Books & Resources
One of the best ways to understand racial, social and systemic inequities is to educate yourself. Dr. Kira Banks has curated a selection of books and other publications that are helpful for individuals and institutions to understand social equity. Here is the most complete list of available resources.
Adults
So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander
Think Again
by Adam Grant
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
Sister Outsider
by Audre Lourde
Words of Fire
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall
The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. DuBois
Just Mercy
by Bryan Stevenson
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
by Richard Rothstein
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America
by Paula Giddings
?Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race
by Beverly Daniel Tatum
This Book is Anti-Racist
by Tiffany Jewell
Caste: The Origins of Our Destination
by Isabel Wilkerson
A People's History of the United States (Paperback)
by Howard Zinn
From Slavery to Freedom
by John Hope Franklin
Kids
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror
by Rebecca Stefoff
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
by Bryan Stevenson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
March: Book One, Two and Three (Paperback)
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
