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And Hell Followed With Her
Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
It began with a frantic 911 call from a woman in a dusty Arizona border town. A gang claiming to be affiliated with the Border Patrol had shot her husband and daughter. It was initially assumed that the murders were products of border drug wars ravaging the Southwest until the leader of one of the...
by Anand Giridharadas
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
"Gives you new eyes on your nation, makes you wonder about both the recent South Asian immigrant behind the counter at the food mart and the tattooed white man behind you in line. It reminds you that there are some Americas where mercy flows freely, and other Americas where it has turned to ice."...
Building an American Empire
The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
How American westward expansion was governmentally engineered to promote the formation of a white settler nation
Westward expansion of the United States is most conventionally remembered for rugged individualism, geographic isolationism, and a fair amount of luck. Yet the establishment of the...
Black Star, Crescent Moon
The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
“The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia,” Malcolm X declared in a 1962 speech, “is existing in the hearts and minds of 20 million black people in this country who have been just as thoroughly colonized as the people...
Down to the Crossroads
Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
In 1962, James Meredith became a civil rights hero when he enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Four years later, he would make the news again when he reentered Mississippi, on foot. His plan was to walk from Memphis to Jackson, leading a "March Against...
The Lessons of Ubuntu
How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
A roadmap to healing America’s wounds, bridging the racial divide, and diminishing our anger.
Mathabane touched the hearts of millions of people around the world with his powerful memoir, Kaffir Boy, about growing up under apartheid in South Africa and was praised by Oprah Winfrey and Bill...
The Extreme Gone Mainstream
Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
How extremism is going mainstream in Germany through clothing brands laced with racist and nationalist symbols
The past decade has witnessed a steady increase in far right politics, social movements, and extremist violence in Europe. Scholars and policymakers have struggled to understand the...
The Gift of Our Wounds
A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
The powerful story of a friendship between two men—one Sikh and one skinhead—that resulted in an outpouring of love and a mission to fight against hate.
One Sikh. One former Skinhead. Together, an unusual friendship emerged out of a desire to make a difference.
When white supremacist...
A Call to Conscience
The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2001
This companion volume to "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr". includes the text of his most well-known oration, "I Have a Dream", his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, and "Beyond Vietnam", a powerful plea...
When South Africa Called, We Answered
How the Media and International Solidarity Helped Topple Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
There were two battles against apartheid—a political campaign and a media war. The political story has been told, and now you can read about the media effort. As South Africa marks in 2014 its 20th anniversary as a democracy, its transformation is still hailed as a "miracle." Most of the credit for...
Don't Shoot
One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Gang- and drug-related inner-city violence, with its attendant epidemic of incarceration, is the defining crime problem in our country. In some neighborhoods in America, one out of every two hundred young black men is shot to death every year, and few initiatives of government and law enforcement...
Carry the Rock
Race, Football, and the Soul of an American City
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
In 1957, nine African American teenagers faced angry mobs and the resistance of a segregationist governor to claim their right to educational equality. The bravery of the Little Rock Nine, as they became known, captured the country's imagination and made history but created deep scars in the community.
Jay...
My Tour through the Asylum
A Southern Integrationist's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Immortalized in the writings of his most famous student, best-selling author Pat Conroy, veteran education administrator William E. Dufford has led an inspirational life as a stalwart champion for social justice and equal access for all to the empowerment of a good public education. A quintessential...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
At the height of the civil rights movement in Mississippi, as hundreds of volunteers prepared for the 1964 Freedom Summer Project, the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) compiled hundreds of statements from activists and everyday citizens who endured police abuse and vigilante violence. Fifty-seven...