Starting the Conversation: Adult Nonfiction

In our commitment to serve our community and foster the pursuit of knowledge, we offer these resources to help begin important conversations.
 

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1. Between the world and me

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Author:
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT
Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary...

2. We are not yet equal: understanding our racial divide

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Author:
Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine)
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A compelling and timely young adult adaptation of the NYTimes bestselling "White Rage," offers a compelling explanation of contemporary race relations by reframing major historical moments and cultural touchstones from the end of slavery to the War on Drugs to the Black Lives Matter movement.

3. White rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide

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Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine)
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Anderson posits that "since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time African Americans have made advances towards full participation in our democracy, white reaction has fueled a deliberate and relentless rollback of their gains ... Linking these and other historical flashpoints when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson [believes that] actions made in the name...