Anti-racism Books To Read To Educate Yourself
If you're more of a reader, this article is for you. Sadly, there are so many stories to be told, both fiction and non-fiction surrounding racism. We've put together a list of books that will challenge your mind, make you think, make you act, and leave you with a somewhat greater understanding of why it's so important to play a role in effecting meaningful change when it comes to racism in our country.
How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race
A More Beautiful and Terrible History by Jeanne Theoharis
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America by Peniel E. Joseph
WELL-READ BLACK GIRL: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Edited by Glory Edim
