Racial Issues
Stand Tall by Mad Dog
Dr. Isaiah "Ike" McKinnon served on the Detroit city police force for thirty years.
Dreams from My Father: A... by Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches...
One Mississippi by Mark Childress
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An uproariously funny and deeply moving novel about growing up in the South by the acclaimed author...
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed’s brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society.
Another Day at the Front by Ishmael Reed
Despite the rabble-rousing subtitle, remarkable novelist and critic Reed offers far more than the erudite, colloquial confrontationalism with which he...
Not A Genuine Black Man:... by Brian Copeland
This memoir offers a candid and funny response to those who question the racial authenticity of successful black men.
Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in... by Tim Wise
Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White provides a comprehensive defense of affirmative action programs, especially in higher education,...
White Like Me: Reflections on... by Tim Wise
White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection, addressing racism and white privilege in the United States.
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
This second book from Angelou’s autobiographical series follows I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
