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Special Covid-19 Statement:
Due to the continuing pandemic we are offering Zoom workshops. Please visit our EVENTS page for more information. For further learning opportunities please visit our RESOURCES page.
"Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin
Resources
With gratitude to Cultural Bridges to Justice for permitting us to use many of their materials.
Thanks to ERASE RACISM NY for the inspiration to move forward on addressing injustices within our communities.
Thank you to the Obama Foundation for their online referral. Their recognition of our work has enabled us to engage with more participants throughout the United States and Canada.
Press
Books
Devil In The Grove
Gilbert King
2013
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 1st Edition
Richard Rothstein
2018
Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi
2017
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
1992
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
2011
An African American and Latinx History of The United States
Paul Ortiz
2018
This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror
Moustafa Bayoumi
2015
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
2019
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Joy DeGruy
2017
Gabrielle David & Sean Frederick Forbes
2016
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo
2018
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Forman Jr.
2018
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
Jesmyn Ward
2017
So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo
2018
The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority
Ellen D. Wu
2015
The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy
Flynn, Holmberg, Warren & Wong
2017
A Perilous Path
Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law
Ifill, Lynch, Stevenson & Thompson
2018
How to be Less Stupid About Race
Crystal M. Fleming
2018
Black Lives Have Always Mattered: A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives
Abiodun Oyewole
2017
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
2012
Race Matters
Cornell West
1994
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson
2014
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Brittney Cooper
2019
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
2018
Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Debby Irving
2014
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race
Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
2017
This Book is Anti-Racist
20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work
Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand
2020
The Beiging of America, Being Mixed Race in the 21st Century
Schlund-Vials, Forbes & Betts
2017
Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
Wes Moore & Erica L. Green
2020
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (Monique W. Morris)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Oprah's Book Club) (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
Long Road to Hard Truth: The 100 Year Mission to Create the National Museum of African American History and Culture (Richard Rothstein)
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice (Paul Kivel)
White Kids Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (Margaret A. Hagerman)
Additional Book Resources:
Articles
The Lens of Systemic Oppression - National Equity Project
Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study - NPR
1619 Project - The New York Times
Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy? - The New York Times
Who Gets to be Afraid in America? - The Atlantic
Letter from Birmingham Jail - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
America's Racial Contract Is Killing Us - The Atlantic
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant - The New York Times
The Case for Reparations - The Atlantic
Many Thousands Gone - James Baldwin
The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action - Audre Lorde
I am Black. This is what I Need (& what I Don’t) from White Allies. - Nicole Cameron
When black people are in pain, white people just join book clubs - Tre Johnson
How to Be an Active Bystander When You See Casual Racism - The New York Times
For & About Children
Fatima's Great Outdoors
Ambreen Tariq & Stevie Lewis
2021
Your Name is a Song
Jamilah Thompkins- Bigelow
2020
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
Bryan Stevenson
2018
Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song (Gary Golio, 2017)
Talking to Kids About Racism and Justice: a list for parents, caregivers & educators
The Colors of Us (Karen Katz, 2002)
Film & Other Media
How America Created It's Shameful Wealth Gap (Robert Reich) - YouTube
American Son (Kenny Leon) - Netflix
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) - Hulu with Cinemax
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) - Netflix
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)
Get Home Safely: 10 Rules of Survival
Unlocking Us: How to Be an Antiracist (Brené Brown and Ibram X. Kendi)