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, 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