Racism in America: Suggested Readings
As we grieve and seek a way forward for a more just, more equitable world, it’s important to understand what has brought us here and the obstacles we have yet to overcome. To get started, here are some suggestions for further reading. You can browse even more in our subject listings.
The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
Laurence Ralph
Anne Warfield Rawls and Waverly Duck
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Second Edition
Edited by Alfreda M. Duster, With a New Foreword by Eve L. Ewing and a New Afterword by Michelle Duster
Dave Tell
Murder in New Orleans: The Creation of Jim Crow Policing
Jeffrey S. Adler
The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice
Derrick Darby and John L. Rury
Building the Prison State: Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration
Heather Schoenfeld
The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills
David A. Ansell, MD