Social Action Books

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.52 — 118,947 ratings — published 2010
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Change Sings: a Children's Anthem Change Sings: a Children's Anthem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.54 — 4,266 ratings — published 2021
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I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books) I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books)
by (shelved 4 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.38 — 650 ratings — published 2020
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Say Something! Say Something! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.44 — 2,135 ratings — published 2019
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.46 — 54,864 ratings — published 2020
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Black Brother, Black Brother Black Brother, Black Brother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,878 ratings — published 2020
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A Good Kind of Trouble A Good Kind of Trouble (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,966 ratings — published 2019
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.35 — 6,815 ratings — published 2016
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Ban This Book Ban This Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.40 — 16,360 ratings — published 2017
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,026,738 ratings — published 2017
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.62 — 267,009 ratings — published 2014
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Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor's Story Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor's Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.17 — 71 ratings — published 2025
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See You Soon See You Soon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.38 — 149 ratings — published
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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.51 — 3,238 ratings — published 2023
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,301 ratings — published 2018
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The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.49 — 12,857 ratings — published 2019
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Answers in the Pages Answers in the Pages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,978 ratings — published 2022
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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.62 — 21,999 ratings — published 2021
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,476 ratings — published 2005
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.16 — 173,307 ratings — published 2018
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Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2) Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,948 ratings — published 2019
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Women Rise Up: Sacred Stories of Resistance for Today's Revolution Women Rise Up: Sacred Stories of Resistance for Today's Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.25 — 91 ratings — published 2019
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Speak Up Speak Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.36 — 641 ratings — published 2020
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Letter from the Birmingham Jail Letter from the Birmingham Jail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.72 — 9,000 ratings — published 1963
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No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.48 — 293 ratings — published 2020
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,041 ratings — published 2017
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Act (Click #3) Act (Click #3)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,622 ratings — published 2020
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Vote for Our Future! Vote for Our Future! (Library Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.27 — 489 ratings — published 2020
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Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1) Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.33 — 86,386 ratings — published 2017
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Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.27 — 294 ratings — published 2018
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Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,379 ratings — published 2020
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,948 ratings — published 2004
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Room On Our Rock Room On Our Rock (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.27 — 484 ratings — published 2018
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They Called Us Enemy They Called Us Enemy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.42 — 55,177 ratings — published 2019
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Operation Frog Effect Operation Frog Effect (Library Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.25 — 992 ratings — published 2019
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Slacker (Slacker, #1) Slacker (Slacker, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 3.98 — 6,416 ratings — published 2016
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March: Book One (March, #1) March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.35 — 57,788 ratings — published 2013
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.48 — 119,505 ratings — published 2010
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Ghost Boys Ghost Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.33 — 33,851 ratings — published 2018
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Malala's Magic Pencil Malala's Magic Pencil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.51 — 5,465 ratings — published 2017
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Letters to a Prisoner Letters to a Prisoner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.24 — 381 ratings — published 2017
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The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,566 ratings — published 2017
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,124 ratings — published 2016
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Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,182 ratings — published 2004
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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,256 ratings — published 2014
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Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,089 ratings — published 1966
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Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 3.70 — 718 ratings — published 1999
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This Day in June This Day in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,769 ratings — published 2013
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On a Clear Day On a Clear Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 2.48 — 344 ratings — published 2014
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The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-action)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,944 ratings — published 2009
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Dalai Lama XIV
“When I was young and living high above the city of Lhasa in the Potala Palace, I frequently looked at the life of the city through a telescope. I also learned a lot from the gossip of the sweepers in the palace. They were like my newspaper, relating what the Regent was doing, and what corruption and scandals were going on. I was always happy to listen, and they were proud to be telling the Dalai Lama about what was happening in the streets. The harsh events that unfolded after the invasion in 1950 forced me to become directly involved in issues that otherwise would have been kept at a distance. As a result I have come to prefer a life of committed social action in this world of suffering.”
Dalai Lama XIV, How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

“To be Socially and Morally Responsible today is like building the future but moulding it's bricks today. Slow and steady wins the race but Sure and Safe is a future guided by the Responsibilities of today”
Kelechi Erondu

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