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RACE AND RESOURCES FOR ADULTS

ARTICLES

Worship of a False God: An Interview with Being Antiracist Bryan Massingale The National Museum of African American Regina Munch, Commonweal Magazine History and Culture, Smithsonian Institute

Open Letter to a Friend Waking Up to First, Listen. Then, Learn: Anti- Racism Resources for White People Ángel Flores Fontánez, S.J., The Jesuit Post Julia Wuench, Forbes

158 Resources to Understand Racism in White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy America Teaching Tolerance Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine Norman Rockwell’s Realism: ‘Murder in A Reflection of Personal Experience, Hope Mississippi’ and Challenge for the Church on Dismantling Dennis Raverty, The Living Church and Racism The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Justice, Compassion, and the African Bishop of Indianapolis American Man Dorothy Sanders Wells, Episcopal Café in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror The

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BOOKS

Resources for Race, Equity, Anti-Racism and Between the World and Me Inclusion Ta-Nehisi Coates Go-to resources for diverse books, including a list of Black- owned bookstores. Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson Living into God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America Catherine Meeks Margot Lee Shetterly from Church Publishing Incorporated, featuring books and resources used in the liturgy, faith formation, governance, The Fire Next Time life, and mission of The Episcopal Church. James Baldwin Review by the Rev. Ben Scott: “The Fire Next Time by The Racial Healing Handbook James Baldwin, published in 1963, has become a classic Anneliese A. Singh in the books on systemic and personal racism. It contains The Color of Compromise two essays in the form of a letter to a nephew and in a Jemar Tisby history of race and religion. It is a voice that continues to Review by Dan and Lisa Pasque: “We've been especially be passionate and contemporary. It is a good read for challenged by the book The Color of Compromise by Christians of all colors and convictions.” Jemar Tisby. It specifically focuses on the church's intersection with racism historically and its implications Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: today, so it might be helpful for Calvary's audience!" Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race Race and the Cosmos Derald Wing Sue Barbara Holmes Stamped from the Beginning : Mass Incarceration in Ibram X. Kendi the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander How to be Anti-Racist Ibram X. Kendi : Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism So You Want to Talk About Race Robin DiAngelo

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Hood : Notes from the Women Redemption That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall

Pedagogy of the Oppressed How We Fight White Supremacy Paolo Freire Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin 2

The Half Has Never Been Told: and Stuff That Needs to Be Said the Making of American Capitalism John Pavlovitz Edward Baptist Hillbilly Elegy The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin J.D. Vance Color in the New Millennium Kathy Russell, Midge Wilson, PhD, and Ronald A More Perfect Union Hall Calvin Baker

Living with Racism: The Black Middle Class A People’s History of the United States Experience Howard Zinn Joe Feagin and Melvin P. Sikes The Burning House: Jim Crow and the A Black Theology of Liberation Making of Modern America James Cone Anders Walker

Black on White: Black Writers on What It Dying of Whiteness Means to Be White Jonathan M. Metzl David R. Roediger A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Are America Middle-Class Blacks Angry? Why Should Ronald Takaki America Care? Ellis Cose Women, Race and Class Angela Y. Davis Voices in Black & White: Writings on Race in America from Harper’s Magazine (The Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American Retrospective Series) American History Textbook Got Wrong Katharine Whittemore and Gerald Marzorati James W. Loewen

The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the in Everyday Life Vulnerable from Ferguson to Flint and Elijah Anderson Beyond Marc Lamont Hill Slavery by Another Name Douglas A. Blackmon Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD Racial Divide Carol Anderson Richard Rothsteing

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Blackballed: The Black Vote and Democracy : The Origins of Our Discontents Darryl Pinckney Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story White Too Long: The Legacy of White of America’s Great Migration Supremacy in American Christianity Isabel Wilkerson Robert P. Jones

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Killing Rage - Ending Racism as told to Alex Haley bell hooks

