Anti-Racism Reading List
In the words of Ijeoma Oluo: “In order to dismantle white supremacy, we must be able to clearly name it.” That’s why we put together a summer reading list to help guide your learning.
Non-Fiction Books
💫 Ain’t I a Woman? by Bell Hooks
💫 So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
💫 A Black Women’s History of the United States by Dr. Daina Ramey Berry & Dr. Kali Nicole Gross
💫 How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
💫 Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
💫 Woman, Race & Class by Angela Davis
💫 The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
💫 Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
💫 Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Fiction Books
💫 Beloved by Toni Morrison
💫 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
💫 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
💫 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
💫 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
💫 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
💫 Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
💫 Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
💫 Dear Martin by Nic Stone
💫 Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall
💫 Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
💫 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Black-Owned Book Stores
You can support black-owned bock stores by ordering these books online.
