Love argues that schools do not just fail Black and Brown children — they actively harm them. She introduces "abolitionist teaching" as a framework for educators to fight injustice and radically reimagine education.

This gripping thriller follows Claudia, a teen searching for her missing best friend, Monday—who seems to have vanished without a trace. It’s a heartbreaking, suspenseful tale that shines a light on the neglect of missing Black girls..

Jade, a scholarship student from a poor neighborhood, navigates the pressures of privilege, race, and womanhood at a private school. Through mentorship and art, she finds her own power and voice

A collection of essays and speeches by iconic poet, feminist, and civil rights activist Audre Lorde. With razor-sharp insight, she challenges racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism—while affirming the power of intersectional identities and speaking truth to power.

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Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

Michelle Alexander's groundbreaking work exposes how mass incarceration in the United States functions as a modern system of racial control, echoing the oppression of the Jim Crow era. With searing clarity, she shows how policies targeting drugs and crime have disproportionately devastated Black communities, stripping away civil rights and reinforcing

In this groundbreaking memoir, writer and activist Janet Mock shares her journey as a trans Black and Native Hawaiian woman navigating identity, poverty, family, and love. It’s an unapologetic exploration of what it means to live as your full self in a world that tries to erase you.

25th Anniversary Edition 

Raw and haunting, Push tells the story of Precious, a teenage girl living in Harlem who is pregnant with her father’s child and barely literate. With the help of a dedicated teacher, she begins to reclaim her voice and identity. It’s a brutal but hopeful narrative of survival.

This sweeping, deeply human chronicle follows the lives of three Black Americans who fled the Jim Crow South during the Great Migration, seeking freedom in northern and western cities. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson masterfully blends storytelling and history to reveal how this migration reshaped America.

Why It’s Been Challenged:

Although not widely banned, this book has faced resistance in some school districts due to its unflinching discussion of systemic racism, white supremacy, and the harsh realities of American history—making some educators and administrators uncomfortable.