Liberty matters.

Everyone deserves to be free to pursue prosperity, community, and happiness—regardless of color, heritage, or creed.

This shouldn’t be controversial. Unfortunately, it is.  


That’s why the Independent Institute is so fiercely devoted to the work of defending civil liberties. It’s a deeply urgent task.


We seek a world where people can work and live freely without government interference, censorship, or corruption. The truth is, we have a long road ahead of us.


Fortunately, we have the ideas, solutions, and passion to make a real impact—not just in America but around the world.


Research and publications are vitally important. But we don’t stop there. Our goals are bigger: we want to unleash an era of unparalleled human flourishing and liberty. Our work is carefully created, designed, and peer-reviewed to ensure the greatest positive impact.  


To this end, we are delighted to announce the release of the updated edition of Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, edited by Research Fellow Jonathan J. Bean. Be inspired by these rich writings on civil liberties and join us in redeeming the promises of America’s founding.

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Race & Liberty in America (Updated Edition)

The Essential Reader

Edited by Jonathan J. Bean 

“It is hard to imagine a more timely book than the latest edition of Jonathan Bean’s (ed.) Race and Liberty in America. This new version drops during a more jaded and cynical time: following a decade of Black Lives Matter protests and riots, the angry ‘dissident right’ response, and the often-bombastic Trump administration. The book features original essays from Thomas Sowell, Coleman Hughes, Thomas Chatterton Williams, David Berenstein, and many others, on topics ranging from a stout defense of inalienable rights to a presentation of the case for truly colorblind ‘anti-racism.’ I was proud to contribute, myself.”
—Wilfred Reilly, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences, Kentucky State University

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