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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.
‘Born a Crime,’ Trevor Noah’s Raw Account of Life Under Apartheid
The compelling, inspiring, (often comedic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the ending of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For
White People To Talk About Racism
An in- depth of view on social and racial literacy, and how each of us can seek to be more well versed on topics that make us uncomfortable.
How To Be An Antiracist — Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Rothstein argues with exacting precision and fascinating insight how segregation in America—the incessant kind that continues to dog our major cities and has contributed to so much recent social strife—is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels.
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
A poetic memoir that encourages us to look at those protests with compassion, and remember our humanity before condemning their actions.
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
Ta-Nehisi Coates attempts to answer the tough questions about American history and what it’s like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it. He answers these questions in a letter to his son while awakening his truth about his place in the world.
Written by the widely respected political and social activist Angela Davis, this powerful study of the women's liberation movement in the United States demonstrates how race and class have plagued its leaders.
Sister Outsider
A collection of essential essays and speeches written by Audre Lorde, a woman who wrote from the particulars of her identity: Black woman, lesbian, poet, activist, cancer survivor, mother, and feminist writer.
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
In this educational work Douglas gives readers an in-depth look at the history of race in America, and the consequences we see as a result today. Sparked by the death of Trayvon Martin, Douglas looks intensely at the stand your ground laws in America and the inherent dangers of having black skin.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious.
Jane Elliott is an educator who began her career in a third-grade classroom in Riceville, Iowa, and over the past fifty years has become an educator of people of all ages all over the U.S. and abroad.The Blue-eyed, Brown-eyed Exercise which she devised to help her students to understand Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work, has been cited and studied by psychologists and sociologists all over the world.
In 22 chapters, When We Ruled examines the nature of what we call Black history; critically surveying the often-shoddy documentation of that history. Importantly, it focuses upon African civilization in the Valley of the Nile and analyzes the key historical phases of Ancient Egypt--critical exercises for any professed scholar of African history and vital pieces of Africa’s legacy.
This book on diversity, inclusion, and conscious and unconscious biases will teach individuals, teams, and organizations how to: Address inappropriate comments and offensive behaviors utilizing the STOP Model. Confidently address racist, sexist, and homophobic attitudes, behaviors, and comments.
Ad man Tom Burrell calls out negative images of African Americans in the media for perpetuating the myth of black inferiority. In Brainwashed, he examines the history of the myth and how contemporary culture reinforces it.Burrell cites slave auction posters as amongst the earliest ads in American history. "Advertising came in many, many forms," Burrell says. "Images and words are very powerful," he continues, "and they conveyed and carried out this whole idea of African Americans being less-than, not as good as.”
contains two essays by James Baldwin. Both essays address racial tensions in America, the role of religion as both an oppressive force and an instrument for inspiring rage, and the necessity of embracing change and evolving past our limited ways of thinking about race.
Covert Racism: Theories, Institutions, and Experiences
“ I thought about the usefulness of this book for my own scholarship and teaching. The different levels of analysis (…) as well as the varied methodologies (…) would appeal to young students. Additionally, the book’s breadth of substantive information about race and racism, […] provides a wealth of important resources for scholars of race at all levels from student to professor."
Uprooting Racism - 4th Edition: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
Completely revised and updated, this fourth edition of Uprooting Racism offers a framework around neoliberalism and interpersonal, institutional, and cultural racism, along with stories of resistance and white solidarity.