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  • The John Carlos Story

    by John Wesley Carlos and Dave Zirin
    John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.

  • Justice in Everyday Life

    Edited by Howard Zinn
    Howard Zinn’s book on the way justice really works in the U.S

  • SNCC

    by Howard Zinn
    Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important civil rights groups in American history.

  • The Southern Mystique

    by Howard Zinn
    Howard Zinn examines the politics of the South and his own experiences there.

  • The Speech

    by Gary Younge
    Younge explains why "The Speech" maintains its powerful social relevance by sharing the dramatic story surrounding it.

  • The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2

    Edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, et al.
    A BreakBeat Poets anthology to celebrate and canonize the words of Black women across the diaspora.

  • A Time to Die

    by Tom Wicker
    The essential first hand account of the Attica Prison rebellion, back in print for the 40th anniversary of the uprising

  • This Is Not A Test

    by José Vilson
    Vilson, a teacher from an urban school composed of black and poor youth, challenges racism and inequality in the classroom.

  • More than an Athlete

    by Etan Thomas
    In this, his first collection of poems, Etan Thomas defies the stereotype of the a-political athlete.

  • From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

    by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
    An indispensable contribution to the movement for racial justice in “postracial” America.

  • How We Get Free

    Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
    "If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free." —Combahee River Collective Statement

  • Detroit: I Do Mind Dying

    by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin
    Black autoworkers fight back against exploitation and oppression on the shop floors in the '60s and '70s.

  • Undivided Rights

    by Marlene Gerber Fried, Elena Gutiérrez, et al.
    Undivided Rights captures the evolving and largely unknown activist history of women of color organizing for reproductive justice.

  • Black Liberation and Socialism

    by Ahmed Shawki
    A sharp and insightful analysis of movements against racism, with essential lessons for today's struggles.

  • We Could Be Free

    by Steven Salaita
    We Could Be Free draws connections between struggles against state violence and oppression around the world, highlighting the material and ideological links between Black liberation, Native liberation, and the struggle for Palestine.

  • Boots Riley

    by Boots Riley
    Blending poetics, politics, and everyday life, the singular lyrics of Boots Riley, poet of the hip-hop underground are collected here.

  • 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

  • The Old Man

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

  • Assata Taught Me

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

  • My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.