For Children & Youth
Resources for Families
For Children & Parents
Books
All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon
Over and Under the Pond
Kate Messner
All Are Welcome
by Alexandra Penfold
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
What Can You Do With A Paleta?
Carmen Tefolla
We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
by Walter Dean Myers
Storytimes & Videos
The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson - June 3, 2020
Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester - June 10, 2020
She Stood For Freedom by Loki Mulholland - June 17, 2020
Sit-In by Andrea Davis Pinkney - June 24, 2020
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey - July 1, 2020
Freedom on the Menu by Carole Boston Weatherford - July 8, 2020
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom - July 15, 2020
Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, a town hall for kids and families (CNN & Sesame Street)
Visual Arts
Movies
Ruby Bridges
(1998)
Drama, Family-Friendly
Parent Resources
Fearlessly Apply Your Faith • Donna Chase, First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro
Teaching Anti-racism at home • Lana Burske, First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race (book collection) • Books for Littles
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup, October 2019 • Katrina Michie, PrettyGoodDesign.org
For Youth
Books
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
Articles
- Reflections on systemic racism in higher education, July 2020 • James H. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., Higher Education Works
- Guide to Allyship • Amélie Lamont, GuideToAllyship.com
Videos
Rich Benjamin recounts his time spent in a few of the ‘whitest’ communities in America.
Understanding "White Kids"
The critical role white parents play in shaping racism—and eradicating it