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A hidden gem from the Harlem Renaissance about a young Black woman’s journey toward self-acceptance while passing as white in 1920s New York City.
Paperback | By Deborah McDowell, Morgan Jenkins, Jessie Redmon Fauset | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, Gender -
An engaging, accessible introduction to Buddhism for those who are looking to explore a new spiritual tradition or understand the roots of their mindfulness practice.
Paperback | By C. Pierce Salguero | From Beacon PressTagged as: Buddhism, Mindfulness -
An examination of how curriculum choices can perpetuate White supremacy, and radical strategies for how schools and teacher education programs can disrupt and transform racism in education
Paperback | By Bree Picower | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Education, Social Justice -
The first history of racial injustice to examine how civility and white supremacy are linked, and a call for citizens who care about social justice to abandon civility and practice civic radicalism
Paperback | By Alex Zamalin | From Beacon PressTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, History, History, Racial Justice, Social Justice -
With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism
The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women’s movement
Paperback | By Laura L Lovett | From Beacon PressTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Community, History, History -
An authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the blueprint for future generations of activists to follow
Paperback | By V.P. Franklin | For Youth | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, History, History, Racial Justice, Social Justice -
The inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others
Paperback | By Maria J. Kefalas | For Children | From Beacon PressTagged as: Children, Death, Grief, Illness, Joy, Parenting, Parents, Personal Inspiration, Sorrow, Strength -
A masterclass in the civil rights movement from one of the legendary activists who led it
Paperback | By Jeanne Theoharris, Danny Lyon, Vann R. Newkirk II, Pamela Horowitz, Horace Julian Bond | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, History, History, Racial Justice -
An explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice
Paperback | By Aubrey Gordon | From Beacon PressTagged as: Body, Oppression -
A new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece, uniquely rendering the unforgettable humanity, vitality, and wisdom of its verse in incandescent English.
Hardcover | By Archana Venkatesan, Andrew Harvey, Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma | From Beacon PressTagged as: Ethics, Love, Personal Inspiration, Power, Wisdom
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