Meeting Date:  Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Discuss systemic racism and police violence with Jelani Cobb’s edition of the Kerner Commission Report. Book Cover: The Essential Kerner Commission Report Book Details Full Title: The Essential Kerner Commission Report Editor: Jelani Cobb Publisher: Liveright Year Published: 2021 Page Count: 240 pages ISBN-13: 978-1631498923 WorldCat Listing: View on worldcat.org Synopsis This edition of the historic 1968

Meeting Date:  Sunday, April 26, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Apply military strategy to the Civil Rights Movement with Thomas E. Ricks. Join our April session. Book Cover: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 Book Details Full Title: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 Author: Thomas E. Ricks Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Year Published: 2022 Page Count: 464 pages ISBN-13: 978-0374

Meeting Date:  May 31, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Confronting the legacy of lynching in the 21st century. Join RFU’s May book discussion. Book Cover: On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century Book Details Full Title: On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century Author: Sherrilyn A. Ifill Publisher: Beacon Press Year Published: 2018 (Revised Edition) Page Count: 240 pages ISBN-13: 978

Meeting Date:  Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Exploring abolitionist organizing and transformative justice in June. Sign up via Bookclubs . Book Cover: We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice Book Details Full Title: We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice Author: Mariame Kaba Publisher: Haymarket Books Year Published: 2021 Page Count: 240 pages ISBN-13: 978-1642595253 WorldCat Listi

Meeting Date:  Sunday, July 26, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Understand the link between slavery and American capitalism. July RFU book discussion. Book Cover: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Book Details Full Title: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Author: Edward E. Baptist Publisher: Basic Books Year Published: 2014 Page Count: 528 pages ISBN-13: 978-0465049660 WorldCat Listing: Vie