Feeling confused or uninformed about the demonstrations and riots in response to the death of George Floyd and others?
Educate yourself with some recent books on the topics of race in America, white privilege, and the activism and demands of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Have you read any of these? What did you think?
Do you have any recommendations to add? Please let us know!
 So You Want To Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today’s racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. audiobook | ebook |
Waking Up White – Debby Irving Irving grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts, during the socially turbulent 1960s and ’70s. After a blissfully sheltered, upper-middle-class suburban childhood, she found herself simultaneously intrigued and horrified by the racial divide she observed in nearby Boston. audiobook |
 White Fragility – Robin DiAngelo
Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. audiobook | ebook |
 Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. audiobook | ebook |
 How to Be an Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi
In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas—from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilites—that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves. audiobook | ebook |
 When They Call You a Terrorist – Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele
In 2013, when Trayvon Martin’s killer went free, Patrisse’s outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America, these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin. audiobook | ebook |
 Stamped From the Beginning – Ibram X. Kendi
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. In shedding light on this history, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope. audiobook | ebook |
 The Fire This Time – Jesmyn Ward
Envisioned as a response to The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin’s groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, contemporary writers reflect on the past, present, and future of race in America. ebook |
 I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
In a time when nearly all institutions (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claim to value “diversity” in their mission statements, I’m Still Here is a powerful account of how and why our actions so often fall short of our words. audiobook | ebook |
 Me and White Supremacy – Layla F. Saad
When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. audiobook | ebook |
 What the Truth Sounds Like – Michael Eric Dyson
What Truth Sounds Like exists at the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy – of whether we embrace political resolution or moral redemption to fix our fractured racial landscape. The future of race and democracy hang in the balance. audiobook | ebook |