Book Selections

“One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of 'not racist.'” ― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist The following 11 titles, a mix of history, social science, and memoir, offer facts and reflections on systemic racial injustice as well as ways to channel feeling into action.

Three of the five finalists for fiction have been nominated for their debut novels, while all five finalists for young people's literature are being honored for the first time.

Welcome Back!  The law library is developing a collection of materials we are calling the Antiracist Collection. The items in this collection include cross-disciplinary resources in addition to boo…

Voice of Witness (VOW) is an oral history nonprofit that advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by—and fighting against—injustice. VOW’s work is driven by the transformative power of the story, and by a strong belief that social justice cannot be achieved without deep listening and learning from those marginalized by systems of oppression. Through our programming, we work with communities to ensure that: voices of marginalized and silenced communities are centered in narrative contexts (education, media, movements, and policymaking); students and communities have the tools and training to tell their own stories through oral history; storytelling practitioners and institutions use ethics-driven methodologies to gather narratives. The VOW Book Series depicts human rights issues through the edited oral histories of people, VOW narrators, who are most deeply impacted and at the heart of solutions to address injustice. The series explores issues of race-, gender-, and class-based inequity through the lenses of personal narrative. The VOW Education Program brings unheard stories and our ethical oral history methodology to classrooms and organizations across the US, connecting students, educators, and advocates with training and tools for storytelling in order to advance social change. Through our partnerships and consulting, VOW offers expert storytelling and program support to nonprofits, activists, schools, foundations, and more. These customized projects and workshops use VOW’s award-winning approach to promote empathy, build relationships, and amplify community voices.

B&N Reads - We're halfway through the year already, so it's time to recognize our Best Books of 2022 (So Far)!

NPR's annual Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of books that scratch whatever your reading itch might be. Today, we're going to talk about some of the nonfiction we loved.

The latest edition of NPR's Books We Love project rounded up hundreds of book recommendations from critics, writers and NPR journalists to try to give you just the read you're looking for. Today, we're giving recommendations for our favorite books about identity and culture.

You can find a collection of ebooks dedicated to social justice and diversity in the LexisNexis Digital Library. Below is a list of titles in this collection. The LexisNexis Digital Library allows …

Amid the American Dirt controversy, we asked authors of our favorite books about migration for their recommendations

These 10 books will help broaden your understanding of the immigration debate.

These incredible books about immigration are heart-wrenching tales of families divided and reflections on identities in two distinctly different cultures.

Dive into coming of age stories and memoirs.

The 20 best immigration books recommended by Tim Wise, David Baddiel, The Agenda Tvo, Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Sree Sreenivasan Powerwomensummit.

Ana Minian weighs in on whether the US is 'a nation of immigrants,' and shares the five best books on the subject: "It should be possible to talk about the many contributions that immigrants made without erasing the histories of Native Americans, slaves, and migrant workers."

CCIS scholars publish books on a wide variety of topics related to immigration. CCIS also publishes its own research, distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers or co-published with other university and commercial presses. For further information about these books and to order them, please click on the names or covers of the books.

Immigration debates flood news sources today, but the stories of those who flee their homes in search of new opportunities often get shoved to the margins.

DREAMers, DACA, and DAPA by SCCLDcitizenship - a staff-created list : Undocumented, and unafraid! Books and online resources about immigrant youth and their parents in pursuit of the American Dream!

If you struggle to put into words how you feel about living in a new country, try reading someone else’s story. Reading a similar story to your own will confirm and awaken your feelings on your life in America. Reading books will give you a sense a validation. It’s like the authors are all telling… Read More

Scott McLemee highlights some new and upcoming books that are relevant to the current border crisis.

Ring in the new year with these inspiring reads that change perceptions around being differently abled.

Books shelved as disability-justice: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stor...

Idra Novey’s Take What You Need, Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful, and Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s A Stranger in Your Own City all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. Brought to you by Book …

Feminist librarians have fought for recognition through the decades: feminist history and women's library history are intertwined.

Lists about: Books About Rape and Rape Culture, #MeToo, YA Girls Take On the Patriarchy, Sexual Violence Against Men in Fiction, Women Standing Up To Vio...

Since 2002, Rise: A Feminist Book Project (formerly the Amelia Bloomer Project) has created an annual booklist of the best feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18. We are part of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. 2020 challenged all of us. A pandemic physically separated us. In the midst of loss, isolation, and injustice, we forged new paths of togetherness. We created new models of community. We developed new tools. We connected with our loved ones virtually. We took to the streets in protest.

The perfect picks for this—and any—time of year.

National Women's History Month might be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean you don't have time to celebrate, learn about, and give a voice to women across the country. There are so many different ways to celebrate National Women's History…

The best new books out the week of September 14 include Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi.'