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A tale of 2 NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing
Hardcover | By Jonathan Tarleton | From Beacon PressTagged as: Class, Economic Justice -
3 leading Black scholars radically reframe the debates surrounding the academic achievement of African American students in this groundbreaking essay collectionA limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette
Hardcover | By Asa Hilliard III, Claude Steele, Theresa Perry | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, Education -
A blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to simply exist
Paperback | By Shenequa A. Golding | From Beacon PressTagged as: Intersectionality, Justice -
From the celebrated author of Freedom Dreams, a thought-provoking look at how the multicolored urban working class are the solution—not the problem—to the ills of American citiesA limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette
Hardcover | By Robin D. G. Kelley | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, History, History, Racial Justice -
A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics—from The Beat Generation to Basquiat
Hardcover | By Alex Zamalin | From Beacon PressTagged as: Culture, Freedom, History, History, Politics -
The powerful memoir of the most celebrated and blacklisted Black American of the 20th century—offering a defiant challenge to the prevailing fear and racism that continues to characterize American societyA limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette
Hardcover | By Paul Robeson | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, Racial Justice -
The true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existedA 2024 Publisher’s Weekly best Nonfiction book of the year.
Hardcover | By Russell Cobb | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History -
An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them
Hardcover | By Mary Frances Berry | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History, Trauma -
An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage
Hardcover | By Cheryl L. Neely | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History, Violence -
“Jeanne’s book not only inspired the documentary but has been a catalyst in changing our national understanding of Rosa Parks. Highly recommend!” —Soledad O’Brien, executive producer of the Peabody Award–winning documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksThe NAACP Image
Paperback | By Jeanne Theoharis | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History