Social Justice Education and Anti-Racist Resources for Adults
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So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo

A Seattle-based writer, editor and speaker tackles the sensitive, hyper-charged racial landscape in current America, discussing the issues of privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Read the ebook on Overdrive or listen to the audio version on Hoopla or Overdrive.
How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi

A best-selling author, National Book Award-winner and professor combines ethics, history, law and science with a personal narrative to describe how to move beyond the awareness of racism and contribute to making society just and equitable. Read the ebook or listen to the audiobook on Overdrive.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism
by Robin J DiAngelo

Analyzes defensive moves that white people make when racially challenged, how these actions protect racial inequality, and presents strategies for engaging more constructively in these conversations. Overdrive has the ebook and digital audiobook.
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement
by Wesley Lowery

A behind-the-scenes account of the story of the #blacklivesmatter movement shares insights into the young men and women behind it, citing the racially charged controversies that have motivated members and the economic, political and personal histories that inform its purpose. Listen to the audiobook on Overdrive.
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
by Michael Eric Dyson

A call for change in the United States argues that racial progress can only be achieved after facing difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, and discounted. Overdrive has the ebook version of the title.
"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations About Race
by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Shares real-life examples and current research that support the author's recommendations for "straight talk" about racial identity, identifying practices that contribute to self-segregation in childhood groups. Read the ebook on Overdrive.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander

The United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America's `war on drugs,' launched in 1982. In The New Jim Crow, she explains how this government initiative has led to America's black citizens being imprisoned on a colossal scale. Read the ebook on Overdrive or Hoopla or listen to the audio Overdrive.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson

The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit. Read the ebook or listen to the audiobook on Overdrive.
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
by Jesmyn Ward

The National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones presents a continuation of James Baldwin's 1963 The Fire Next Time that examines race issues from the past half century through essays, poems and memoir pieces by some of her generation's most original thinkers and writers. On order. Click the title link to check for the ebook in Overdrive.
From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Looks at historical and contemporary examples of racism in the United States and argues that the systemic problems of African American incarceration and unemployment have the potential to ignite a bigger social movement. Read the ebook or listen to the audio version on Hoopla.
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