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DEI Books & Reading Materials
Caste:
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
by Isabel Wilkerson
A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
by Howard Zinn
Five Miles Away, A World Apart
by James E. Ryan
by James E. Ryan
The Color of Law
by Richard Rothstein
by Richard Rothstein
The Color of Money
by Mehrsa Baradaran
by Mehrsa Baradaran
The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander
by Michelle Alexander
Stamped From the Beginning
by Ibram X. Kendi
by Ibram X. Kendi
Slavery by
Another Name
by Douglas A. Blackmon
by Douglas A. Blackmon
There is a River: The Black
Struggle for Freedom in America
by Vincent Harding
by Vincent Harding
Parent Like It Matters: How to
Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls
by Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
by Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
I Am Every Good Thing
by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James
by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James

Building Inclusive AI
by AIFWD
by AIFWD
Rekindling the Hope of Black Homeownership
by Carl Smith
by Carl Smith
The Color of Law: Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
by Richard Rothstein
by Richard Rothstein
Race Matters, 25th Anniversary Edition
by Cornel West
by Cornel West
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