Social Justice Revisited

The women of Book Bistro are shaking things up this week. Join Amber, Shannon, and Brooke as they recommend some social justice-themed reads, most of which happen to be nonfiction. Titles mentioned include:

Ruby Yayra Goka, Even When Your Voice Shakes

Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child, Poverty, Survival and Hope In an American City

Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People In North America

Malcolm X & Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Dan Tomasulo, American Snake Pit, Hope, Grit and Resilliance In the Wake of Willowbrook

Tanya Talaga, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths In a Northern City

Eyal Press, Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality In America

Matt Taibbi, I Can’t Breathe: a Killing On Bay Street

Jessica McDiarmid, Highway of Tears: a True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indiginous Women and Girls

Damien Echols, Life After Death

Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

Chanel Miller, Know My Name

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