Nonfiction

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

The Color of Law brilliantly recounted how government at all levels created segregation. Just Action describes how we can begin to undo it.

In the six years since its initial publication, The Color of Law, has become a landmark work, which—through its nearly one million copies sold—has helped to define the fractious age in which we live.

Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire

A captivating memoir of trailblazing and firefighting from a pioneering woman in a male-dominated field

When Clare Frank was 17 years old, she became a firefighter in Northern California. Clare was five foot two and officially too young to join the service—she left her birthdate blank on her paperwork, hoping no one would notice. And she didn’t look like her peers, who sported an Adam’s apple and a mustache. But her brother was a firefighter and loved it, so she thought she’d try it out, too. Very soon, she knew she had found her calling.

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