Walking with the Wind Becoming John Lewis Michelle Obama

Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens the Future of America Alice Walker John Lewis White Cargo Don Jordan and Michael Walsh

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FILMS

I Am Not Your Negro never before seen on screen. Kimberly Rivers Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new James Baldwin never finished, Remember This video camera on herself and her 9th Ward House. The result is a radical, up-to-the minute neighbors trapped in the city. “It’s going to be a examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s day to remember,” Kim declares. As the original words and flood of rich archival material. hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to history that connects the past of the Civil Rights higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. and neighbors. The filmmakers document the couple’s return to New Orleans, the devastation 13th of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated Academy award for best documentary by Ava failures of government. Duvernay. Slavery by Another Name A 90-minute PBS documentary that challenges An award-winning film, based on the life work of one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: Civil Rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, is one the belief that slavery in this country ended with resource we can humbly offer to those who are the Emancipation Proclamation. interested in learning more about the systemic racism that plagues our society. “We believe in Jim Crow of the North the power of story.” A full-length documentary from PBS in which the roots of racial disparities are seen through a new When They See Us lens. This film explores the origins of housing Netflix series about the Central Park Five’s fight segregation in the Minneapolis area. The story for justice by Ava Duvernay. also illustrates how African American families and leaders resisted this insidious practice, and how Selma Black people built community. Ava DuVernay’s historical drama takes a look at Martin Luther King’s 1965 voting-rights march Kid-Friendly Movies to Help Build a against racial injustice. Conversation About Race and Racism

Hidden Figures

Trouble the Water Hillbilly Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, this film takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way

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SHORT FILMS

Why All Americans Should Celebrate How Affect Us and What We Can Do 7 minutes 8 minutes Historian Karlos K. Hill, University of Claude Steele describes the idea and effects of Oklahoma, explains the history and emotional threat in our daily lives. significance of Juneteenth. Uprooted Sunday Sermon – June 14, 2020 6 minutes 43 minutes A short film from the Equal Justice Initiative. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II preaches from Over a hundred years after Thomas Miles, Sr was the Washington National Cathedral. lynched in Shreveport, Louisiana, his family travels to the South for the first time, seeking A Class Divided 53 minutes answers about a man – and a place – they have Frontline never fully known. Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Review by Penny Duffy: “I think it is an excellent Bland resource -- particularly, perhaps for teenagers. It is not on 1 hour, 43 minutes the history of lynching, but rather a very tender film of a Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra young woman and her two relatives from California who Bland explores the , a return to Louisiana to search records and bear witness to politically active 28-year-old African American their great-grandfather who was lynched for passing a note who, after being arrested for a traffic violation in to a white woman. There are no images of lynching in it. a small Texas town, was found hanging in her jail There don’t have to be for the message of this legacy to cell three days later. come through.

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PODCASTS

The Mystics and Social Justice 1619 A reflection on what it means to turn to the An audio series from mystics during this time of increasing awareness observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the evils of systemic racism within our culture. of American slavery. Afterwards, there is a silent meditation for 8:46 to honor the life of . Seeing White Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? Revisionist History What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene Welcome to Revisionist History, a podcast from on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a Malcolm Gladwell and Pushkin Industries. Each deep dive into these questions, along with an week for 10 weeks, Revisionist History will go array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. back and reinterpret something from the past: an Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. documentary series, released between February Something misunderstood. and August 2017.

The History and Meaning of Juneteenth Code Switch An episode of The Daily podcast from the New A podcast from NPR hosted by journalists of York Times. color in fearless conversations about race.

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RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH

ARTICLES AND BOOK LISTS

What White Parents Get Wrong about Books About Racism and Social Justice Raising Antiracist Kids - and How to Get it Common Sense Media Right Books for Kids and Teens about Race, Racism and Police Violence An Anti-Racist Children’s and Young Adult Reading List Publisher’s Weekly Anti-Racism for Kids 101: Starting to Talk About Race Diverse Books for Children This list/source seems a little more family friendly – gives Embrace Race some tips and advice for parents as they talk with their A resource page - that can link to many different race topic children. resources - it’s broad but has some tips on what to look for and categories of diverse books.

