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Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson One of Bryan Stevenson’s first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man sentenced to die for a notorious murder he didn't commit. The case drew Stevenson into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship - and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. |
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Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt offers us the language and courage we need to face one of the biggest and most troubling issues of our time. She exposes racial bias at all levels of society—in our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and criminal justice system. Yet she also offers us tools to address it. Eberhardt shows us how we can be vulnerable to bias but not doomed to live under its grip. Racial bias is a problem that we all have a role to play in solving. |
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Law professor Alexander argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race. |
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Bloom by Kevin Panetta Ari is dying to move to the big city--if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their family bakery. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom... |
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Growing Up Queer : Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity by Mary Robertson Mary Robertson offers groundbreaking research on the first generation of young people to embrace their queer identities as children and adolescents. Drawing upon the voices and stories of young people themselves, she shows how today's LGBTQ-identified youth navigate queerness within a culture where being gay is the 'new normal,' challenging and expanding the boundaries of twenty-first-century adolescence. |
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The Stonewall Reader The Stonewall uprising is considered to be the most significant event in the gay liberation movement, and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of first accounts, diaries, periodic literature, and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots. |
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Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour “Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's home-cooked meals. A chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, CEO of Sumwun, NYC's hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team on the thirty-sixth floor. As the only Black person in the company, Darren reimagines himself as "Buck," a ruthless salesman unrecognizable to his friends and family…” |
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Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen "Ace" delves into the lives of those who identify using the little-known sexual orientation of asexuality and shows what all of us can learn--about desire, identity, culture, and relationships--when we use an asexual lens to see the world. |
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. |
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How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55–135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How to Be Free, A. A. Long provides a superb new edition of Epictetus’s celebrated guide to the Stoic philosophy of life (the Encheiridion) along with a selection of related reflections in his Discourses. |
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It Can't Happen Here A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, It can't happen here is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. |
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An Orchestra of Minorities Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, An Orchestra of Minorities tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. |
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Fighting for Uncle Sam: Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Arm 150 years after Congress authorized blacks to serve in the Regular Army, the reader can peer into the eyes of formerly enslaved men who fought on the battlefields of the Civil War, carried the "Stars and Stripes" to the Caribbean, and pursued Pancho Villa into Mexico with John "Black Jack" Pershing. |
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Friday Black A treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like to be young and black in America. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country. |
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Hidden Figures Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians calculated the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. |
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Homecoming Homecoming follows the parallel paths of two sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast and tribal wars of Ghana, to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to the Great Migration north to the streets of 20th century Harlem and the Jazz Age. |
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Devil in the Grove : Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming with cheap labor. Sheriff McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves. Then the Ku Klux Klan rolled into town. These events would bring Thurgood Marshall, the man known as "Mr. Civil Rights," into the fray. |
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Becoming MS. Burton : From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women Susan cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years, never offered therapy or treatment for addiction. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility. Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. |
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When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art In this timely volume, artists and thinkers join in conversation around the topic of global migration, examining both its cultural impact and the culture of migration itself. Individual voices shed light on the societal transformations related to migration and its representation in 21st-century art, offering diverse points of entry into this massive phenomenon and its many manifestations. |
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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voice from Syria Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle East and Europe, We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled is a mosaic of first-hand testimonials from the frontlines. |
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The Psychology of Ethnic Groups in the United States This comprehensive, research-based text allows undergraduate psychology students to explore fundamental issues and methods that distinguish the field of ethnic psychology within mainstream psychology. Combining theory with practical examples, it examines ethnic identities, acculturation, and biculturalism, while aiming to increase readers' sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge regarding the role of ethnicity and culture in human behavior. |