Social Sciences | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers makes her nonfiction debut, Sara Kehaulani Goo describes her family’s journey to keep their ancestral Hawaiian lands, and Brando Simeo Starkey writes a history of the Supreme Court’s role in sustaining white supremacy.

Goo, Sara Kehaulani. Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai‘i. Flatiron. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250333445. 368p. $29.99. SOCIAL SCIENCES

Journalist Goo writes about her family’s journey to keep their ancestral Hawaiian lands in the face of massive increases in property taxes. She traces the colonial history of the islands alongside her own efforts to reconnect with her past.

Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne. Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings. Harper. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780063246638. 336p. $30. SOCIAL SCIENCES

The bestselling author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois (an Oprah Book Club pick) makes her nonfiction debut with a collection of essays about Black women in history and in the modern era. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Starkey, Brando Simeo. Their Accomplices Wore Robes: How the Supreme Court Chained Black America to the Bottom of a Racial Caste System. Doubleday. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780385547383. 688p. $35. LAW

Former law professor Starkey writes a history of the Supreme Court’s role in sustaining white supremacy by dulling the power of the Constitution’s 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

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