#Race

3 books tagged with race, sorted by rating.

Born a Crime

by Trevor Noah

5/5

Memoir & Biography

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

5/5

History

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

5/5

Law & Legal History

Born a Crime

by Trevor Noah

5/5

Trevor Noah tells the story of growing up mixed-race in South Africa during and after apartheid, where his very existence was literally a crime. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, it's a coming-of-age story unlike any other.

Memoir & Biography

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

5/5

Rebecca Skloot tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 and became one of the most important tools in medicine. Known as HeLa cells, they helped develop the polio vaccine and countless other breakthroughs, yet Henrietta's family never knew.

History

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

5/5

Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it."

Law & Legal History