CBA Record January-February 2024

A WAY OUT OF NO WAY: A MEMOIR OF TRUTH, TRANSFORMATION, AND THE NEW AMERICAN STORY by Raphael G. Warnock

The Georgia Senator pens a memoir of truth, transformation, and what he describes as the new American story. As a tireless advocate for justice, Warnock tries to motivate people to fight for our democracy, which was founded by everyday heroes. Warnock explains how his faith and inspiration from the Martin Luther King legacy underpin the commonality of all Americans’ experience while they fight for justice, display personal courage, and search for solutions, despite tremendous odds against success – making a way out of no way.

BARRACOON: THE STORY OF THE LAST “BLACK CARGO” by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade—abducted from Africa on the last “Black Cargo” ship to arrive in the United States.

RACE TALK AND THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE: UNDERSTANDING AND FACILITATING DIFFICULT DIALOGUES ON RACE by Derald Wing Sue

If you believe that talking about race is impolite, or that “colorblindness” is the preferred approach, you must read this book. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence debunks the most pervasive myths using evidence, easy-to-understand examples, and practical tools.

THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS by Michelle Alexander In the New Jim Crow , the author examines, post-election of Barack Obama, the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States that has resulted in millions of African Americans being locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied the very rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights Movement.

WHY I’M NO LONGER TALKING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACE by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Examining everything from eradicated Black history to the political purpose of white dominance, from whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, the author offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge, and counter racism.

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