Resources

Preliminary List of Resource (a committee will be established to address a formal process for suggestions, inclusion, and distribution):

*If you see Overdrive/Libby or Hoopla listed by the resource below, it means that the book is available as part of the Cranford library's digital collection.

For teens:

The Hate U Give -- Angie Thomas (Overdrive/Libby)

Stamped Remix -- Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds (Overdrive/Libby)

X: A Novel -- Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon (Overdrive/Libby)

Dear Martin -- Nic Stone (Overdrive/Libby)

Between the World and Me -- Ta-Nahisi Coates (Overdrive/Libby)

March: Book One -- John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (Hoopla)

Pet -- Akwaeke Emezi

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds (Overdrive/Libby)

For children:

Heart and Soul -- Kadir Nelson (Hoopla)

Something Happened in our Town -- Marianne Celano (Hoopla)

The Day You Begin -- Jacqueline Woodson

Can I Touch Your Hair? -- Charles Waters, Irene Latham, Sean Qualls, and Selina Alko (Hoopla)

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History -- Vashti Harrison (Overdrive/Libby)

Coretta Scott King -- Ntozake Shange (Hoopla)

New Kid -- Jerry Craft (Overdrive/Libby, Hoopla)

Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged -- Jody Nyasha Warner (Hoopla)

On the Playground: Our First talk about prejudice -- Dr. Jillian Roebrts (Hoopla)

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness -- Angela Higginbotham

If You Plant a Seed -- Kadir Nelson

For adults:

White Fragility -- Robin DiAngelo (Overdrive/Libby)

How to be an Antiracist -- Ibram X. Kendi (Overdrive/Libby)

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions --Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Overdrive/Libby)

Sister Outsider -- Audre Lorde (Hoopla)

How Long Till Black Future Month -- NK Jemisin

The New Jim Crow -- Michelle Alexander (Hoopla)

The Fire This Time -- Jesmyn Ward (Overdrive/Libby)

Me And White Supremacy -- Layla Saad (Hoopla)

Here are some excellent online resources as well:

http://antiracismforbeginners.com/ is an online anti-resources guide, currently being curated and maintained by Tiffany Bowden, Ph.D candidate in Communications and Diversity and Inclusion.

FINDING MUSIC RESOURCES, a project of the Music Education program at Gettysburg College, has compiled a collection of anti-racist pedagogy. This one is really excellent, because it links to many other book lists.

Sojourners has created a guide specifically for white allies and Showing Up for Racial Justice has a guide as well.

For Cranford Public Library cardholders looking for more in-depth historical information, I highly suggest checking out the Facts on File database, for primary sources on African American history.

Here are some family resources:

National Traumatic Stress Network: Racial Injustice and Trauma

Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s/Guardian’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice

Healthychildren.org: Talking to Children about Racial Bias

National Geographic: Talking to Kids About Race

American Psychological Association: How To Talk To Children About Difficult News

Sesame Street in Communities: Community Violence

Cranford Public Schools Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) regulations and procedures:

Policy 5512: Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying

Student/Parent/Guardian Incident Report Form

Students can report incidents anonymously and receive directions on how to use the program annually:

STOPit: a how-to video