Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow - Gates, Henry Louis, Jr,

Summary: "A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of...

Contents: Antislavery/antislave backlash : the white resistance to black Reconstruction -- The old Negro : race, science, literature, and the birth of Jim Crow -- Chains of being : the black body and the...

12 angry men : true stories of being a black man in America today

Contents: Introduction: From racial profiling to racial literacy : the lessons of 12 angry men / Lani Guinier -- The bill of rights for black men / Bryonn Bain -- Reporting while black / Solomon Moore --...

They say : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race - Davidson, James West.

Contents: Into a changing world -- A moral education -- Unladylike lady -- Edged tools -- Ambition to edit -- They say -- Do something -- Exiled.

Your black friend and other strangers - Passmore, Ben,

Summary: Your Black Friend and Other Strangers is a collection of culturally charged comics by cartoonist Ben Passmore. Passmore masterfully tackles comics about race, gentrification, the prison system,...

Contents: As way of... introduction / Ben Passmore -- Your black friend -- It's not about you -- OK stoopd! -- I don't want no smoke -- Art is shit -- A letter from a Stone Mountain jail -- No justice, just...

Waking up white : and finding myself in the story of race - Irving, Debby,

Summary: For twenty-five years, Debby Irving sensed inexplicable racial tensions in her personal and professional relationships. As a colleague and neighbor, she worried about offending people she dearly...

Contents: Childhood in white. What wasn't said -- Family values -- Race versus class -- Optimism -- Within the walls -- Midlife wake-up calls. From confusion to shock -- The GI Bill -- Racial categories --...

Not quite not white : losing and finding race in America - Sen, Sharmila,

Summary: At the age of 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S. The year was 1982, and everywhere she turned, she was asked to self-report her race: on INS forms, at the doctor's office, in middle...

Contents: The mask that grins -- Enter the dragon -- The first remove -- The autobiography of an ex-Indian woman -- Heart of not whiteness.

Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do - Eberhardt, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn),

Summary: You don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our...