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Burning All Illusions

Writings from The Nation on Race

By Paula Giddings


Infused with the moral passion and urgency that the subject demands, this collection includes some of the best writing on race and civil rights from 1865 to the present.

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Black Women's Lives

Stories of Power and Pain

By Kristal Brent Zook


This book offers poignant accounts of the lives of African-American women, illuminating their diverse social roles and personal destinies.

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Life Out of Context


By Walter Mosley


This powerful meditation by the bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins mysteries explores his evolution as an African-American writer and ends with a call to action.

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The Professor and the Pupil

The Politics and Friendship of W.E.B Du Bois and Paul Robeson

By Murali Balaji


W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson are both towering figures of African American history; their writing and activism remain influential and inspiring to people around the world. But less is known of the forty year friendship the two men shared. This is the story.
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I See Black People

The Rise and Fall of African American-Owned Television and Radio

By Kristal Brent Zook


The recent trend toward media consolidation has silenced the diverse voices that reached minority and marginalized audiences across the airwaves. I See Black People explores the precipitous decline of African-owned stations, and reveals why this failure affects us all.

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Deborah Stone's Book Tour

July 7 - November 2 | Across the United States
Deborah Stone, a Nation Books author, recently published her fourth book, The Samaritan's Dilemma. Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect calls it "a brilliant and persuasive statement of the case for organized compassion—not out of sentimentality but for the viability of society and our own self regard as a decent people." Listen to her on the radio and get a copy of the book signed at a bookstore on Stone's book tour. Find the schedule here.

August 25 - 28
Jeremy Scahill covers DNC for Democracy Now!
(Democracy Now!)
Watch or listen to Institute Fellow and Nation Books author Jeremy Scahill grill lawmakers on everything from private contractors in Iraq to Afghanistan policy at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. For more information on what times the show airs and when to hear it on the radio in your city, go to the Democracy Now! website. MORE

September 13
2008 ELECTION: What's Really at Stake?
(Cooper Union Auditorium, 30 Cooper Square, NYC)
Come listen to Institute Fellows Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill (also a Nation Books author of Blackwater) speak at a benefit for The Indypendent newspaper at Cooper Union Auditorium in New York City. Additional panelists to be announced; meet the speakers at a special pre-event reception. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit indypendent.org or call (212)-221-0521. MORE