Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by Another Name; The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. New York: Anchor Books: 2008. This Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller examines the little known re-enslavement of African Americans from the Civil War up until WWII and its implications in today’s racial landscape.
Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. The Structure of Racism in Color-Blind, “Post-Racial” America. American Behavioral Scientist. Sage Publications, 2015. In this article Bonilla-Silva discusses some of the terminology discussed in our seminar, including colorblindness, racism and new racism.
Brown, Austin Channing. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. New York: Convergent Books: 2018. A wonderfully written memoir which explores growing up in a colorblind America.
Cohen, Adam. Imbeciles; The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. New York: Penguin Press: 2016. This investigation examines the Buck vs Bell case which famously became a Supreme Court case which upheld the sterilization of Carrie Buck and made legal the sterilization of thousands during the eugenics movement.
Diangelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. Boston: Beacon Press: 2018. In this book on racism in America, author Robin Diangelo examines white fragility as a cause of continued racism in the US.
Ehle, John. Trail of Tears; The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation. New York: Anchor Books: 1988. A thorough investigation into the circumstances around the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans from their native lands under the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Inc. Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement. Brookline, MA: Facing History and Ourselves: 2002. A collection of readings, photographs, connections and questions related to the eugenics movement.
Isenberg, Nancy. White Trash; The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. New York: Viking: 2016. Isenberg examines class in America including an examination of the history leading up to the “eugenics craze.”
Jabbar, Kareem Abdul and Raymond Obstefeld. Writing on the Wall; Searching for New Equality beyond Black and White; New York: Liberty Street: 2016. The former NBA legend examines social racism and inequality in America, offering some solutions from his unique perspective.
Shukla, Nikesh and Chimene Suleyman, editors. The Good Immigrant; 26 Writers Reflect on America. New York: Little, Brown and Company: 2019. A collection of essays on the modern American immigrant experience.
Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy; A Story of Justice and Redemption. New York: Spiegel & Grau: 2014. This inspiring investigation into those unjustly confined in America’s prisons is written by the founder of the Legal Justice Initiative, an organization that helps victims of an unjust criminal justice system.
