ONE MAN'S BOOK LIST FOR BLACK HISTORY







The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson

Never Forget Our People were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing, by Ben Jealous

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,                           by Heather Mc Ghee

Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, by Mark Charles and Song-Chan Rah

From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, by William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen

The Color of Money: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein

Children of the Dream:Why School Integration Works, by Rucker C. Johnson with with Alexander Nazaryan

Frederick Douglas: Prophet of Freedom, by David W. Blight

His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and The Power of Hope, by John Meacham

US The Resurrection of American Terror: An Evangelical Pastor's Cry, Alarm, and Warning, By Rev. Kenneth W.Wheeler

Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian, by James H. Cone

When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America, by Theodore R. Johnson

           


 




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