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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 116,129 ratings — published 2010
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 107,613 ratings — published 2018
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.16 — 171,175 ratings — published 2018
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 118,836 ratings — published 2019
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 361,264 ratings — published 2015
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 100,424 ratings — published 2017
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 62,132 ratings — published 2020
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.62 — 257,980 ratings — published 2014
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 34,825 ratings — published 2015
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 26,990 ratings — published 1997
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.53 — 38,153 ratings — published 2016
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 14,706 ratings — published 2016
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 72,763 ratings — published 2018
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 30,281 ratings — published 2020
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 117,855 ratings — published 1963
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.53 — 158,667 ratings — published 2020
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 325,140 ratings — published 2012
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 45,062 ratings — published 2017
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 288,209 ratings — published 1965
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 33,807 ratings — published 1981
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 574,999 ratings — published 1969
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 115,065 ratings — published 2010
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 162,691 ratings — published 2019
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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avg rating 4.37 — 19,923 ratings — published 2014
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 13,848 ratings — published 2018
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 73,342 ratings — published 1995
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 25,450 ratings — published 2018
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 998,116 ratings — published 2017
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 118,361 ratings — published 2014
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 262,718 ratings — published 1980
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.53 — 40,384 ratings — published 1984
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 111,904 ratings — published 2016
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A Black Women's History of the United States (ReVisioning History) A Black Women's History of the United States (ReVisioning History)
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avg rating 4.29 — 3,639 ratings — published 2020
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 18,871 ratings — published 1981
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They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 5,108 ratings — published 2019
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,230,077 ratings — published 2011
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Citizen: An American Lyric Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 51,321 ratings — published 2014
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 12,180 ratings — published 2017
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.52 — 29,421 ratings — published 2003
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States An African American and Latinx History of the United States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,494 ratings — published 2018
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 27,705 ratings — published 2000
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 32,845 ratings — published 2020
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Thick: And Other Essays Thick: And Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 18,325 ratings — published 2019
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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 12,310 ratings — published 2020
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Heavy Heavy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.47 — 44,297 ratings — published 2018
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Becoming Becoming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 1,177,326 ratings — published 2018
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The Good Immigrant The Good Immigrant (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 13,893 ratings — published 2016
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 483,293 ratings — published 1987
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 86,266 ratings — published 2014
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 30,406 ratings — published 1987
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