Meeting Date:  Sunday, January 25, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Join RFU’s January discussion of "Fear No Pharaoh." Explore the intersection of American Jewish history and the Civil War. Register on Bookclubs. Book Cover: Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery Book Details Full Title: Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery Author: Richard Kreitner Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Year Published:

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, March 29, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Explore the role of white women in the American slave economy. Join the March book discussion. Book Cover: They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South Book Details Full Title: They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South Author: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers Publisher: Yale University Press Year Published: 2019 Page Count: 320 pages ISBN-13: 978-0300251838

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 Explore the overlooked stories of Black women navigating the American railroad with Miriam Thaggert. Sign up via Bookclubs . Book Cover: Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad Book Details Full Title: Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad Author: Miriam Thaggert Publisher: University of Illinois Press Year Published: 2022 Page Count: 208 pages ISBN-13: 978-

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. Sign up via Bookclubs . 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: 978-046504966

Meeting Date:  Sunday, August 30, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Join RFU’s discussion of Kevin Sack’s "Mother Emanuel," a profound history of a pivotal Charleston church and the fight for racial justice. Book Cover: Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church Book Details Full Title: Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church Author: Kevin Sack Publisher: Crown Year Published: 2

Meeting Date:  Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Connecting the climate crisis to racial history and the Caribbean. Join our September discussion. Book Cover: Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Book Details Full Title: Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis Author: Tao Leigh Goffe Publisher: Doubleday Year Published: 2025 Page Count: 320 pages ISBN-13: 978-0385549912 Wor

Meeting Date:  Sunday, October 25, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Uncovering the "New Jim Code" and racial bias in automation. October book discussion. Book Cover: The Knowing: Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Book Details Full Title: Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Author: Ruha Benjamin Publisher: Polity Year Published: 2019 Page Count: 304 pages ISBN-13: 978-1509526406 WorldCat Listing: View on worldcat.org Sy

Meeting Date:  Sunday, November 29, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET Exploring the systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples through a retelling of Canadian history. Book Cover: The Knowing: The Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools Book Details Full Title: The Knowing: The Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools Author: Tanya Talaga Publisher: HarperCollins Year Published: 2024 Page Count: 480 pages ISBN-13: 978-1443467506 WorldCat Listing: View on worldcat.org Synopsis Ta

Explore the legacy of land theft and the movement for Black land ownership. December RFU session.