Books and Articles related to the Black Lives Matter movement

Clinically Reviewed By Nitasha Strait, Ph.D., M.Ed., MA, LMFT, CST

Books

• Local Philly Bookstores: https://www.phillyvoice.com/black-owned-bookstores-businesses-philadelphia-harrietts-uncle-bobbies-hakims/
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
• What Truth Sounds Like by Michael Eric Dyson
• Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• We Live for the We by Dani McClain
• The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
• The Source of Self Regard by Toni Morrison
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
• Book list geared toward Black men
• More books geared toward Black men
• Book list of books written by Black women
• Another list of books written by Black women
• A list of books for Black children
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
• For a more comprehensive list of books, podcasts, films and shows please view this list of anti-racism resources

Articles

• Medium/Barack Obama
  • How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
• Refinery 29/Stephanie Long
  • Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One
• Medium/Corinne Shutack
  • 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• The Atlantic/Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • The Case for Reparations
• New York Times Magazine/Nikole Hannah Jones
  • The 1619 Project
• Huffpost/Van Jones
  • Black People “Loot” Food White People “Find” Food
• The Guide to Allyship by Amélie Lamont
• The New York Times/Charles M. Blow
  • How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror
• National Museum of African American History & Culture/Angela Y. Davis
  • Talking About Race Being Antiracist
• Vox/Emily Stewart
  • How to Be a Good White Ally, According to Activists
• Medium/Showing Up for Racial Justice
  • 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence
• CNN/Kristen Rogers
  • Dear anti-racist allies: Here’s how to respond to microaggressions
• SELF, “44 Mental Health Resources For Black People Trying to Survive in This Country”
  • https://www.self.com/story/black-mental-health-resources?mbid=social_popsugar
• i-D, “14 free mental health resources for protesters”
  • https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/akzvkg/14-free-mental-health-resources-for-protestors
• Sydney Peace Foundation, 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER”
  • https://sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/10-things-know-black-lives-matter/
• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us”by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant”by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• The 1619 Project (all the articles)| The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• “The Intersectionality Wars”by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groupsdeveloped by Craig Elliott PhD
• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?”by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?”by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
• “Barack Obama calls for end to violent protests by quoting George Floyd’s brother,” Metro,June 2, 2020
  • https://act.moveon.org/go/134645?t=5&akid=265745%2E46704011%2EviWD25
• “About Us,” Movement for Black Lives, accessed June 3, 2020
  • https://act.moveon.org/go/134646?t=7&akid=265745%2E46704011%2EviWD25
• “Minneapolis Police Use Force Against Black People at 7 Times the Rate of Whites,” The New York Times,June 3, 2020
  • https://act.moveon.org/go/134647?t=9&akid=265745%2E46704011%2EviWD25
• “Why is coronavirus taking such a deadly toll on black Americans?” The Guardian,April 25, 2025
  • https://act.moveon.org/go/134648?t=11&akid=265745%2E46704011%2EviWD25
• Human Rights Campaign: Being African American and LGBTQ: An Introduction
  • https://www.hrc.org/resources/being-african-american-lgbtq-an-introduction

Miscellaneous 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
• The [White] Shift on Instagram
• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
• Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR0yczyp7PmcLj2tvo8VVvX4cuLAD2s6Hp7NXKILW4IVjKVq1AxyLAGqy34
• White Friends + Anti-Racism: https://mailchi.mp/daphnelyon/anti-racism-for-white-friends?fbclid=IwAR1mAmMtt3xVfgBVfkW5gj01fuqXzyXmH8eIoOXYp5kkz2q7g3TMqdCy6B4
• Mental Health Interventions: How to Respond to a Behavioral Crisis