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Discover a thoughtfully curated selection of books, articles, and essays that illuminate key issues in racial justice, identity, and activism. Dive into categories ranging from personal memoirs to in-depth social theory, each offering valuable perspectives to inspire learning, reflection, and meaningful change

BOOKS

Non-Fiction

Memoirs & Autobiographies

  1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley

  2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

  3. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson

  4. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Essays & Reflections

  1. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

  2. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

  3. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

  4. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  5. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

  6. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Race by Robin DiAngelo

  7. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Sociology & Race Theory

  1. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

  2. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

  3. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins

  4. Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks

  5. Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, From Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill

  6. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in 20th Century America by Ira Katznelson

  7. The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

  8. The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

History

  1. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

  2. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

  3. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  4. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee

  5. Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle

  6. The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America by Anders Walker

  7. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

  8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 

Education & Activism

  1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

  2. How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

  3. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

  4. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

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Fiction

  1. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

  2. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  3. Beloved by Toni Morrison

  4. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

  5. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

  6. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

  7. Kindred by Octavia Butler

  8. Native Son by Richard Wright

  9. Passing by Nella Larsen

  10. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  11. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

ARTICLES

  1. "America’s Enduring Challenge: Addressing Racial Inequality" by Adeel Hassan | The New York Times 

  2. "Diversity Is More Than a Buzzword" by Emma Goldberg | The New York Times 

  3. America’s Long History of Anti-Haitian Racism, Explained by Li Zhou | Vox

  4. “'Not Racist' Is Not Enough: Putting in the Work to Be Anti-Racist” by Eric Deggans | NPR

  5. "Black Americans' Views on Racial Inequality, Racism, Reparations, and Systemic Change" by Pew Research Center 

  6. "Boldly Act on Racism, Poverty, Voting" by Human Rights Watch 

  7. “No More 'White Saviors,' Thanks: How to Be a True Anti-Racist Ally” by Aamna Mohdin | The Guardian 

  8. Is there an uncontroversial way to teach America’s racist history? By by Sean Illing | Vox 

  9. Welcome To The Anti-Racism Movement — Here’s What You’ve Missed Ijeoma Oluo | Medium

  10. “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic

  11.  “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic 

  12. The 1619 Project | The New York Times Magazine

  13. ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | The New York Times Magazine

  14. The Combahee River Collective Statement

  15. “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox 

  16. Anti-Racist Checklist for Whites Robin DiAngelo | RobinDiAngelo.com

  17. The Case for Reparations Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Atlantic 

  18. Civil Rights Protests Have Never Been Popular by Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Atlantic 

  19. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics by Kimberle Crenshaw | University of Chicago Legal Forum

  20. Killing Us Softly: Navigating State and State-Sanctioned Violence Against Black Men’s Humanity by Charles H.F. Davis III, Keon A. McGuire | Medium

  21. Racism, whiteness, and burnout in antiracism movements: How white racial justice activists elevate burnout in racial justice activists of color in the United States Paul Gorski | EdExchange