Book: The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist Genre: History Publisher: Basic Books Publication date: 2014 Pages: 498 Source: Library Summary: The most succinct summary is the subtitle: “Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.” If you … Continue reading →
Book: Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Atria Books Publication date: 2016 Pages: 250 Source: Hardback from library Summary: Journalist Marc Lamont Hill covers the … Continue reading →
The Community for Understanding and Hope book group specializes in books about race in America. We’ve been meeting for ten years and we’ve read 94 books together. We brought 53 books to our annual book selection meeting last week and … Continue reading →
Book: Born a Crime: stories from a South African childhood by Trevor Noah Genre: Memoir Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Publication date: 2016 Pages: 304 Source: Hardcover from library Summary: Trevor Noah was “born a crime” to a black mother and … Continue reading →
Book: Hunger by Roxane Gay Genre: Memoir Publisher: Harper Collins Publication date: 2016 Pages: 320 Source: e-boook from Library Summary: In Hunger, Roxane Gay shares a series of events and reflections from her life, from a traumatic childhood event, through … Continue reading →
Book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2009 (trade paperback), 1969 (original publication date) Pages: 289 Source: Library Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the story … Continue reading →
Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Genre: nonfiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication date: 2017 Pages: 338 Source: Purchased hardback Summary: Journalist David Grann researched the little-known history of members of … Continue reading →
Book: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Genre: Novel Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication date: 2016 Pages: 470 Source: Library Summary: Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse with twenty years experience, is reassigned from a patient due to her race. … Continue reading →
Our book club, the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group, specializes in books about race in America. Here are the 84 books that we’ve read so far. We had our annual potluck and book selection meeting on Thursday. I’ll … Continue reading →
I’ve pre-scheduled this post for the exact moment that I’ll start a presentation on the topic of books to understand race and racism in the United States. Lots of people who can’t attend asked for the handout, so I thought I … Continue reading →