Books

A trio of recommenced books to read

Books posted on the Facebook Group
44 of the Best Books by Black Authors You Should Read in Your Lifetime Of course - McKenzie Jean-Philippe
Tell me who you are (Sharing our stories of race, culture and identity) ​- Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi
ADÈVE LAROUX YAWA’: Adève Book -Rashida Hobbs-Jones, Rajah Baldwin-Hobbs, Jere' Jones

Non-Fiction Books
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"Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do" - Jennifer L. Eberhardt
"Raising White Kids" - Jennifer Harvey
“The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement" - M Horace & Ron Harris
"The Fire Next Time" - James Baldwin
"They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, And A New Era In America’s Racial Justice Movement" - Wesley Lowery
"Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That The Movement Forgot" - Mikki Kendall
"Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism" - Bell Hooks
"Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People" - Ben Crump
"From Slavery To Freedom: A History of African Americans" - John Hope Franklin
"The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear" - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and William Barber II
"Between the World and Me" - Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire
“Multiplication Is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children - Lisa Delpit
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students - Zaretta Hammond
Teaching to Transgress - Bell Hooks
Mindful of Race - Ruth King​
The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children - Gloria Ladson-Billings
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom - Bettina Love
Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi
How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
The Inner Work of Racial Justice - Rhonda V. Magee
Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria - Beverley Daniel Tatum
Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teachings of the Seventh Fire - Gregory Cajete
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours - Paul Gorski
Helping Students Discuss Race Openly - Julie Landsman
How Can We Build Anti-Racist White Educators? - Charlie McGeehan
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - Peggy McIntosh
(Sourced from TIE online)

Fiction Books (Based on real-word issues)
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"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" - Ntozake Shange
"The Underground Railroad" - Colson Whitehead
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" - Zora Neale Hurston
"Passing" - Nella Larsen
"The Bluest Eye" - Toni Morrison
"The Color Purple" - Alice Walker
"White Teeth" - Zadie Smith
"An American Marriage" - Tayari Jones
"The Mothers" - Brit Bennett
"Things Fall Apart" - Chinua Achebe
(Sourced from TIE online)

​Books for younger children
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"The Colors of Us" - Karen Katz
"Let’s Talk About Race" - Julius Lester
"The Skin I’m In: A First Look at Racism" - Pat Thomas
"We're Different, We're the Same" - Bobbi Jane Kates
"Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice" - Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
"I Am Enough" - Grace Byers
"Happy in Our Skin" - Fran Manushkin and Lauren Tobia
"Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement" - Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
"Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America" - Jennifer Harvey
"Daddy Why Am I Brown?: A healthy conversation about skin color and family" - Bedford F. Palmer
"A Terrible Thing Happened" - Margaret Holmes
“Antiracist Baby" - Ibram X. Kendi
The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences.
(Sourced from TIE online)

Books for teens
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"The Hate U Give" - Angie Thomas
"Harbor Me" - Jacqueline Woodson
"This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work" - Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
"Brown Girl Dreaming" - Jacqueline Woodson
"Dear White People" - Justin Simien
(Sourced from TIE online)