Racial Justice Resources

Welcome! As a follow up to our training on Tuesday, here is a list of resources the library has available. It is a work in progress so we welcome your comments, questions, suggestions and recommendations.  Please ask a librarian for help locating these resources. 

Books

History

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
• Slavery by Another Name: The Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
• Some of My Best Friends are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America by Tanner Colby
• Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
• Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips
• March: Books One, Two and Three by John Lewis 

Politics and Commentary

• We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
• Borderlands: The New Mestiza = La Frontera by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
• The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color ed. by Cherríe L. Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• We Too Sing America : South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Sister Outside by Audre Lorde
• Race Matters by Cornell West
• The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race ed. by Jesmyn Ward
• Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie : Being Muslim in America by Ranya Idliby

Black Lives Matter Movement

• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrice Kahn-Cullors
• They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
• I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi
• Freedom is a Constant Struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
• Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton

Educational Resources

• Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel
• “Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• Witnessing Whiteness: the Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It by Shelly Tochluk
• The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys: Understanding, Connecting, Respecting ed. by Eddie Moore Jr.

 Fiction and Poetry

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
• Dear Martin by Nic Stone
• Counting Descent by Clint Stone
• All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• The Day Tajon Got Shot by the Teen Writers of Beacon House
• Daddy, There’s a Noise Outside by Kenneth Braswell

Film

• “Thirteenth: a Documentary” (available on Netflix)
• “Whose Streets?”
• “Prom Night in Mississippi”
• “I Am Not Your Negro”
• “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People”
• “Teaching The Levees: A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement “

Online Resources

• Rethinking Schools:  lots of great ideas and articles from this progressive education publication
• America after Charleston: Black Lives Matter: Curriculum and resources from PBS
• Teaching Tolerance: Resources on Race and Ethnicity
• Baltimore Racial Justice Action:  Books, websites and more resources
• The Race Institute: Anti-Racism Resources for Educators
• Showing Up for Racial Justice: Resources from SURJ