Books

This website includes a wonderful selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. It also includes a guide for selecting anti-bias books for children. https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/young-adult-fiction/

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present

During this time of crisis and change, many are home with children of all ages. If you are looking for books to read, ADL’s collection address issues of identity, bias and bullying. Our featured books come with discussion guides for teachers and parents. https://www.adl.org/education-and-resources/resources-for-educators-parents-families/childrens-literature

Books For Adults

• White Fragility. Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

• For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… And the Rest of Y’all, Too by Christopher Emdin

• March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

• Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

• Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

• Me and White Supremacy by Laya F. Saad

• Becoming by Michelle Obama

• Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award Winning- Stamped from the Beginning. by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi

• Counting Descent by Clint Smith

• The Rise and Fall of American Slavery: Without Consent or Contract by Robert William Fogel

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

• More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are, No Matter What They Say by Elaine Welteroth

• Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum by LaNesha Tabb and Naomi O’Brien

• Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas

• We Too Sing America by Deepa Iyer

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

• Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice by Elena Aguilar

• This is not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education by Jose Luis Vilson

• Education and Social Change: Contours in the History of American Schooling by John Rury

• Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Bushra Rehman and Daisy Hernández

• Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning by Andratesha Fritzgerald

• Interrupting Racism Equity and Social Justice in School Counseling by Rebecca Atkins and Alicia Oglesby

• Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audra Lorde

Books For Children and Young Adults

• Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal

• Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco

• Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi.

• Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore

• Nubia by LL McKinney

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow