The Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) Collection features books and films that reflect the many identities and backgrounds in our vibrant HKS community while fostering dialogue around diversity, inclusion, and belonging at the School. The DIB Collection highlights the direct experiences of those who have faced systemic marginalization, focusing on novels, poetry, literary nonfiction, memoirs, and essays.

The DIB Collection is driven by the HKS community. We extend particular gratitude to our key partner, the HKS Office of Belonging, Community, & Connection (OBCC), and the contributions of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project which was founded at HKS and is now hosted at Princeton University.

Featured Collection Items

Cover of March.

This graphic novel trilogy is a first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. 

Cover of The Source of Self-Regard.

A gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades, The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Morrison’s inimitable hallmark.

Cover of The Nickel Boys: A Novel.

As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the Black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is ‘as good as anyone.’

Cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

Wilkerson shows us an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through a deeply researched narrative about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system.

Cover of Redlined.

Set during the Civil Rights Movement, Redlined delivers a story of a community fractured by racial turmoil, an unraveling and conflicted marriage, a daughter’s fight for sexual independence, and an up-close, intimate view of the racial and social upheavals of the 1960s.

New Collection Items

Cover of The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice.

In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women’s rights. And yet, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. From that unlikely showdown emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria. This is the story of the women of the Kurdish militia that improbably became part of the world’s best hope for stopping ISIS in Syria.

Cover of Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity.

In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares his experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking in. Most masked Autistic individuals struggle for decades before discovering who they truly are. Dr. Price lays the groundwork for unmasking and offers exercises that encourage self-expression.

Cover of Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.

Democrats have assumed they can rely on the Latino vote, but recent elections have called that into question. In fact, despite his anti-immigrant rhetoric and disastrous border policies, Trump won a higher percentage of the Latino vote in 2020 than in 2016. Journalist Paola Ramos pulls back the curtain on these voters, traveling around the country to uncover what motivates them to support issues that seem at odds with their self-interest.

Cover of I Hope You’ll Still Love Me: An LGBTQIA+ South Asian Anthology.

These narratives explore coming out to yourself and family and friends, falling in love, recovering from heartbreak, battling body image issues, searching for spaces to be simultaneously queer and South Asian the influence of fanfiction, navigating religion, the demand for perfection, transracial adoption, being transgender and South Asian, gender confirmation surgery, finding community, and so much more.

Cover of Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action.

What isn't counted doesn’t count. And mainstream institutions systematically fail to account for feminicide, the gender-related killing of women and girls, including cisgender and transgender women. Against this failure, Counting Feminicide brings to the fore the work of data activists across the Americas who are documenting such murders--and challenging the reigning logic of data science by centering care, memory, and justice in their work.

Cover of Double Tax: How Women of Color are Overcharged and Underpaid.

The ‘pink tax’ has gained widespread recognition in recent years, but what happens when you look at the costs that define a woman’s entire life, especially across racial lines? In The Double Tax, Harvard researcher Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman summarizes the disparities that women face as they navigate life. Only by understanding where the gaps are and where the double tax arises can we begin to even the playing field for all.

Cover of Her Honor: Stories of Challenge and Triumph from Women Judges.

This book contains stories by and about some of the most revered and influential judges in the United States. They provide a unique and instructive glimpse into our justice system. You will come across a remarkable array of female jurists: trailblazers, legal entrepreneurs, political strategists and mentors. This is a book about imagination, and what it took and still takes for women to imagine themselves into a structure that didn’t include them.

Related Resources

Belonging, Community, & Connection Research Guide

This guide supports research on topics like race, gender, sexuality, disability, and religion.

LGBTQI+ Policy Guide

This guide supports research on LGBTQI+ policy through data sources, primary texts, and more.

Book Displays
 

Our February display for Black History Month features resources on Black resistance throughout U.S. history.

 

Our May display features resources on Asian American & Pacific Islander identities, experiences, history, politics, and activism.

 

Our October display features contemporary histories of LGBTQ identities, experiences, and activism in the U.S., plus key texts in queer theory.

 

Our November display features texts on Native American and Indigenous identities, experiences, history, politics, and activism.