The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. This year's two non-fiction winners join us Thursday morning at 9:00 on the Sound of Ideas. One examines the human tendency to dehumanize others; the other examines views of the civil war at the time of the civil rights struggle.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Non-Fiction Winners:

David Blight, author, American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era

David Livingstone Smith, author, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others