Discussing Racism: a Curated Reading List for Teens and Adults
March. Book one
by
John Lewis
Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow
by
Henry Louis Gates
Five days : the fiery reckoning of an American city
by
Wes Moore
A wreath for Emmett Till
by
Marilyn Nelson
Citizen : an American lyric
by
Claudia Rankine
America's original sin : racism, white privilege, and the bridge to a new America
by
Jim Wallis
The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race
by
Jesmyn Ward
They can't kill us all : Ferguson, Baltimore, and a new era in America's racial justice movement
by
Wesley Lowery
Sing, unburied, sing : a novel
by
Jesmyn Ward
Dear Martin
by
Nic Stone
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? : and other conversations about race
by
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race
by
Reni Eddo-Lodge
So you want to talk about race
by
Ijeoma Oluo
All American boys
by
Jason Reynolds
The Underground Railroad : a novel
by
Colson Whitehead
Piecing me together
by
Renée Watson
The hate u give
by
Angie Thomas
How I resist : activism and hope for a new generation
by
Maureen Johnson
The color purple
by
Alice Walker
I'm still here : Black dignity in a world made for whiteness
by
Austin Channing Brown
White teeth : a novel
by
Zadie Smith
Their eyes were watching God
by
Zora Neale Hurston
White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism
by
Robin J DiAngelo
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
by
Michelle Alexander
To kill a mockingbird
by
Harper Lee
The black and the blue : a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America's law enforcement
by
Matthew Horace
We rise, we resist, we raise our voices
by
Wade Hudson
Dream country
by
Shannon Gibney
There will be no miracles here
by
Casey Gerald
We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide
by
Carol Anderson
Monster
by
Walter Dean Myers
Genesis begins again
by
Alicia Williams
We cast a shadow : a novel
by
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do
by
Jennifer L. Eberhardt
We live for the we : the political power of Black motherhood
by
Dani McClain
Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland
by
Jonathan Metzl
The bluest eye : a novel
by
Toni Morrison
The lines between us : two families and a quest to cross Baltimore's racial divide
by
Lawrence Lanahan
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
by
Bryan Stevenson
The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
by
Richard Rothstein
Tears we cannot stop : a sermon to white America
by
Michael Eric Dyson
Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America
by
Ibram X Kendi
The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration
by
Isabel Wilkerson
How to be an antiracist
by
Ibram X. Kendi
Between the world and me
by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Trouble maker for justice : the story of Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington
by
Jacqueline Houtman
Black card : a novel
by
Chris L Terry
The water dancer : a novel
by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
One person, no vote : how not all voters are treated equally
by
Carol Anderson
Our wayward fate
by
Gloria Chao
Such a fun age : a novel
by
Kiley Reid
All the days past, all the days to come
by
Mildred D Taylor
This book is anti-racist : 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
by
Tiffany Jewell
Riot baby
by
Tochi Onyebuchi
Me and white supremacy : combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor
by
Layla F Saad
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you
by
Jason Reynolds
The fire next time
by
James Baldwin
This Is My America
by
Kim Johnson
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