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Radical Readz is an essential reading list for activists and those interested in entering or learning more about the movement for racial justice. This list is inspired by the Radical Readz program started by Justice League NYC in which they release one book a week via social media to inspire conversation and growth on current issues related to racial justice.
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Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
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4.19 avg rating — 2,385 ratings
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The End of Policing
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Shell-Shocked: On the Ground Under Israel's Gaza Assault
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How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America
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Moustafa Bayoumi (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
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Gandhi: An Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments With Truth
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How Long Will I Cry?
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Manchild in the Promised Land
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
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Julia Serano (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 8,879 ratings
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Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill
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Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me
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Janet Mock (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
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Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil
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Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Editor)
4.47 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
score: 89,
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Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976
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Chicano! the History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
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Latinas: Struggles & Protests in 21st Century USA
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Iris Morales (editor)
4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 84,
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Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District
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4.07 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Inside Private Prisons: An American Dilemma in the Age of Mass Incarceration
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3.92 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire
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4.25 avg rating — 160 ratings
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The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
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One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
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This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They Made
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3.93 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
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“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans
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This Stops Today: Eric Garner's Mother Seeks Justice after Losing Her Son
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
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4.38 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
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Chokehold: Policing Black Men
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