Top 24: Reading for Understanding 2023
We asked — you voted from a list of 100 books. These are the Top 24 books selected for our 2023 Reading for Understanding monthly virtual...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 11, 2021
“The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together” by Heather McGhee
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 11, 2021
"How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" by Clint Smith
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 11, 2021
"Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning" by Cathy Park Hong
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 10, 2021
"You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience" by Tarana Burke
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 8, 2021
"The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 8, 2021
"Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America" by Ijeoma Oluo
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 7, 2021
"The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person" by Frederick Joseph
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 5, 2021
"Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" by Emmanuel Acho
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 4, 2021
"The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart" by Alicia Garza
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 3, 2021
"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson
Reading for Understanding: Monthly Virtual Book Discussion The Center’s Reading for Understanding monthly book discussions are free and...
57 views
Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 2, 2021
“The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Others
Please purchase and read/listen to “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Others before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, January...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Dec 1, 2021
“A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America” by David K. Shipler
Please purchase and read/listen to “A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America” by David K. Shipler before our virtual meeting...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 30, 2021
“America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States” by Erika Lee
Please purchase and read/listen to “America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States” by Erika Lee before our virtual...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 29, 2021
“An Uncommon Faith” by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Please purchase and read/listen to “An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion” by Eddie S. Glaude...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 28, 2021
“How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America” by Priya Fielding-Sing
Please purchase and read/listen to “How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America” by Priya Fielding-Singh,...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 27, 2021
“Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma” by Guilaine Kinouani
Please purchase and read/listen to “Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma” by Guilaine Kinouani...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 26, 2021
“Medical Apartheid" by Harriet A. Washington
Please purchase and read/listen to “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 25, 2021
“Not a Nation of Immigrants" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Please purchase and read/listen to “Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and...
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Dock C. Bracy Center
- Nov 25, 2021
“Why We Can’t Wait” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Please purchase and read/listen to “Why We Can’t Wait” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before our virtual meeting on Wednesday, September...
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