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Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kig's review
nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance by Angela Y. Davis

If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance

Angela Y. Davis

281 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0kig's review
nonfiction feminism history politics race challenging reflective slow-paced
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe

When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm

Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe

354 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kig's review
nonfiction business economics challenging informative medium-paced
Famous Black Quotations and Some Not So Famous by Janet Cheatham Bell
Famous Black Quotations and Some Not So Famous
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Janet Cheatham Bell

Famous Black Quotations and Some Not So Famous

Janet Cheatham Bell

71 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0kig's review
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Harriet A. Washington

501 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0kig's review
nonfiction health history race science challenging informative slow-paced
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King Jr.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Martin Luther King Jr.

209 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0kig's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

My Government Means to Kill Me

Rasheed Newson

276 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kig's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kig's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Black Woman: An Anthology by

The Black Woman: An Anthology

327 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0kig's review
nonfiction feminism poetry race reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0kig's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced