BOOK CLUB RECOMMENDED READING
Anne & Emmett
Janet Langhart Cohen
Anne & Emmett
Janet Langhart Cohen
Anne & Emmett is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of racial intolerance and hatred. Frank is the 15-year-old Jewish girl whose diary a gripping perspective of the Holocaust. Till is the 14-year old African-American boy whose brutal murder in Mississippi sparked the American Civil Rights Movement.
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Preventing Genocide
A Blueprint for
US Policy MakersMadeleine K. Albright
and William S. CohenPreventing Genocide
A Blueprint for
US Policy MakersMadeleine K. Albright and William S. Cohen
Statement of Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen on the Announcement of the Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities.
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic — a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Death of Innocence:
The Story of the Hate
Crime That Changed
AmericaMamie Till Mobley
Death of Innocence:
The Story of the Hate
Crime That Changed
AmericaMamie Till Mobley
An inspiring story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till—an innocent African-American boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and who paid for it with his life. His outraged mother’s actions galvanized the civil rights movement, leaving an indelible mark on American racial consciousness.
Vernon Can Read
Vernon Jordan, Jr.
Vernon Can Read
Vernon Jordan, Jr.
From the civil rights revolution to the halls of power, the life story of a larger-than-life American leader. Vernon Jordan, long-time civil rights leader, adviser and close friend to presidents and business leaders, and one of the most charismatic figures in America, has written an unforgettable book about his life and times.
Coal to Cream:
A Black Man's Journey
Beyond Color to an
Affirmation of RaceEugene Robinson
Coal to Cream:
A Black Man's Journey
Beyond Color to an
Affirmation of RaceEugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson didn’t expect to have his world turned upside down when he accompanied a group of friends and acquaintances to the beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro one sunny afternoon.
Anne Frank: The Book,
The Life, The AfterlifeFrancine Prose
Anne Frank: The Book,
The Life, The AfterlifeFrancine Prose
In June 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white- checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in an Amsterdam attic to escape the Nazis. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling documents of modern history.
Race Manners
Bruce Jacobs
Race Manners
Bruce Jacobs
On a crowded bus, a solitary black man seethes while boarding passengers take every seat except the one next to his; in a cafeteria, whites wonder why blacks congregate at the same table every day. Talking about race relations in America is never easy. Bruce A. Jacobs shows us how we can begin not with lofty abstractions or policy arguments, but with practicality and directness.
Love in Black and White
William S. Cohen,
Janet Langhart CohenLove in Black and White
William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen
Love in Black and White draws fascinating parallels between the histories of two people from different regions, races and religions, as both are witnesses to and targets of the social tensions of the day.
From Rage to Reason
My Life in Two AmericasJanet Langhart Cohen
From Rage to Reason
My Life in Two AmericasJanet Langhart Cohen
Mrs. Cohen’s life has always seemed to defy the naysayers; an African-American Democrat married to the white, Republican former Secretary of Defense; a poor girl from the projects who grew up under the crushing legacy of segregation to become a respected journalist and the wildly popular “First Lady” of the Pentagon; a woman whose heart hears the whispers of her slave ancestors; an American patriot who is not afraid to tell the truth about our country, warts and all.
Night
Elie Wiesel
Night
Elie Wiesel
Night – A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family…the death of his innocence…and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary Of Anne Frank,Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.
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Anne & Emmett
Janet Langhart Cohen
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Preventing Genocide A Blueprint for US Policy Makers
Madeleine K. Albright and William S. Cohen
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Mamie Till Mobley
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Vernon Can Read
Vernon Jordan, Jr.
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Coal to Cream: A Black Man's Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race
Eugene Robinson
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Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
Francine Prose
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Race Manners
Bruce Jacobs
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Love in Black and White
William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen
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From Rage to Reason My Life in Two Americas
Janet Langhart Cohen
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Night
Elie Wiesel
