Reading Materials and Additional Resources
BOOKS
1. A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki 2. A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn 3. About Racism, Robin DiAngelo 4. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 5. Blackballed, Darryl Pinckney 6. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, Jayne Allen 7. Dying of Whiteness, Jonathan Metzl 8. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 9. How to Be An AntiRacist, Ibram X. Kendi 10. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou 11. Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson 12. Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen 13. Listen In: Crucial Conversations on Race in the Workplace, Allison Manswell 14. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies, by Reesma Menakem 15. Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill 16. Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Karen E. Fields 17. Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society, John A. Powell 18. Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde 19. So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo 20. Some of My Best Friends are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America, Tanner Colby 21. Stamped from the Beginning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi 22. The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences, Carolyn B. Helsel, Y. Joy Harris-Smith 23. The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison 24. The Burning House, Anders Walker 25. The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein 26. The Condemnation of Blackness, Khalil Gibran Muhammad 27. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin 28. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander 29. The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson 30. Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
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31. White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo 32. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, Beverly Tatum 33. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes what We See, Think, and Do, Jennifer L. Eberhardt ARTICLES & PDFs
1. 5 Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Workplace https://hbr.org/2020/01/5-strategies-for-creating-an-inclusive-workplace 2. African American History: From Emancipation to the Present https://oyc.yale.edu/african-american-studies/afam-162 3. America, This Is Your Chance https://nyti.ms/2Y9OSow 4. Changing the Odds (2019) Progress and Promise in Atlanta https://www.aecf.org/resources/changing-the-odds-2019/ 5. Check in on Your Black Employees, Now https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/opinion/police-killings-black-mental-health.html 6. Dismantle racism at every level: AAP president https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/06/01/racism060120 7. Equal Justice Initiative Reports https://eji.org/reports/ 8. Fighting Racism Even, and Especially, Where We Don’t Realize It Exists https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/books/review/how-to-be-an-antiracist-ibram-x-kendi.html 9. George Floyd’s Death in U.S. Sparks Outcry Abroad https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-floyds-death-in-u-s-sparks-outcry-abroad-11591123234 10. How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real- change-9fa209806067 11. In America’s Most Unequal City, Top Households Rake In $663,000 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/in-america-s-most-unequal-city-top- households-rake-in-663-000 12. New Era of Public Safety: An Advocacy Toolkit for Fair, Safe, And Effective Community Policing https://www.obama.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf 13. “On Being a Black American Biglaw Associate” https://abovethelaw.com/2020/06/on-being-a-black-american-biglaw-associate/ 14. The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/144/2/e20191765 15. There Is No Middle Ground on Reparations https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/ibram-x-kendi-opposing-reparations- racist/592060/
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16. There is No Such Thing as a "White Ally" https://medium.com/@title42usc1983/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-white-ally-469bb82799f2
17. TOWARD A RACIALLY JUST WORKPLACE: Diversity efforts are failing black employees https://hbr.org/cover-story/2019/11/toward-a-racially-just-workplace 18. Why you should stop saying “all lives matter,” explained in 9 different ways https://www.vox.com/2016/7/11/12136140/black-all-lives-matter
MOVIES 13th by Ava DuVernay When They See Us by Ava DuVernay Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash Hidden Figures by Theodore Melfi
VIDEOS
