Browsing: Civil Rights

In this NPR Best Book of 2018, an investigative journalist’s harrowing, eye-opening experiences as a guard in a private prison result in a “hard-hitting exposé of the for-profit prison industry” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

“Excellent…stunning.”—Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe devastating story of how fugitive slaves drove the nation to Civil WarA New York Times Notable Book Selection…

In this “exceptionally fluent and stirring” book (Booklist starred review), a Pulitzer Prize–winning author examines critical moments in US history to understand partisanship in contemporary politics — and argues that unity and hope consistently prevail. “Brilliant, fascinating, timely, and above all profoundly important” (Walter Isaacson).

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, this read follows Derek Black, the godson of David Duke, as he slowly began to reexamine everything he’d been taught — and confronted his past and his family. “Conveys that during this period of deepening racial division, there is the possibility of redemption” (The Washington Post).

In this New York Times Notable Book of 2019, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter delivers a comprehensive account of the 2015 Charleston church shooting and its wide-ranging aftermath. “At once horrifying and inspiring, engaging and thought-provoking… A definitive must-read” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

In this provocative domestic thriller, a woman faces off against her scheming new stepdaughter — with deadly results. “Stunning” (Sunday Times bestselling author Laura Marshall).

The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged,…

A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a…

Wrongfully convicted of murder, Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in solitary confinement on death row. In this New York Times bestseller, he recounts how he coped with suffering without losing his capacity for forgiveness. “You will be swept away in this unbelievable, dramatic true story” (Oprah Winfrey).

A story about the timeless struggle between mothers and their teen daughters with a razor-sharp 21st century twist. This heart-wrenching,…