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A probing look at what America gets wrong about transracial adoption.
When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law
By Diane Kiesel
The Little Tramp’s legal woes were more over-the-top than a Bruckheimer film.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads: Angelo Herndon’s Fight for Free Speech
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Segregated South
By Kathryn Schumaker
A dense, sprawling account of mixed-race relationships in America.
The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North
By Michelle Adams
How the fight for equitable education played out in 1970s Michigan.
Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
By Josiah Osgood
What the legendary orator/striver can teach us yet today.
A rollicking if under-sourced look at mobsters in the Oval.
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
By Pagan Kennedy
Why did trailblazer Marty Goddard get no credit for her own invention?
