Indian Valley Public Library

Race & Racism Resources

Juneteenth Resources

• The Birth of Juneteenth; Voices of the Enslaved

• Ralph Ellison’s “Juneteenth"

• Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories

• Born in Slavery: Portraits and Narratives of Formerly Enslaved People

• Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation

• S.475 - Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, 117th Congress

• Resources and Programs:

  • Definition of Juneteenth​

  • Black Heritage with New York Public Library's E-Resources​

  • Book recommendations, storytimes, and video clips from The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history collection (from the Saint Paul Public Library)

  • ALA Black Caucus Literary Award Winners (from the Memphis Public Libraries)

  • blkfreedom website

Websites - Finding Books

We Need Diverse Books (WNDB)

Diverse Book Finder

Stay Woke from Home with these Books, Resources, and Articles

Antiracist Resources and Reads: Lists for All Ages

Resources for Children & Families

1619 Project

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html?mtrref=www.google.com&assetType=REGIWALL

Anti-Racism Resources

bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES

Basic eBook about Racism

https://youtu.be/LnaltG5N8nE

Empathy Educates

https://empathyeducates.org/

Future Voters Project

https://www.tolerance.org/future-voters-project

Jason Reynolds Talks to the Kojo Kids Show

https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2020-06-01/kojo-for-kids-jason-reynold-talks-about-racism-and-the-protests?fbclid=IwAR2ckrNJLa1pietN_0UPt8zCCKGlJLWByzm4t_v1cZ1z-CJ_ns5AlocVIaU

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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/may2018/teaching-learning-race-and-racism

Resources for Kids and Families from the Center for Racial Justice

https://centerracialjustice.org/resources/resources-for-talking-about-race-racism-and-racialized-violence-with-kids/

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Teaching Tolerance

https://www.tolerance.org/

Time Article on Intersectionality

https://time.com/5786710/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality/

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USC Rossier School of Education - Resources for Learning and Teaching about Racism

https://rossieronline.usc.edu/youth-and-racism/resources

When We All Vote

https://www.whenweallvote.org/schools/

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Resources for Children (eResources on Axis360)

Grades 2-3

• The Freedom Riders by Rachel Tisdale

• The Little Rock Nine by Rachel Tisdale

• The March on Washington by Rachel Tisdale

Grades 4-6 

• American Civil Rights Movement by Emily Mahoney

• Courage has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone

• The Fight for Freedom by Geoffrey Harrison

• Gold Dust by Chris Lynch

• Jim Crow Laws and Racism in United States History by David Fremon

• Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts

• Little Rock Nine by John Perritano

• Marching for Freedom by Elizabeth Partridge

• Racism by Katie Marsico

• Tuskegee Airmen by John Perritano

Grades 7-12

• We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson

• Racial Profiling by Alison Marie Behnke

• The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

• Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott

• Identity Politics by New York Times Company 

• Stamped : Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds

Resources for Children (eResources on Hoopla)

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• All the Colors We Are by Katie Kissinger

• Beyond Slavery by Ann Byers

• Facing Frederick by Tonya Bolden

• A Nation’s Hope by Matt De La Pena

• Night on Fire by Ronald Kidd

• On the Playground by Dr. Jillian Roberts

• Racism by Harriet Brundle

• Racism by Chuck Robinson

• Rise Up! The Art of Protest by Jo Rippon

• Roots of Racism by Kelly Bakshi

• Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh

• The Sisters are Alright by Tamara Winfrey Harris

• Speaking Our Truth by Monique Gray Smith

• Standing up to Hate Speech by Alison Morretta

• They had a Dream by Jules Archer

• We are Different and Alike by Cynthia Geisen

• What are Race and Racism? by Sue Bradford Edwards

• What’s Racism by Amy B. Rogers

• White Privilege by M. T. Blakemore

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Young Adult Fiction Authors:​

• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

• Solo by Kwame Alexander

• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

• The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

• Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

• Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

• Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

• Slay by Brittney Morris

• Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite

• Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

• Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

• Jackpot by Nic Stone

• Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson

• When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

• If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

• The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

• American Street by Ibi Zoboi

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Resources for Adults 

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Being Black in America (Non-Fiction)

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (book / audiobook / eBook)

• Biased: Uncover the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt (book / audiobook / eBook)

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (book / eBook)

• Citizen : An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (book / eBook)

• Eloquent Rage : A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney C. Cooper (book / eBook)

• Negroland : A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (book / audiobook / eBook / eAudiobook)

• No Ashes in the Fire : Coming of Age Black and Free in America by Darnell Moore (book / eBook)

• One Person, No Vote : How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson (book / eBook)

• The Other Wes Moore : One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore (book / eBook)

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (book / eBook)

• Stamped from the Beginning : The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (book / eBook)

• ​The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (book / audiobook / eBook)

• What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker : A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young (book / audiobook / eBook)

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Civil Rights Activism (Non-Fiction)

• A More Beautiful and Terrible History : The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis (eBook)

• Collected Essays by James Baldwin (book)

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (eBook)

• How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (book / eBook /eAudiobook)

• March. Book One by John Lewis (Graphic Novel)

• March. Book Two by John Lewis (Graphic Novel)

• March. Book Three by John Lewis (Graphic Novel)

• They Can't Kill Us All : Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery (book / eBook)

• When They Call You a Terrorist : A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors (book / eBook)

• White Rage : The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson (book / eBook)

Institutional Racism and Police Brutality (Non-Fiction)

• The Black and the Blue : A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement by Matthew Horace (eBook)

• Blood at the Root : A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips (book / eBook)

• The Color of Law : A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (book / eBook)

• Driving While Black : African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin (book / eBook)

• Five Days : The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore (book / eBook)

• Just Mercy : A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stephenson (book / audiobook / eBook / eAudiobook)

• The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (book / eBook)

• Open Season : Legalized Genocide of People of Color by Benjamin Crump (book / eAudiobook)

• White Fragility : Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo (book / eBook / eAudiobook)

Non-Fiction (General)

• A More Perfect Reunion : Race, Integration, and the Future of America by Calvin Baker (book)

• Afropessimism by Frank B Wilderson III (book)

• Begin Again : James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons For Our Qwn by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (book)

• Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (book)

• The Color of Compromise : The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby (book)

• The Color of Law : A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (book / eBook)

• Conversations in Black : On Power, Politics, and Leadership by Ed Gordon (book)

• Daughter of the Boycott : Carrying on a Montgomery Family's Civil Rights Legacy by Karen Gray Houston (book)

• The Dead are Arising : the Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne (book)

• Driving While Black : African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin (book)

• Fight of the Century : Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases [edited by] Michael Chabon (book)

• From Here to Equality : Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by William A. Darity Jr. (book)

• Girl in Black and White : the Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement by Jessie Morgan-Owens (book)

• Grace Will Lead Us Home : Charleston Church Massacre and Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness by Jennifer Hawes (book)

• Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? by Mumia Abu-Jamal (book)

• Healing Racial Trauma : the Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe (book)

• Heavy : An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (book / eBook)

• His Truth is Marching On : John Lewis and the Power of Hope by John Lewis (book)

• Hood Feminism : Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall (book / eBook)

• How We Fight White Supremacy : A Field Guide to Black Resistance [edited by] Akiba Solomon (book)

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (book / audiobook / eBook)

• Locking Up Our Own : Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman (eBook)

• Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F Saad (book / eBook)

• Memorial Drive : A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha D Trethewey (book / eBook)

• Mindful of Race : Transforming Racism From the Inside Out by Ruth King (book)

• My Vanishing Country : A Memoir by Bakari Sellers (book)

• Our Time is Now : Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams (book)

• On Account of Race : The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights by Lawrence Goldstone (book)

