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A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
1492-2001
By Howard Zinn
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME
By Ta-Nehisi Coates
BORN A CRIME
Stories from a South African Childhood
By Trevor Noah
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE
A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools
By Glenn E. Singleton
DYING OF WHITENESS
How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
By Jonathan M. Metzl
FATAL INVENTION
How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century
By Dorothy Roberts
FOR WHITE FOLKS WHO TEACH IN THE HOOD
And the Rest of Ya'll Too!
By Chris Emdin
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
By Ibram X. Kendi
HOW WE GET FREE
Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
JUST MERCY
A story of Justice and Redemption
By Bryan Stevenson
LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
By James Loewen
LOCKING UP OUR OWN
Crime and Punishment in Black America
By James Forman Jr.
POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
By Joy DeGruy
PRE-POST-RACIAL AMERICA
Spiritual Stories From the Front Lines
By Sandhya Rani Jha
PUSH OUT
The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
By Monique W. Morris
ROADMAP TO RECONCILIATION 2.0
Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness, and Justice
By Brenda Salter McNeil
SAVAGE INEQUALITIES
Children in America's Schools
By Jonothan Kozol
SHAME OF A NATION
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
By Jonothan Kozol
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
By Ijeoma Oluo
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
By Ibram X. Kendi
TEACHING TO TRANSGRESS
Education as The Practice of Freedom
By Bell Hooks
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X
By Malcolm X and Alex Haley
THE BLACKER THE BERRY
By Wallace Thurman
THE BLUEST EYE
By Toni Morrison
THE COLOR OF LAW
Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America
By Richard Rothstein
THE CONDEMNATION OF BLACKNESS
Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
By Khalil Gibran Muhammad
THE MYTH OF EQUALITY
Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
By Ken Wytsma
THE NEGRO ARTIST AND THE RACIAL MOUNTAIN
By Langston Hughes
THE NEW JIM CROW
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
By Michelle Alexander
THE PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED
By Paulo Friere
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
By Zora Neale Hurston
WAITING ’TIL THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
A Narrative History of Black Power in America
By Peniel E. Joseph
WAKING UP WHITE
Finding Myself in the Story of Race
By Debby Irving
WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN SURVIVE
Abolitionist Teaching and The Pursuit of Educational Freedom
By Bettina L. Love
WELL-READ BLACK GIRL
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Edited by Glory Edim
WEST INDIAN IMMIGRANTS
A Black Success Story?
By Suzanne Model
WHITE AWAKE
An Honest Look at What it Means to Be White
By Daniel Hill
WHITE FRAGILITY
Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
By Robin Diangelo
WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA?
And Other Conversations about Race
By Beverly Daniel Tatum
10 Tips for Talking With Students About Tragedy- Scholastics
B-More Antiracist- BMore Antiracist
Courageous Conversations- Courageous Conversations, PEG
Education & Resources For Educators, Parents, and Families- ADL
National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal- NMAAHC
Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race–ethnicity, and sex - PNAS
Social Justice Math-Radical Math
Stirring Up Justice- ASCD
Teachers Must Hold Themselves Accountable for Dismantling Racial Oppression- Education Post
The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it- NC Reporter
The Pandemics Impact on Education- Harvard
Turning Current Events Instruction Into Social Justice Teaching- Edutopia
13th, a Netflix documentary exposing racial inequality within the criminal justice system
1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley
America Inside Out, The history of Confederate statues by National Geographic
Becoming, a Netflix Documentary following Michelle Obama's book tour
I Am Not Your Negro, a documentary envisioning the book James Baldwin was never able to finish
Just Mercy, a film based on civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson's work on the Death Row in Alabama
Let It Fall, a documentary looking at racial tensions in LA following Rodney King's death
Selma, a film that chronicles the marches of the Civil Rights Movement
The Hate U Give, a film based on the novel, offering an intimate portrait of race in America
When They See Us, a Netflix miniseries about the Central Park Five
Brittany Packnett Cunningham, co-founder of Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence, and a host of Pod Save The People
Charlene Carruthers, founder of the Black Youth Project 100
Ibram X. Kendi, the author of How To Be An Antiracist and Director of the Antiracism Center
Nikkolas Smith, the artist behind portraits of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and others
Rachel Cargle, a writer and lecturer who explores the intersection between race and womanhood
The 74 Million is a news site covering education in America. They share stories backed by investigation, research, and experience aimed at challenging the status quo, exposing inequality, and championing heroes in education.
XQ Institute is the nation's leading organization in rethinking high school experiences to better empower every student to succeed in life. They work in communities throughout the country, with individual schools and entire school systems, to help them dream big about what high school could be, turn their innovative ideas into action, and create more rigorous and equitable schools.
Code Switch, an NPR podcast tackling race from all angles
https://courageousconversation.com/ hosts weekly 90-minute forums
Jemele Hill is Unbothered, a podcast with award-winning journalist Jemele Hill
Seeing White, a Scene on the Radio podcast
Still Processing, a New York Times culture podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison
This podcast episode with Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, and Bryan Stevenson about Just Mercy
Becoming, a Netflix documentary following Michelle Obama on her book tour
Dear White People, a Netflix series about being black at a predominantly white college
Hidden Figures, a film about the brilliant African American women of NASA
Remember the Titans, story of a newly-integrated football team
The Hate U Give, a film based on the YA novel offering an intimate portrait of race in America
These 26 New York Times mini-films for students
Anything by Angie Thomas.
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Skin Again, by bell hooks
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
The Colors Of Us, by Karen Katz