VIDEO

Let’s Talk About Race the book Let’s Talk About Race and explains easily Julius Lester what racism is and what kids can do to stop it. I thought Review by Colleen Spillers: “This teacher talks openly to it was simple and easy and families could even show her her kindergarten class about racism. In the video she reads video as a talking point if they didn’t have the book.”

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

A Kid’s Book About Racism We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Jelani Memory ed. Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson There are no pictures, but even very early readers can Poems, letters, essays and art from a diverse group of 50 decipher the vocabulary in this book. well-known artists and children’s book authors in an anthology to help young people cope with cruelty and hate.

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Titles by Jacqueline Woodson The Undefeated The Day You Begin The Sandwich Swap Each Kindness Drawn Together This Is The Rope Ruth and the Green Book Coming on Home Soon Vote for Our Future The Other Side Lillian’s Right to Vote Visiting Day Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story Our Gracie Aunt Between Us and Abuela Show Way My Footprints Saturday Titles by Gale Cornwall Many Colors of Harpreet Singh Jabari Jumps Be Kind Jabari Tries I Walk With Vanessa Thank You, Omu Titles by Jessica Love Don’t Touch My Hair! Julian and the Mermaid Dreamers Julian at the Wedding Antiracist Baby Baby Titles by Various Authors Dream Big Little One A is for Activist The Name Jar All are Welcome Something Happened in Our Town: A Story Let’s Talk About Race About Racial Injustice We’re Different, We’re the Same Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Lovely Women and the Space Race Bilal Cooks Daal The Youngest Marcher The Proudest Blue Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Sulwe Become Malcolm X Just Ask Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Dancing Hands Fighters My Papi has a Motorcycle Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness Going Down Home with Daddy Momma, Did you Hear the News? Fry Bread A Bike Like Sergio’s Hair Love Those Shoes

BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How About Race” primer on racism, the 20 chapters in this to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work book are designed to educate, encourage introspection and Tiffany Jewell help empower readers to actively defy racism. For tweens and teens who are ready to act after reading local author Ijeoma Oluo’s “So You Want to Talk 9

We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide Nic Stone Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden, and Nic Stone When America achieves milestones of progress toward full Esperanza Rising and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic Pam Mûnoz Ryan response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. This YA adaptation is written in an Young Water Protectors: A Story About approachable narrative style that provides teen readers with Standing Rock additional context to these historic moments. Aslan Tudor, Jason EagleSpeaker, and Kelly Review by Colleen Spillers: “Honestly - it was excellent. It Tudor brought to light so much of the missing pieces of history that were not taught in schools. I highly recommend this as an informational and easy read for high school readers. Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds Content wise - it’s perfect for the adult reader, too!” Just Mercy - Young Adult Version Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Bryan Stevenson Remix Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Titles by Jacqueline Woodson Reynolds partnered with Kendi to adapt Kendi’s National Brown Girl Dreaming Book Award-winning “Stamped from the Beginning” for Maizon at Blue Hill younger readers. Like the original, it examines the history Last Summer with Maizon of racist ideas in America and identifies strategies to Locomotion oppose them. Peace, Locomotion Feathers Between the World and Me If You Come Softly Ta-Nehisi Coates From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun It wasn’t marketed for young adults, but it was written for I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This one in response to a police shooting. Presented as a letter to Lena his teenage son, Coates blends personal stories of growing After Tupac and D Foster up African American with history, politics and philosophy to contextualize race in America.

The Hate U Give Angie Thomas Thomas’ powerful debut novel follows Starr Carter, a 16- year-old girl who is the only witness to her childhood friend’s death by a police bullet.

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