Interview with Richard Rothstein and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing "The Color of Law" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pb6y9rNKmo Mohammad Ali, 1972 – Constant reminder of power https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA6YZ7pH1k8/?igshid=1kwt7usbl0ury Moving the Race Conversation Forward published by the Center for Racial Justice Innovation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjGQaz1u3V4&feature=emb_title Systemic Racism Explained https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA9LyigBdjT/?igshid=z1rb83vday9h Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man – Episode 1 (Emmanuel Acho) https://uncomfortableconvos.com/episode/episode-1 Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man – Episode 2 (Emmanuel Acho w/ Matthew McConaughey) https://uncomfortableconvos.com/episode/episode-2 Allegories on Race & Racism, TedX Emory, Camara Jones, M.D., Ph.D. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNhcY6fTyBM The Cliff of Good Health, Camara Jones, M.D., Ph.D. https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/dr-camara-jones-explains-cliff-good-health There is Only One Race: The Human Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFQkLp5u-No Why Identity Matters In Our Justice System (Akerman) http://expedition.akerman.com/video/ssvideo.aspx?videoID=rtmp://ecds- wowza.ase.akerman.com/vod-ecds/mp4:A-71d72a83-e047-4fb2-8882-b95c8eb37ab4-482bff29- 1b4f-4678-a896-b353ccc6e43d_bryanstevensonv1identitymatters.mp4 Allegories on Race & Racism, TedX Emory, Camara Jones, M.D., Ph.D. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNhcY6fTyBM
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Ted Talks Whitney Pennington-Rodgers: Talks that Contextualize This Moment Angela Bowen: Dear Black Woman Let’s Talk About Healing Monica Johnson: The Truth About Black Women and Trees
POLICING
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change New Era of Public Safety: Tool Kit, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights https://policing.civilrights.org/toolkit/ New Era of Public Safety: Report, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights https://policing.civilrights.org/report/Policing_Full_Report.pdf
EDUCATION
Atlanta Private School's Black Students and Grads Share Their Pain https://www.ajc.com/get-schooled/across-atlanta-private-schools-black-students-and-grads-share- their-pain Juneteenth Information: http://juneteenth.com/
RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN
Children/Young Adult Anti-Bias Books, Articles, and Resources
1. 6 Resources for Talking with Kids About Race https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/racism-african-americans-quiz.html 2. Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/coretta-scott-king-book-award-winners 3. Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books https://www.teachingforchange.org/selecting-anti-bias-books 4. No Reader is Too Young to Start Anti-Racist Books for All Teens and Children https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/04/no-reader-is-too-young-to-start-anti-racist- books-for-all-children-and-teens 5. Social Activism Diverse Reading List https://www.leeandlow.com/uploads/loaded_document/457/Social-Activism-Diverse-Book-List.pdf 6. Social Justice Books https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/early-childhood/ 7. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice https://www.amazon.com/Something-Happened-Our-Town-Injustice/dp/1433828545
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8. Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You https://www.ibramxkendi.com/stampedbook 9. Talking to Children About Racial Bias https://www.healthychildren.org/Talking-to-Children-About-Racial-Bias 10. Talking to Kids about Racism https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/talking-to-kids-about-racism.html 11. Talking to Young Children about Race and Racism https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/talking-to-kids-about-racism.html 12. Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions https://www.amazon.com/Whoosh-Lonnie-Johnsons-Super-Soaking-Inventions/dp/1580892973 13. 5 Tips for Talking With Children and Teenagers About Hate Incidents https://www.adl.org/media/9637/download 14. 7 Ways to Highlight Resistance Efforts When Discussing Oppression with Children https://www.embracerace.org/resources/highlight-resistance-efforts 15. CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/cnn-sesame-street-standing-up-to-racism/index.html 16. Strategies For Talking About Race with Young Children https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kKurpMcF-FsfKbXjF0x5QtnMXyIXzQt4kRdvzBMQNZE/edit 17. Your Kids Aren’t Too Young To Talk About Race Resource Roundup https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4
Listen
1. Code Switch (NPR) https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ 2. “Let’s Talk About Whiteness” with Eula Biss. The writer opens up an important conversation about whiteness, complacence, guilt, and privilege https://onbeing.org/programs/eula-biss-talking-about-whiteness/ 3. "More Beautiful" with Imani Perry. The scholar speaks powerfully about her experience raising black sons in America https://onbeing.org/programs/imani-perry-more-beautiful/ 4. Raising White Kids' Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race https://www.npr.org/raising-white-kids-author-on-how-white-parents-can-talk-about-race
Organizations and People to follow on social media:
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Here We Read Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hereweeread/ Diverse Reads Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diversereads/ The Tutu Teacher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetututeacher/
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Biracial Bookworms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biracialbookworms/ Spike Lee Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpikeLeeJoint Emmanuel Acho Twitter: https://twitter.com/thEMANacho