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Anti-Racism and Equity Resource List
This list is a compilation of resources and recommendations from our community. Some may speak to you, others may not. If you have a recommendation, feel free to email it to us!
Adult Non-Fiction
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The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
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Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
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Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism & Racial Violence, ed. Williams, Williams & Blain
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Fight of the Century, Michael Chabon (Editor)
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Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall
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The 1619 Project, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram Kendi
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Love & Rage, Lama Rod Owens
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery & the Making of American Capitalism, Edward Baptist
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Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California, Ruth Gilmore
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My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
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Killing Rage: Ending Racism, Bell Hooks
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Me and White Supremacy Workbook, Layla F. Saad
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Joy DeGruy
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Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond, Marc Lamont Hill
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You Can’t Touch My Hair, Phoebe Robinson
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How Race Survived History, David Roediger
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The Meaning of Freedom, Angela Y. Davis
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement, Angela Y. Davis
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The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race, Jesmyn Ward
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The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois
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Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde incl. “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”
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News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race & The American Media, J. González & J. Torres
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, Jonathan Kozol
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So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson
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White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide, Carol Anderson
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Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know, Tema Okun
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A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn
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$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, Kathryn J. Edin
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
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Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald
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Courageous Conversations on Race, Glenn Singleton
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A Black Man’s Guide to Law Enforcement in America, Shafiq Abdussabur
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Let’s Get Free, Paul Butler
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A Kind and Just Parent, William Ayers
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White Like Me, Tim Wise
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Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin
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Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity (Law, Meaning, and Violence), Ann Arnett Ferguson
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Peacemaking Circles and Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home, Carolyn Boyes-Watson
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Justice in America: The Separate Realities of Blacks and Whites, Mark Peffley and Jon Hurwitz
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Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race, Derald Wing Sue
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, Beverly Daniel Tatum
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
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White By Law, Ian F. Haney-Lopéz
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The Construction of Whiteness, Stephen Middleton (Editor), David R Roediger (Editor), Donald M Shaffer (Editor)
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It Takes a Village to Raise the Bar, Dr. Boyce Watkins
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The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
Adult Fiction
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Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
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Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
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Red at the Bone, Jacqueline Woodson
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Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid
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The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead
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Vanishing Half, Britt Bennet
Children's Books
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A is for Activist, Innosanto Nagara
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Counting on Community, Innosanto Nagara
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My Heart Fills with Happiness, Monique Gray Smith
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Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi
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Born on the Water, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson
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Black Is a Rainbow Color, Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes
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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James
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Dreamers, Yuyi Morales
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, Kevin Noble Maillard, Juana Martinez-Neal
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Grandma's Purse, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
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Hair Love, Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison
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Hey Black Child, Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier
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I Am Enough, Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo
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Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me, Daniel Beaty, Bryan Collie
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Lullaby (For a Black Mother), Langston Hughes, Sean Qualls
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My Pink Bonnet, Arlene Garcia, Nia Coleman, Subi Bosa
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Ohana Means Family, Ilima Loomis, Kenard Pak
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Saturday, Oge Mora
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Sulwe, Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison
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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie:
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The King of Kindergarten, Derrick Barnes, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family, Ibtihaj Muhammad, S. K. Ali, Hatem Aly
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The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist, Cynthia Levinson
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We Are Water Protectors, Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade
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Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice, Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo,
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Amoya's Big Move, Dahlia Richards
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One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet, Anuradha Rao
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Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness, Anastasia Higginbotham
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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, Rita Williams-Garcia:
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Clean Getaway, Nic Stone
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Ghost, Jason Reynolds
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Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper
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Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice, Veronica Chambers
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The Crossover, Kwame Alexander
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet, David Barclay Moore:
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on how to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work, Tiffany Jewell
Older Kids' Books
Teen/Young Adult
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
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Black Boy White School, Brian F. Walker
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, et al.
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Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard, Echo Brown
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Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #1)
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #2)
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Clap When You Land, Elizabeth Acevedo
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Dear Haiti, Love Alaine, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite
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Dear Martin, Nic Stone
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Not So Pure and Simple, Lamar Giles
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On The Come Up, Angie Thomas
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Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward
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Slay, Brittney Morris
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Jason Reynolds
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The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
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X, A Novel, Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
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You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson
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Articles
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The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Segregation Now, Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Surviving Solitary, Rachel Aviv
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The Problem We All Live With, NPR's This American Life
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The 1619 Project (NYT Magazine Special Edition)
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The Sugarcoated Language of White Fragility, Huffington Post
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The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremecy, Yawo Brown
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Bringing Soul to the Work of Collective Impact, Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Meta Equity and the Irony of Inequity Around Equity Work, blog post
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Expansive Survey of America's Public Schools Reveals Troubling Racial Disparities, Washington Post
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The Sugarcoated Language of White Fragility, Huffington Post
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Bringing Soul to the Work of Collective Impact, Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Meta Equity and the Irony of Inequity Around Equity Work, blog post
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Expansive Survey of America's Public Schools Reveals Troubling Racial Disparities, Washington Post
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I Don’t Feel Your Pain, Slate
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People – Including Cops – View Black Kids as Less Innocent and Less Young Than White Kids, The Atlantic
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Implicit Bias and Social Justice, Open Society Foundations
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Many Americans have No Friends of Another Race, Reuters Poll
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Majority of whites see America as colorblind; nearly 80% of African-Americans do not, NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll
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So You Want to Work in Solidarity with Black and Indigenous Peoples?, blog post
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Black Children and Black History, The Importance of Teaching Our Kids the Complexity of Us, blog post from My Brown Baby
Films/Documentaries
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A Girl Like Me, How Young African Americans See Themselves
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I Am Not Your Negro, Inspired by James Baldwin
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13th, From Slave to Criminal in one Amendment
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The 1619 Project - Hulu docuseries based on the NYT series and book
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The Color of Justice, about the Juvenile Justice system in Connecticut
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Let Her Learn, video about Black girls and school pushout
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Are you Racist? No Isn’t a Good Enough Answer, the Guardian
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How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them, TED talk by Verna Myers
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President Obama’s speech on Trayvon Martin and race in America
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Bryan Stevenson TED Talk, “We Need to Talk about an Injustice”
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James Bell at Reclaiming Futures, Building More Just and Equitable Systems for Youth and Families
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Resources/Websites
Other Resources
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