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Everyone, including our team of contributors, looks up to prominent voices that came before them. Although we can paraphrase and elaborate, it is sometimes best to allow these voices to explain themselves. The books below are by authors—many from backgrounds underrepresented in popular culture—who have inspired younger generations with their ideas.
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If any of these titles interest you, look for them at your nearest library or locally-owned bookstore.
Note: Although the subject matter of these books is important, some books may deal with triggering topics. Please consider reading the book summaries beforehand. If you are experiencing any mental or physical health concerns as a result, please consider contacting a trusted well-being practitioner or consult our mental health support resources.
Intersectional Perspectives and Issues
Intersectional Perspectives and Issues
bell hooks, all about love
Angela Davis, Women, Race & Class
Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa, Sweat and Salt Water
Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot
Jessica Hernandez, Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
Sami Schalk, Black Disability Politics
Jessica McDiarmid, Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Charlene Carruthers, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
Asian and Pacific Islander Perspectives and Issues
Asian and Pacific Islander Perspectives and Issues
Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reconciling
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
Vijay Prashad, The Karma of Brown Folk
Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer
Ranginui Walker, Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End
Ani Mikaere, Colonising Myths - Maori Realities: He Rukuruku Whakaaro
Black Perspectives and Issues
Black Perspectives and Issues
Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Democratic Vision
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
David Olusoga, Black and British: A Forgotten History
Disabled Perspectives and Issues
Disabled Perspectives and Issues
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Shayda Kafai, Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid
Feminist Perspectives and Issues
Feminist Perspectives and Issues
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
Caroline Criado Perez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Indigenous (Turtle Island) Perspectives and Issues
Indigenous (Turtle Island) Perspectives and Issues
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Andrew Crosby & Jeffrey Monaghan, Policing Indigenous Movements: Dissent and the Security State
Michelle Good, Five Little Indians
Bob Joseph, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Latinx Perspectives and Issues
Latinx Perspectives and Issues
Laura E Gomez, Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism
Juan Felipe Herrera, Every Day We Get More Illegal
Angie Cruz, Dominicana
LGBTQIA2S+ Perspectives and Issues
LGBTQIA2S+ Perspectives and Issues
Martin Duberman, Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America
Lauren Hough, Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays
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