White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing, Hardcover

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Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Theodore W AllenNumber of pages: 800Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 233 x 154 x 40Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America - volume 2.

This is the first full-length study of contemporary American fiction of passing. Its takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gende...

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Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Barack ObamaNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softb...

President Barack Obama's #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of his childhood and young adult years, a compelling journey through family, race and...

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Alexandra Wilson, a young mixed-race barrister, provides a compelling insight into the systemic racism in our legal system.

Gus White grew up on the wrong side of the color line in Jim Crow Tennessee, then became the first black medical student at Stanford and a top surg...

Alexandra, a young mixed-race barrister, gives us a fresh perspective on a broken criminal justice system still dominated by a privileged few.

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Katheryn Russell-BrownIllustration(s): 21 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 202...

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*Now a Netflix Original Series* In the satirical tradition of the New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like comes this witty companion book...

DescriptionBeautiful and powerful, Strong Like Her presents the awe-inspiring account of women's athleticism throughout history. Journalist Haley S...

"Grandchildren meet their grandparents at the end, " Denise Low says, "as tragic figures. We remember their decline and deaths. . . . The story we ...

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DescriptionRace remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarcera...

This volume by philosophers, sociologists, and historians on issues of race and racism examines central educational questions, relevant to educatio...

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DescriptionIn her memoir, Invisible Division, Charlene Lovett pens the story of her fourteen-year-old daughter, Cheryl Green, the murdered child of...

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