Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Social Sciences
The OBCB list is developed every five years as a tool for various audiences (students preparing for college, educators, librarians, and parents). It offers opportunities for independent reading and lifelong learning. From the list, readers are bound to find something that will expand their worldview and help them gain an understanding of the ever-changing world.-YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)
Next PageEloquent rage : a black feminist discovers her superpower - Cooper, Brittney C., 1980-
Summary: "So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of...
Contents: The problem with sass -- Capital B, capital F -- Strong female leads -- The smartest man I never knew -- Bag lady -- Grown-woman theology -- Orchestrated fury -- White-girl tears -- Never scared --...
Talking to my daughter about the economy, or, how capitalism works-- and how it fails - Varoufakis, Yanis,
Summary: In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister and the author of the international bestseller Adults in the Room, pens a series of letters...
Contents: Why so much inequality? -- The birth of the market society -- The marriage of debt and profit -- The black magic of banking -- Two Oedipal markets -- Haunted machines -- The dangerous fantasy of...
We speak for ourselves : a word from forgotten black America - Watkins, D. (Dwight),
Summary: From the row houses of Baltimore to the stoops of Brooklyn, with searing conviction and full compassion, D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and The Beast Side lays bare...
Contents: Part 1: Down bottom. Where I come from ; Just pass the mic ; The hurdles ; The tradition of failure ; Too poor for pop culture ; No retirement for the hustlers -- Part 2: The biggest gang in...
Youth to power : your voice and how to use it - Margolin, Jamie, 2001-
Summary: "The 1963 Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama. Tiananmen Square, 1989. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social...
Contents: Foreword: The book is your toolbox / Greta Thunberg -- Introduction: The world needs to hear your voice / Jamie Margolin -- Finding your why -- Your first steps -- Political writing and publishing...
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness - Alexander, Michelle.
Summary: "As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been...
Contents: The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time.
Jane against the world : Roe v. Wade and the fight for reproductive rights - Blumenthal, Karen.
Summary: A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines the...
Contents: Restrictions -- Reform -- Roe v. Wade -- After Roe.
Between the world and me - Coates, Ta-Nehisi,
Summary: "For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him--most urgently, why he,...
Contents: Prologue : the talk -- PART 1. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. The changes -- The second change : Malcolm and the body -- The third change : Mecca and the death of mythology -- PART 2. THE SOOTY DETAILS...