Reading List

History
The Destruction of Black Civilization
by: Chancellor Williams
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by: Carter G. Woodson
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
by: Robin D.G. Kelley
The Afrocentric Idea
by: Molefi Kete Asante
The Racial Contract
by: Charles W. Mills

Democracy/Culture
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
by: Gregory Palast
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
by: Cornel West
Promises Betrayed: Waking Up From the American Dream
by: Bob Herbert
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mean
by: Eric Schlosser
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by: Timothy B. Tyson

Education
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
by: Jonathan Kozol
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought edited by: Beverly Guy-Sheftall
The Covenant With Black America by: Tanis Smiley
White Nationalism, Black Interests: Conservative Public Policy and the Black Community
by: Ronald W. Walters
African-Centered Education: Its Value, Importance and Necessity in the Development of Black Children by: Haki and Safisha Madhubuti

Economics /Wealth
Power-Nomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America by: Claud Anderson
The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality by: Thomas M. Shapiro
Economic Apartheid in America by: Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskei with United for a Fair Economy and Class Action
Should America Pay? Slavery and The Raging Debate on Reparations edited by: Raymond A. Winbush

Psychology/Mental Health
The Sanity of Survival: Reflections on Community Mental Health and Wellness by: Carl C. Bell, M.D.
Seeking the Sakhu: Foundational Writing for an African Psychology by: Wade W. Nobles

General

The Covenant with Black America Introduction by Tavis Smiley

Enough by Juan Williams

Race Matters by Cornel West

The Audacity of Hope:  Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

Waiting for a Miracle by Dr. James P. Comer

Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America by John McWhorter

 

By Author

 

Author - Derrick Bell
And We Are Not Saved; The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice (1989)
Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence of Racism (1993)
Confronting Authority: Reflections of an Ardent Protestor (1996)
Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth (2002)
Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and Unfilled Hopes for Racial Reform (2005)

Authors - Mary Frances Berry and John Blassingame
The Black Experience in America (1982)

Author - Stanley Crouch
Reconsidering the Souls of Black Folk (2003)

Author - Juan Williams
Thurgood Marshall – American Revolutionary (1998)

Edited by Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint
A Wealth of Wisdom – Legendary African American Elders Speak (2004)

 

Author Walter E. Williams

How not to be poor

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