Articles
Books
Black Feminist Thought by Call Number: HQ1426 .C633 2000ISBN: 9780415924849Publication Date: 1999-12-07In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought.
The Bluest Eye by Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B55 2007ISBN: 9780307278449Publication Date: 2007-05-08A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Call Number: E185.97.A56 A3 2002ISBN: 0375507892Publication Date: 2002-03-05Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
The Fire Next Time by Call Number: E185.61 .B195 1993ISBN: 9780613186391Publication Date: 1993-02-01The powerful evocation of a childhood in Harlem that helped to galvanize the early days of the civil rights movement examines the deep consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic.
Just Mercy by Call Number: FICTION StevensonISBN: 9780812984965Publication Date: 2015-08-18"A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice--from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time."
The New Jim Crow by Call Number: HV9950 .A437 2012ISBN: 9781595586438Publication Date: 2012-01-16This book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control--relegating millions to a permanent second-class status--even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness.
The Next American Revolution by ISBN: 9780520272590Publication Date: 2012-05-31The pioneering Asian American labor organizer and writer's vision for intersectional and anti-racist activism. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis--political, economical, and environmental--and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities.
Sister Outsider by Call Number: PS3562.O75 S5 1984ISBN: 0895941414Publication Date: 1984-06-01The leader of contemporary feminist theory discusses such issues as racism, self-acceptance, and mother- and woman-hood.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Call Number: PS3515.U789 T639 1990ISBN: 0060916508Publication Date: 1900-01-01Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots.
The Warmth of Other Suns by Call Number: E185.6 .W685 2010ISBN: 9780679444329Publication Date: 2010-09-07In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.
Films and TV
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionCall Number: E185.615 .B53 2016
- The Hate U GiveCall Number: Feature Film HATE
- I Am Not Your NegroCall Number: E185.61 .I366 2017
- An Inconvenient TruthCall Number: Peter Wege Sustainabilty Collection QC981.8.G56 I533 2006
- SelmaCall Number: Feature Film SELMA
Organizations to follow on social media
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children
- Check out these books for children and young adults from the list of Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
- Listen to the Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt
- Read PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Follow The Conscious Kid on Instagram
More anti-racism resources to check out
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
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
Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
Resources credit
These resources were compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein in May 2020.