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A gripping account of racial justice activists who confronted violent white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA, and stirred the nation On August 11 and 12, 2017, armed neo-Nazi demonstrators...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN INDIE BESTSELLER ?One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.??Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast The...

A blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to simply exist ?t thirty-seven years old I can say...

2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee: Outstanding Literary Work ? Non-Fiction Honorable Mention for the 2021 Organization of American Historians Darlene Clark Hine Award A vibrant and empowering history...

The PEN Literary Award?inning author ?rites with honesty, intelligence, tenderness, and love?about her Colombian-Cuban heritage and queer identity in this poignant coming-of-age memoir (Sandra...

A coming-of-age memoir by a Colombian-Cuban woman about shaping lessons from home into a new, queer life In this lyrical, coming-of-age memoir, Daisy Hernández chronicles what the women in her...

The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not only the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is...

A conversation between 2 eminent Black thinkers on how to work together to make the world a better place despite deep religious differences Brad Braxton and Anthony Pinn represent two...

From the Haitian-style ?hotgun?houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America? neighborhoods that reveals the rich history?nd future?f...

Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present. In the 1620s, Thomas Morton...

Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 by School Library Journal Queer history didn?t start with Stonewall. This book explores how LGBTQ people have always been a part of our national...

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, And The Meaning Of Sex - 9780807014738Author: Angela ChenPublisher: Beacon PressPublication Date: September 14, 2021Number of Pages: 224...

For those who care for chronically ill children, a new understanding of hope that equips adults to better nurture pediatric hope among sick kids?articulated by the children themselves As anyone with...

?ll Souls is the written equivalent of an Irish wake, where revelers dance and sing the dead person? praises. In that same style, the book leavens tragedy with dashes of humor but preserves the...

All The Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans (Myths Made In America)Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Dina Gilio-WhitakerPublisher: Beacon PressPublication Date: Oct 04,...

An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a...

The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America Beginning with...

Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck 2015 Recipient of the American Book Award The first history of the United States told from the...

2020 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book 2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People,selected by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children?s...

An Electric Literature ?Most Anticipated LGBTQ Book of 2022? Selection A love letter to the legendary Black and Latinx LGBTQ underground subculture, uncovering its abundant legacy and influence in...

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight Fur Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing RockAuthor: Dina Gilio-WhitakerPublisher: Beacon PressPublication Date: Mar 31, 2020Number of...

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is...

A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter?s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian...

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction "...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history."? Buzzfeed One of the most influential disability rights activists in US...

A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States?and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future Cultural...

With a New Preface by the author ?Breathe is a parent?s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children?s right simply to be possible.??The New York Times 2020 NAACP Image...

Restores the region?s fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and connects the United States' interventions and influence to the influx of refugees seeking asylum today...

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media Corporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An...

Winner Gish Prize for Lifetime Achievement A representative collection of the life work of the much-honored poet and a founder of the Black Arts movement, spanning the 4 decades of her literary...

??a moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination??Kirkus Reviews For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates...