A list of resources for those looking to grow their racial justice practice.
So many of you are asking for resources to learn from and promote racial justice, equality, and equity. We are compiling a list here and will continue to add different resource types. If you’re ordering any of the books below, we strongly recommend supporting Black-owned bookstores in your community.
It’s not comprehensive so if you have something to add, email us at info@acalltomen.org, Subj: Resource List.
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
How to Be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Feminist Theory by bell hooks
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
BOOKS FOR PRE TEENS
Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewel
Resist by Veronica Chambers
Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
A Place Inside of Me by Zetta Elliot
BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (AND THEIR FAMILIES)
The ABCs of Diversity by Carolyn B. Helsel and Y. Joy Harris-Smith
Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, PhD
The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson
A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
Daddy There’s a Noise Outside by Kenneth Braswell
RESOURCE LISTS
Mental Health Resources for Black Men (Psych Hub)
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (Equality Includes You)
20 Books That Have Changed the Way We Think About Race in America (Inside Hook)
U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism (Harvard Business Review)
Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators (The National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids (Common Sense Media)
20 Resources for Parents to Raise Anti-Racist Kids (Motherly)
Anti-Racist Books Recommended by Black Booksellers (Time Magazine)
10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship (Mireille Cassandra Harper)
Books for Kids to Celebrate Diversity and Inspire Change (Amazon)
123 Black-Owned Bookstores in America (Oprah Magazine)
In Pursuit of Racial Equity: The Social Worker's Role (Ohio University)
FOLKS TO FOLLOW
OTHER RESOURCES
A Conversation about Anti-Blackness, Racism, and Slavery in America
How to Raise an Antiracist Kid, The New York Times
