Lawrence Jackson’s memoir tells a story of location shaped by race
Baltimore—from Frederick Douglass to Freddie Gray—informs his whole journey.
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The Kindest Lie is a story about race and much more
In Nancy Johnson’s debut novel, a family secret draws a successful Black woman home to small-town Indiana.
Are we trapped by the way others see us?
Brit Bennett’s novel explores racial passing, gender transition, and family trauma.
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another
A white woman, her black husband, and the struggle to be known
The intersection between blackness and whiteness
Emily Bernard’s essays insist that no conversation is about race alone.
What racism is—and how to organize against it
People already engaged in conversations about racial justice may find Ibram Kendi's analysis surprising.
Toni Morrison writes about race, religion, and her own fiction
Our language isn’t neutral. It has history embedded within it.
To bridge our country’s divides, we need deep emotion rooted in moral complexity—not jokey white-bro solidarity.
If whiteness is a fiction, it's one that does a lot of damage.
What we talk about when we talk about sex
The intersection of race and sexuality is the ur-story of American culture.
In the Fearless Dialogues movement, people try to truly see each other
Gregory Ellison II's book evokes the sort of honest conversations he has been convening.
The complex story of race and religion in the American South
Paul Harvey's history shows how things could have gone very differently.
The vocation of being a stranger
As a mother and a woman of color, I read Camille Dungy's book as a personal roadmap.
The sparkle of James McBride's stories
Five-Carat Soul is filled with hilarious storytelling, unusual characters, and stark realities.