Suggested Book List on Racism and Race Relations
Compiled by
Rev. Mignon Jones-Spann, MDiv
Revised June 6, 2020
| 1 | White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43708708-white-fragility?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0HJ1cyvjhV&rank=2 |
| 2 | The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race by Willie James Jennings https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748747-the-christian-imagination |
| 3 | The Cross and the Lynching Tree by Dr. James Cone
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12417679-the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree If you are interested in learning about Liberation Theology check out any of Dr. James Cone’s books as well as Gustavo Gutierrez writings. |
| 4 | How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
(There is also an accompanying work book with the same name) |
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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What we See, Think, and Do by Jenifer L. Eberhardt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40407320-biased |
| 6 | Dear Church: A Love Letter From a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the USA by Lenny Duncan |
| 7 | Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16280._Why_Are_All_The_Black_Kids_Sitting_Together_in_the_Cafeteria_ |
| 8 | Why I am No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo- Lodge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33606119-why-i-m-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race |
| 9 | The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege by Robert Jensen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221686.The_Heart_of_Whiteness |
| 10 | Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Dr. Joy Degruy |
| 11 | Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19th Century America by Ronald Takaki https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248219.Iron_Cages?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gUgrb9xnn8&rank=5 |
| 12 | The Autobiography of Malcom X by Alex Hailey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92057.The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ARqf5Q5hS2&rank=4 |
| 13 | The New Jim Crow by Michele Alexander https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim-crow?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=x9gTzDVe33&rank=4 |
| 14 | A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53360.A_Testament_of_Hope |
| 15 | Black Like Me by Howard Griffin (A white man who attempts to live as a black man in the South) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42603.Black_Like_Me?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=VpJlCKiPNg&rank=1 |
| 16 | The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese Singh https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43319546-the-racial-healing-handbook |
| 17 | The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee www.rhondavmagee.com/my-book/ |
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward www.goodreads.com/book/show/28505023-the-fire-this-time |
| 19 | So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race |
| 20 | The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42547.The_Autobiography_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_ |
| Documentaries and other Media Material on Racism, Race Relations and the African American Experience | |
| 1 | PBS Documentaries on Race/Black History www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/10-black-history-documentaries-to-watch/ |
| 2 | 13th by Ava Duvernay https://www.npr.org/2016/12/17/505996792/documentary-13th-argues-mass-incarceration-is-an-extension-of-slavery |
| 3 | CNN Black in America Series http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/in.america/black.in.america/ |
| 4 | Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: How it is Different from PTSD https://youtu.be/Rorgjdvphek |
| 5 | Hidden Colors: The Untold Story of People of Aboriginal, Moor & African Decent by Dr. Booker T. Coleman https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Colors-History-Aboriginal-African/dp/B004X4O988 |
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