Empowering Communities Through Dialogue: Join Our Monthly Virtual Book Club to Explore Race, History, and Structural Inequality FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, MA — December 23, 2025 — Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation's Reading for Understanding (RFU) , a leading virtual community dedicated to critical education, is proud to announce its 2026 season of virtual book discussions. Marking six years of continuous programming, the 2026 series will feature 12 curated ti

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