There are a LOT of really good books out there on the subject of race in America. This is just a sampling. Click on the title to be taken to an independent bookstore website for purchasing, or look for them on your library's website.
On the history of racism in the US:
- Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva.
- Unsettling Truths by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah (Mr. Charles is a native American who is running for president BTW)
- Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram Kendi
- How Race Survived U.S. History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama Phenomenon by David R. Roediger
On white supremacy and the American Christian Church:
- Reconstructing the Gospel by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
- Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good by the same author
- The Cross and The Lynching Tree by James Cone
- The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper
- Native by Kaitlin Curtice
- Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism by Dr. Drew G. I. Hart
On Crime, "Justice," and Racism:
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique DuBois Gilliard
On how to unlearn racism:
- How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi
- Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram Kendi (this is a board book for kids!!)
- Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison
Biography/Memoir/Telling the Stories:
- Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
