An Antiracism Reading List

E-book and Audiobooks from Overdrive and Hoopla

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Coates "As a meditation on race in America, Jefferson haunted by the bodies of black men, "Perceptive, specific, and powerful, women, and children, Coates's compelling, Jefferson's work balances themes of race, indeed stunning, work is rare in its power to class, entitlement, and privilege with her make you want to slow down and read own social and cultural awakening." every word." OD, e-book & audio OD, audio

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi How Our Government Segregated “A boldly articulated, historically informed America by Richard Rothstein "Rothstein’s explanation of what exactly racist ideas and comprehensive and engrossing book reveals thinking are, and what their antiracist just how the U.S. arrived at the 'systematic antithesis looks like both systemically and at racial segregation we find in metropolitan the level of individual action." OD, e-book areas today,' focusing in particular on the &audio role of government." OD, e-book

Driving While Black: African American Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Gretchen Sorin “Stevenson, executive director of the Equal "Lucidly written and generously illustrated Justice Initiative, a legal firm providing with photos and artifacts, this rigorous and services for the wrongly condemned, entertaining history deserves a wide describes in his memoir how he got the call readership." OD, e-book to represent this largely neglected clientele in our justice system.” OD, e-book & audio

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Open Season: The Legalized Genocide of Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Colored People by Ben Crump "Legal scholar Alexander argues vigorously "Civil rights attorney Crump, who has and persuasively that '[w]e have not ended represented the families of racial caste in America; we have merely and Michael Brown, delivers a forceful redesigned it.' ” OD, e-book & audio/ debut exposé of America’s 'legalized system Hoopla e-book of discrimination.’” OD, e-book

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by White People to Talk About by Matt Taibbi. “Here Taibbi dives deep into Robin Diangelo “This slim book is who Garner was and how he wound up on impressive in its scope and complexity; a Staten Island sidewalk selling bootleg Diangelo provides a powerful lens for cigarettes. Taibbi lays down the backdrop examining, and practical tools for that led to Garner's arrest and the grappling with, racism today.” choke hold caught on video for millions to OD, e-book & audio see.” OD, e-book & audio

How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racism, Change the World, and Become a Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming. “A Good Ancestor by Layla F Saad. “Saad unique and irreverent take on everything offers steps for beginning work towards that's wrong with our "national antiracism that feel as honest, straightfor- conversation about race" - and what to do ward, and actionable as they are difficult. OD, e-book & audio about it.” OD, audio

So You Want to Talk About Race by America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis. . “A current, constructive, “America's problem with race has deep and actionable exploration of today's roots, with the country's foundation tied to racial landscape, offering straightforward the near extermination of one race of clarity that readers of all races need to people and the enslavement of another. contribute to the dismantling of the racial Racism is truly our nation's original sin.” divide.” OD, e-book & audio, Hoopla, audio Hoopla, audio

The Fire this Time: A New Generation Mindful of Race: Understanding and Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward. “A Transforming Habits of Harm by Ruth surprise New York Times bestseller, these King. “King supports readers of all back- groundbreaking essays and poems about grounds with an abundance of insights and race are thoughtful, searing, and at times, guided practices to help us identify our hopeful.” OD, e-book misperceptions, honor and engage with our most challenging emotions, temper them with compassionate forgiveness, and find the optimal course of wise action. ”Hoopla, e-book & au-

Further Resources:

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice | Medium.com | Corinne Shutack

4 Black Lives Matters Myths Debunked | Decoded | MTV News | YouTube | Franchesca Ramsey

12 Movies to Watch to Educate Yourself About Racism and Protest History | Time, Inc. | time.com

Ten "Must Watch" Black History Documentaries | Black Culture Connection | PBS | pbs.org

A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources |Medium.com | Katie Couric | adults, kids & teens

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