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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
- Refinery 29/Stephanie Long
- Medium/Corinne Shutack
- The Atlantic/Ta-Nehisi Coates
- New York Times Magazine/Nikole Hannah Jones
- Huffpost/Van Jones
- The Guide to Allyship by Amélie Lamont
- The New York Times/Charles M. Blow
- National Museum of African American History & Culture/Angela Y. Davis
- Vox/Emily Stewart
- Medium/Showing Up for Racial Justice
- CNN/Kristen Rogers
- SELF, “44 Mental Health Resources For Black People Trying to Survive in This Country”
- i-D, “14 free mental health resources for protesters”
- Sydney Peace Foundation, 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT 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
- “About Us,” Movement for Black Lives, accessed June 3, 2020
- “Minneapolis Police Use Force Against Black People at 7 Times the Rate of Whites,” The New York Times,June 3, 2020
- “Why is coronavirus taking such a deadly toll on black Americans?” The Guardian,April 25, 2025
- 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
We have compiled a list of what we believe to be helpful books and articles in your journey to supporting social justice and the Black Lives Matter movement. This list is not exhaustive and some of the articles we have not personally read. Please check back as we will be adding to the list or add the ones you love in the comments section.