Anti-Racism & Racial Equity Resources

Below is a list curated resources for individuals interested in continuing learning in these areas as well as leaning into conversations about anti-racism and racial equity.

Recommended Books

• "So you want to talk about race" by Ijeoma Oluo
• "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo
• "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
• "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
• "The Color of Law" by Richard Rothstein
• "Stamped From The Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi
• "How To Be An Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
• "Between The World And Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
• "Minor Feelings" by Cathy Park Hong
• "Good Talk" by Mira Jacob
• "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?" by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
• "Citizen" by Claudia Rankine
• "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson
• "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas (youth)
  
• "Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child" by Elva Treviño Hart
  
• "Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, And Feminist Mandate For Radical Movements" by Charlene A. Carruthers
• “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
  
• “The Burning House” by Anders Walker
  
• “The Condemnation of Blackness” by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
  
• “Dying Of Whiteness” by Jonathan M. Metzl
  
• “A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki
  
• “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond
  
• “Nobody: Casualties of America’s Wars on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond” by Marc Lamont Hill
  
• “Lies My Mother Told Me” by James W. Loewen
  
• “Blackballed: The Black Vote And Us Democracy” by Darryl Pinckney
  
• “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Alex Haley
  
• “Killing Race: Ending Racism” by bell hooks
  
• “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
  
• “How We Get Free: Black Feminism And The Combahee River Collective” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
  
• “Black Feminist Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins
  
• “Ain’t I A Woman: black women and feminism” by bell hooks
  
• “Bad Feminist” by Roxanne Gay
  
• “Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower” by Brittney Cooper
  
• “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” by Alice Walker
  
• “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
  
• “Women, Race & Class” by Angela Y. Davis
  
• “Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur
  
• “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin
  
• “Zami” by Audre Lorde
  
• “Real Life” by Brandon Taylor
  
• “No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies” edited by E. Patrick Johnson
  
• “Since I Laid My Burden Down” by bronze purnell
  
• “The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir” by Staceyann Chin
  
• “No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America” by Darnell L. Moore
  
• “The Summer We Got Free” by Mia McKenzie

Recommended Anti-Racist Literature curated by Victoria Alexander

Recommended Books & Resources For Youth

• "March" by John Lewis
• "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
• "Ms. Marvel" by G. Willow Wilson
• Mikva Challenge: Youth Voices On Racial Justice (building youth political power)
• Mikva Challenge: Curricula
• Michigan Student Power Network
• Video: Systemic Racism Explained by Alex Cequea, act.tv
  

Recommended Articles

• Anti-racism resources for white people and parents (Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein)
• 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack and Equality Includes You, Medium.com
• 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence by Showing Up For Racial Justice, Medium.com

Resources For Parents and Young Children

• 26 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism & Resistance
  by EMBRACERACE, Raising a Brave Generation
• 11 Places to Find Books That Teach Kids About Race by Amy DiLuna, tinkergarten.com
• Video: Talking to Kids About Racism with Dr. Kira Banks Part 1
• Video: Talking to Kids About Racism with Dr. Kira Banks and Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum Part 2
• We Stories: Raising Big Hearted Kids
  We Stories engaged white families to change the conversation about and build momentum towards racial equity in St. Louis.
• Talking Race with Young Children by Parenting: Difficult Conversations, NPR/WMUK
• KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, The Brown Bookshelf: United In Story.
• Talking to Kids About Racism and Justice: a List for Parents and Educators
  by Oakland Public Library

Resource Guides

• Recursos en español sobre el anti-racismo (Lista recopilada por Dra. Gabriela Kovats Sánchez)
• BLM Translated: Multilingual Resource Hub (Compiled by NAPWF)
  
• Racial Equity Resource Guide
• Racial Equity Tools
  
• PBS: Race Matters
• Coming to the Table
• Race - Are We So Different?
• Race Forward
• Race, Racism and the Law
• SHARE: Resources
• ERACCE: Resources
• Kalamazoo Public Library: Discussion Guide - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
• Native Knowledge 360: Transforming teaching and learning about Native Americans
  

Book and Film Lists by RacialEquityTools.org

• Bibliographical Guide to Structural Racialization, Implicit Bias, and Systems Thinking by Charles Patton, Kirwan Institute
• Common Vision Annotated Bibliography by Common Vision, Funders for LGBTQ Issues
• Movements for Change Bibliography by Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement
• Design Lab 13: Electronic Resource Guide by Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Race Matters Resource Page by Race Matters
• Racial Equity Resource Guide by Michael Wenger, America Healing, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• Somatics & Trauma Reading and Resource List by Generative Somatics
• Annotated List of Racial Justice DVDs and Videos by Melanie Morrison Allies for Change
• An Anti-Racist Bibliography by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
• White Noise Collective Resources by White Noise Collective
• Books, Videos and Websites by Baltimore Racial Justice Action
• Bibliography on Racism by Paul Kivel
• Resource Guide on Policing, Community Protest and Unrest by Washington University in St. Louis
• How Racism Invented Race in America: the Case for Reparations, a Narrative Bibliography by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• #Charlestonsyllabus by Chad Williams, Brandeis University
• #TheologyofFerguson
• Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Resource Guide to Put Ideas Into Action by Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race and Equity
• Racial Equity Resource List by Maggie Potapchuk, MP Associates
• Syllabus for White People to Educate Themselves (in response to election of Trump)
• Native Lives Matter Syllabus by POC Online Classroom
• White Awake Resources by Eleanor Hancock
• Indigenous Peoples’ History Resource Guide by Bradley Shreve, Tribal College - Journal of American Indian Higher Education
• Responding to Charlottesville
• Talking to Young People about Charlottesville and White Supremacy: Resources for Educators and Parents by Border Crossers
• Resources and Support for Healing in the Wake of Charlottesville 
  by Faith Matters Network
• Learning about Equity: A Resource List by Community Food Systems Team, University of Wisconsin - Extension
• Interfaith Toolkit on Challenging Racism by Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
• PopularResistance.org Resource List
• A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving for Educators and Families by Border Crossers
• Liberation of Psychology Links by Mandala Psychotherapy Associates
• Teaching While White Resources by Elizabeth Denevi and Jenna Chandler-Ward
• An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi, The New York Times
• An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System
  by Michigan State University, Center for Regional Food Systems
• Decolonize: Resources by Ari Sahagún and Jay Saper

Recommended Action Steps

• 40 Ways You Can Help Right Now
• 6 Ways to Activate Beyond Social Media
• Black Wall Street Kalamazoo—Investing in Black-owned businesses
• Fund Racial Justice: Where to Donate

• Movement for Black Lives Week of Action June 1-7