NEW YORK (AP) — If not for the coronavirus, Oprah Winfrey says, she would be out in the streets and marching with the Black Lives Matter protesters. She has instead found other ways to add her voice.

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As part of Black History Month, Book of the Day brings you an interview with author Isabel Wilkerson. She followed her book about The Great... Isabel Wilkerson argues that 'Caste' not racism caused ...

Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson reflects on this year's Juneteenth celebrations — and the push and pull of the Black experience in America. 'This is American history': 'Caste' author Isabel ...

Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is front and center in Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” a film interpretation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 nonfiction bestseller and Oprah's Book Club pick ...

NEW YORK — Ava DuVernay kept hearing she had to read “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” She had Isabel Wilkerson’s book in galleys before it was published in 2020. Oprah Winfrey kept telling her ...

“You can’t be walking around at night, on a white street, and not expect trouble.” Author Isabel Wilkerson’s mother has likely said something like this before, in one of any number of tragic contexts.