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A chorus of Black student voices that renders a new story of US education—one where racial barriers and violence are confronted by freedom dreaming and resistance
Paperback | By Jarvis R. Givens | From Beacon PressTagged as: Community, Education, History, History, Justice, Racial Justice -
A culinary and cultural history of plant-based eating in the United States that delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined alternative food—Diet for a Small Planet for a new generation
Paperback | By Alicia Kennedy | From Beacon PressTagged as: Food -
A conversation between 2 eminent Black thinkers on how to work together to make the world a better place despite deep religious differences
Paperback | By Brad Braxton, Anthony Pinn | From Beacon PressTagged as: Christianity, Community, Democracy, Humanism, Justice, Racial Justice, Religion -
A radically inclusive, sex-positive guide to managing the inevitable libido differences in our relationships, authored by two certified sex therapists who are passionate about good sex
Paperback | By Jennifer A. Vencill, Lauren Fogel Mersy | From Beacon PressTagged as: Intimacy, Love, Relationships -
This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of the American protest novel and the harmful representations of Black identity in film and fiction
Hardcover | By James Baldwin | From Beacon Press -
Follows the stories of three young women activists of color fighting for some of today’s most pressing movements of defunding the police, environmental justice, and arts education
Paperback | By Sonali Kohli | For Youth | From Beacon PressTagged as: Activism, Climate Justice, Justice, Women -
Now with a new foreword by author Tomi AdeyemiThe New York Times best-selling author’s time-travel classic that makes us feel the horrors of American slavery and indicts our country’s lack of progress on racial reconciliation
Paperback | By Tomi Adeyemi, Octavia E. Butler | From Beacon Press -
A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse it
Hardcover | By Anthony Pinn | From Beacon PressTagged as: Humanism, Justice, Religion -
An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming case
Hardcover | By Joshua A. Douglas | From Beacon PressTagged as: Democracy, Justice, Politics, Voting Rights -
An urgent exposition of the pervasive human trafficking that lies just beneath the surface of the US economy—from the stories of its survivors
Paperback | By Melissa Hope Ditmore | From Beacon PressTagged as: America, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, International, Justice
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