By: Angela Dubinger
Whether you are researching and learning for yourself or need resources and stories for your children, our library has gathered a list to help support your conversation about race justice in America. These resources are partly referenced from the School Library Journal list.
Books listed below are linked to their ebooks or eAudiobooks online, where you can reserve or check them out.
Books for Children (Fiction)
- A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara (Libby ebook)
- Not My Idea: a Book About Whiteness by Anastasha Higginbotham
- Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano & Donald Moses (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- We March by Shane Evans (Libby ebook)
- Blended by Sharon M. Draper (Libby ebook)
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (Hoopla ebook)
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Marie Ramee (Libby ebook)
- It All Comes Down to This by Karen English (Hoopla ebook)
- My Hair Is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Hoopla ebook)
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (Hoopla ebook) (Hoopla audio)
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Hoopla ebook)
- The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson (Hoopla audiobook)
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga (Hoopla ebook)
Books for Children (Facts):
- Are You Being Racially Profiled by Alexandra Hanson-Harding (Hoopla ebook)
- Race in America series by various authors (Hoopla ebook)
- A Ride to Remember by Sharon Langley (Hoopla ebook)
- Rise Up! The Art of Protest by Jo Rippon (Hoopla ebook)
- Standing Up to Hate Speech by Alison Morretta (Hoopla ebook)
- What’s Racism by Amy B. Rogers (Hoopla ebook)
Resources for White Parents to raise Anti-Racist Children:
- Podcasts:
- Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons With Cindy Wang Brandt
- Fare of the Free Child Podcast
- Article – PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- The Conscious Kid: Follow them on Instagram
- Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth
- Diverse Families Bookshelf
- #WeNeedDiverseBooks envisions a world where all children can see themselves in the pages of a book. Get involved with the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign by tweeting and contacting publishers.
Books for Teens (Fiction Ebooks):
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- Black Boy, White School by Brian F.Walker
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone (Our September Community Read with Virtual Author Visit October 1st!)
- Electric Arches by Eve Ewing
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
- I’m Not Dying With You Tonight by Gilly Segal & Kimberly Jones
- Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers (Libby ebook too)
- Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
Books for Teens (Facts – Ebooks)
- Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore
- Black Lives Matter by Sue Bradford Evans
- A Few Drops of Red: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Clare Hartfield
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- In The Shadow of Liberty by Kenneth C. Davis
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- March: Book One by Jon Lewis , Andrew Aydin and Illustrated by Nate Powell
- Obviously: Stories from My Timeline by Akilah Hughes
- The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar
- Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X.Kendi
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
- We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
- White Privilege by M.T. Blackmore
Books for Teens (Fiction – eAudiobooks)
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Cole
Books for Teens (Facts – eAudiobooks)
- Because They Marched by Russel Freedman
- Girls Resist! by Kaelyn Rich
- How I Resist edited by Maureen Johnson
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Malcom X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers
- The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Shenkin
- Stolen Justice by Lawrence Goldstone
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Useful Websites & Other Resources
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism Project
- Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
- Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits and resources for families
- “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
- Embrace Race
- Raising Race Conscious Children