Civil Rights
-
We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century
$23.99 Add to cart“This work will become the defining text on progressive constitutionalism — a parallel to Thomas Picketty’s contribution but for all who care deeply about constitutional law. Beautifully written and
- Author: Chemerinsky, Erwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1250166004
- Language: English
-
Inventing Human Rights: A History
$16.95 Add to cartHow were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and i… [more below]
- Author: Hunt, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0393331997
- Language: English
-
John Lewis: A Life
$23.00 Add to cartNew York Times Book Review Top 100 Books of 2024
Explore the “comprehensive and compelling” (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as “the conscience of Congress,” thro- Author: Greenberg, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1982143002
- Language: English
-
God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
$22.95 Add to cartIn the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over r
- Series: Princeton Classics #142
- Author: Marsh, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0691266352
- Language: English
-
The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book Selection
Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics’ Best Book “Ex- Author: Delbanco, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0735224137
- Language: English
-
Becoming Trustworthy White Allies
$23.95 Add to cartIn Becoming Trustworthy White Allies, longtime antiracist facilitator Melanie S. Morrison outlines the actions white people must undertake to become partners in the work of racial justice. In this col… [more below]
- Author: Morrison, Melanie S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 19 2025
- ISBN10: 147803243X
- Language: English
-
Just Freedom: Inside Florida’s Decades-Long Voting Rights Battle
$28.00 Add to cartThe story of an extraordinary
When
expansion of voting rights and the obstacles holding back its implementation
Florida citizens voted in 2018 to pass Amendment 4 to the state constitution, which
promi- Author: Rivero, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0813081165
- Language: English
-
Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities
$27.95 Add to cartA bold vision that empowers communities to solve our cities’ most pressing problems
Amid political repression and a deepening affordability crisis, Budget Justice challenges everything you thought you- Author: Su, Celina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0691251312
- Language: English
-
Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles
$28.95 Add to cartLIBERALS WITH ATTITUDE DOCUMENTS THE SIXTEEN MONTHS IN 1991-92 between the brutal beating of Rodney King by four police officers that was captured on a home video camera and the resignation of LAPD c
- Author: Goldberg, Danny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142591
- Language: English
-
On Freedom
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A “visionary” (The Guardian) exploration of freedom–what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival–by the acclaimed Yale historian and… [more below]
- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0593728742
- Language: English
-
One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle Over an American Ideal
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of The Fire Is upon Us, the dramatic untold story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.’s decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom–and how their conflicting vis
- Author: Buccola, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0691230307
- Language: English
-
Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
$27.00 Add to cartA riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history.
In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony abou- Author: Watson, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 0143119435
- Language: English
-
My Legs Were Praying: A Biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel
$18.95 Add to cartSuccinct, inspiring biography of a bridge-building Jewish leader, supplemented by 15 black-and-white photographs
On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights organizers led 8,000 p
- Author: Rose, Or N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 195897272X
- Language: English
-
Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right
$30.00 Add to cartIn this “forcefully persuasive book” (Joyce Carol Oates), the president of Princeton reveals how colleges are getting free speech on campuses right and how they can do better to nurture civil discours… [more below]
- Author: Eisgruber, Christopher L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1541607457
- Language: English
-
Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech
$28.00 Add to cartA renowned political theorist offers a road map to the dark forces that threaten democracy
Liberalism orients itself around the idea of self-interest tempered by reason, with the addition of civicall- Author: Galston, William a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 030028229X
- Language: English
-
A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power
$30.99 Add to cartFrom CNN’s Abby Phillip, a triumphant new look at Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns of the 1980s and how they changed Black political power
“A joyful, rich, must-read biography of a politician wh- Author: Phillip, Abby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1250806313
- Language: English
-
Common Sense: And Other Writings
$15.00 Add to cartIncludes the complete texts of Common Sense; Rights of Man, Part the Second; The Age of Reason (part one); Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, published anonymously and just discovered to be Paine’s… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Paine, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0375760113
- Language: English
-
Love Wins
$18.99 Add to cartThe fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories i
- Author: Cenziper, Debbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0062456105
- Language: English
-
Free Speech Handbook: A Practical Framework for Understanding Our Free Speech Protections
$21.99 Add to cartIn the face of a rising tide of censorship and suppression, this paperback edition of Free Speech Handbook equips readers with a practical framework for appreciating the history–and future–of our fr
- Author: Rosenberg, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1250619769
- Language: English
-
Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice: A History of Christians in Action
$30.99 Add to cart“Readers will be edified and inspired.” – Publishers Weekly Review, June 2025
“With its lively narrative and discussions of racial justice, readers interested in church history and civil-rights movemen
- Author: Johnson, Karen J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1514009986
- Language: English
