June Book of the Month | How to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for June is How to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker, a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award. The title comes from a famous quote by Fredrick...
View ArticleOctober Book of the Month | We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo...
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for October is, We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza. Pride, who is Black, is a writer, editor, and longtime publishing veteran. As an editor,...
View ArticleDecember Book of the Month | How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for December is How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. This book was selected to help us understand the importance of having conversations about race...
View ArticleJanuary Book of the Month | Tell me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions...
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for January is Tell me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli. This book was selected to help therapists consider the experience of of...
View ArticleFebruary Book of the Month | The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors by...
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for February is The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing. The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing, was...
View ArticleApril Book of the Month | Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias...
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for April is Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality by Tanya Katerí Hernández. Racial Innocence is a book about...
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October Book of the Month | Born a Crime by Tanya Trevor Noah
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for October is Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. Trevor Noah takes us on his journey growing up in Apartheid South Africa in this mix of comic, drama, and political...
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December Book of the Month | They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave...
Ackerman’s Community Book Club selection for December is They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Dr. Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers. They Were Her Property: White Women...
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