• Race Against Time : A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era by Jerry Mitchell (book / eBook)

• Slavery by Another Name : The Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A Blackmon (eBook)

• Stony the Road : Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr (book)

• The Sun Does Shine : How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton (book / eBook)

• Stakes is High : Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel Smith (book)

• Surrender, White People! : Our Unconditional Terms for Peace by D. L. Hughley (book)

• Tears We Cannot Stop : A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson (book / eBook)

• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (eBook)

• Wilmington's Lie : the Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino (book)

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Fiction (General)

• Americanah : A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (book)

• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (book / eBook /eAudiobook)

• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (book)

• Behold the Dreamers : A Novel by Imbolo Mbue (book)

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (book)

• Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (book)

• Bluebird, Bluebird : A Novel by Attica Locke (book)

• The Blues Walked In by Kathleen George (book)

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (book)

• Delayed Rays of a Star : A Novel by Amanda Lee Koe (book)

• Everywhere You Don't Belong : A Novel by Gabriel Bump (book)

• Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (book)

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (book / audiobook)

• How Long ‘Til Black Future Month by N. K. Jemisin (book)

• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (book / eBook)

• Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (book)

• The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts (book)

• The Mothers by Brit Bennett (book / audiobook)

• Native Son by Richard N Wright (book / audiobook)

• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (book / eAudiobook)

• Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes (book)

• Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens (book)

• Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (book)

• Sing, Unburied, Sing : A Novel by Jesmyn Ward (book)

• Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (book / eBook / eAudiobook)

• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (book / audiobook / eBook / eAudiobook)

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (book / audiobook / eBook)

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (book / audiobook / eBook / eAudiobook)

• We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels (book)

• We Cast a Shadow : A Novel by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (book)

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DVD (Fiction)

• The Long Walk Home (DVD Long)

• Selma (DVD Selma)

• Betty & Coretta (DVD Betty)

• Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (DVD Mandela)

• The Best of Enemies (DVD Best)

• The Vernon Johns Story : The Road to Freedom (DVD Vernon)

• Winnie Mandela (DVD Winnie)

• The Rosa Parks Story (DVD Rosa)

• Marshall (DVD Marshall)

• The Post (DVD Post)

• Mississippi Burning (DVD Mississippi)

• Cesar Chavez (DVD Cesar)

• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (DVD Autobiography)

• The Help (DVD Help)

• The Color Purple (DVD Color)

• Their Eyes Were Watching God (DVD Their)

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DVD (Non-Fiction)

• King: Go Beyond the Dream to Discover the Man (DVD B King)

• Freedom Rider (DVD 323 Freedom)

• Light Speed History of the U.S : The Bundle (DVD 973 Light)

• Martin Luther King, Jr. : I Have A Dream (DVD 323.1196 Martin)

• Let Freedom Ring : Moments from the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 (DVD 342.73 Let)

• 4 Little Girls (DVD 323.092 Four)

• Nelson Mandela: The Life and Times (DVD B Mandela)

• Black America since MLK : and Still I Rise (DVD 973.04 Black)

• Adam Clayton Powell (DVD B Powell)

• When the Mountains Tremble (DVD 972.81 When)

• John Lewis: Get in the Way (DVD B Lewis)

• I Am Not Your Negro (DVD 323.11 I)

• Architects of Civil Rights (DVD 323.1 Architects)

• The Most Dangerous Year (DVD 306.76 Most)

• Let Freedom Sing : How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (DVD 784.6832 Let)

• Brother Outsider : The Life of Bayard Rustin (DVD B Rustin)

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Juv DVD 394.261 Martin)

• Berkeley in the Sixties (DVD 973.923 Berkeley)

• Martin Luther King: "I Have a Dream" (DVD 323.1196 Martin)

• Documenting Hate : Charlottesville & New American Nazis (DVD 305.8 Documenting)

• The Freedom to Marry (DVD 306.848 Freedom)