
    Incisive analysis of the history and politics of Black liberation struggle by radical scholar Donna Murch

  • The Old Man

    by Truman Nelson
    The classic historical biography reissued for the 150th anniversary of John Brown's celebrated uprising against slavery.

  • The Black Power Mixtape

    Edited by Göran Olsson
    A provocative mixtape, mash-up, and treasure trove of never-before-seen images and interviews of the Black Power movement, with contemporary reflections