SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART The For Freedoms Reading Library on equity, diversity, and civic action is compiled by Frankie de Vera, librarian at San José Public Library in response to issues addressed by artists in the exhibition Rise Up! Social Justice in Art from the Collection of J. Michael Bewley, on view at SJMA through September 30, 2018. ADULT
All books can be borrowed from San José Public Library.
ACTIVISM ORGANIZE!
Building from the Local for Global Justice edited by Aziz Choudry, Jill Hanley, and Eric Shragge
FEMINISM NOTORIOUS RBG
The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
BAD FEMINIST: ESSAYS
by Roxane Gay
WONDER GIRLS: CHANGING OUR WORLD by Paola Gianturco and Alex Sangster
A GIRL'S GUIDE TO JOINING THE RESISTANCE
A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good by Emma Gray; illustrated by Eva Hill
NASTY WOMEN
Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding
RACE I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
by Adam Benforado
BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
Owning Our Magic, Rocking Our Truth edited by Beverly Bond
UPROOTING RACISM
WE TOO SING AMERICA
THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL
THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America by Tamara Winfrey Harris
CITIZEN YOU
Doing Your Part to Change the World by Jonathan M. Tisch with Karl Weber; foreword by Cory A. Booker
TOO FAT, TOO SLUTTY, TOO LOUD The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen
HOPE IN THE DARK
Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time by James Kilgore
GAY AMERICA: STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY by Linas Alsenas
QUEER: A GRAPHIC HISTORY by Meg-John Barker; illustrated by Julia Scheele
A QUEER HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Michael Bronski
by Lindy West
by Joseph Cassara
WHY I MARCH
THE GAY REVOLUTION
Voices from the Women's March by Artisan
WE GON' BE ALRIGHT
POLICING THE BLACK MAN
Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment edited and with an introduction by Angela J. Davis
REST IN POWER
The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin
by Ijeoma Oluo
THE FIRE THIS TIME
A New Generation Speaks About Race edited by Jesmyn Ward
ON RACE: 34 CONVERSATIONS IN A TIME OF CRISIS by George Yancy
S E X U A L I T Y A ND G E NDE R I DENT I T Y
THE HOUSE OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTIES
WHY WE MARCH: SIGNS OF PROTEST AND HOPE
Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins
SHRILL: NOTES FROM A LOUD WOMAN
Images from the Women's March Around the World photographs by Getty Images; edited by Samantha Weiner and Emma Jacobs
How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel
South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer
UNDERSTANDING MASS INCARCERATION
A Companion Edition to the Documentary Notes on Race and Resegregation Film Directed by Raoul Peck by Jeff Chang by James Baldwin; compiled and introduced by Raoul Peck
UNFAIR: THE NEW SCIENCE OF CRIMINAL INJUSTICE
THE SISTERS ARE ALRIGHT
The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
DIFFERENT DAUGHTERS a History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement by Marcia M. Gallo
WHEN WE RISE: MY LIFE IN THE MOVEMENT by Cleve Jones
MAKING GAY HISTORY
The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights by Eric Marcus
TOMORROW WILL BE DIFFERENT Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
REDEFINING REALNESS
My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
QUEER (IN)JUSTICE
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock
FROM CLOSET TO COMMUNITY A Quest for Gay & Lesbian Liberation in San José & Santa Clara County by Ted Sahl
THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts
TRANSGENDER HISTORY by Susan Stryker
For Freedoms is a platform for civic engagement for artists in the United States, founded by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman. The San José Museum of Art will host a For Freedoms Town Hall meeting on September 5, 2018.
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