This historical fiction series, shaped by Mildred D. Taylor’s family stories, is a multigenerational chronicle of the Logan family’s life...
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From The Land to All the Days Past, All the Days to Come—The Complete Collection of Mildred D. Taylor’s Logan Family Saga is Available in the COS Library!
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From The Land to All the Days Past, All the Days to Come—The Complete Collection of Mildred D. Taylor’s Logan Family Saga is Available in the COS Library!
Halfway Home: Crime, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
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Halfway Home: Crime, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
When he spoke at the Calvin January Series on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, sociologist, criminologist and author Reuben J. Miller...
Reading While Black; African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
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Reading While Black; African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
by Esau McCaulley (InterVarsity Press, 2020) Esau McCaulley weaves a dense and gorgeous tapestry of his personal narrative, insight into the...
“Five Books to Make You Less Stupid About the Civil War” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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How To Fight Racism
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How To Fight Racism
by Jemar Tisby A follow-up book to Tisby’s The Color of Compromise, this book provides a practical framework for pursuing...
Begin Again, James Baldwin’s America and its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
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Begin Again, James Baldwin’s America and its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. We live, according to Edie S. Glaude Jr., (who is a professor of African American...
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
by Layla Saad Learning about the dangers of systemic racism often leads people to ask: What can I do personally...
A Different Mirror
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A Different Mirror
by Ronald T. Takaki A Different Mirror deals with the subject of minority perspectives of multicultural America, incorporating quotes, folk songs,...
America’s Original Sin
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America’s Original Sin
by Jim Wallis Book website at americasoriginalsin.com
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By Ibram X. Kendi “Racism is the enduring scar on the American consciousness. In this ambitious, magisterial book, Kendi reveals...
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson “Wilkerson’s central thesis is that caste, while a global occurrence, achieves its most violent manifestation in the...
Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just
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Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just
by Timothy Keller It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to...