DEI Digital Library
Maus
Spiegelman's haunting graphic novel explores both the horrors of the Holocaust and the intergenerational legacy of trauma. Read More »
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Written in 1970 and still relevant, Brown highlights multiple tribes across America and how federal and state governments have systemically attacked them with physical violence, discriminatory laws, and broken treaties. Read More »
Nickel and Dimed
In her seminal work, Ehrenreich exposes the brutal reality of life in low-income America, and the false promise of pulling oneself up by their bootstraps to escape poverty. Read More »
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Washington pulls back the curtain on centuries of systemic racism within the medical establishment, and exposes roots of many modern health disparities. Read More »
March
In this beautifully illustrated 3-volume graphic novel, Congressman John Lewis recalls his long history in the Civil Rights Movement, from his childhood in rural Alabama to his work with the SNCC and Dr Martin Luther King Jr, up through his time in Congress and the inauguration of America's first… Read More »
We Sould All Be Feminists
Adicihie succinctly defines and advocates for feminism for all. Read More »
A Promised Land
Is a memoir by the first Black President of the US which chronicles the 44th presidency from 2009-2017. Read More »
Caste
Isabel Wilkerson brilliantly explores past social caste systems, and how America today continues to be ruled by a caste system, and how we may begin to heal and move forward. Read More »
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Anderson insightfully explores the multifaceted roots of today's racial injustice and unrest. Read More »
A People's History of the United States
In this seminal text, Zinn tells the history of the United States through the traditionally silenced voices, including BIPOC, women, and poor people. Read More »
Critical Role of New York's Community Health Centers in Advancing Equity in Medicaid
Our Community Health Center members play an integral role in fostering health equity by working to ensure access to healthcare for everyone. They rely heavily on Medicaid revenue and this report by the Urban Institute examines the NYS PPS system as a foundation for ensuring access to equitable and… Read More »
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing b
In the 16th century, the beginning of African enslavement in the Americas until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and emancipation in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and… Read More »