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Clarke IMC Library: Social Justice & Racial Equity Reading Suggestions

Social Justice and Racial Equity Reading Resources

Social Justice and Racial Equity Reading Recommendations

We ALL belong!

FICTION SUGGESTIONS

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
ISBN: 9780316493802
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781442495005
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
ISBN: 9781984892973
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN: 9780823439607
For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington
ISBN: 9780374308049
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
ISBN: 9781481465809
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
ISBN: 9780316262286
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
ISBN: 9780062836687
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
ISBN: 9780060760908
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson; Renée Watson
ISBN: 9781681191072
The Skin I'm in by Sharon Flake
ISBN: 9781368019439
Tight by Torrey Maldonado
ISBN: 9781524740559
You Don't Even Know Me by Sharon Flake
ISBN: 142310014X

NON-FICTION SUGGESTIONS

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780147515827
Dark Sky Rising by Tonya Bolden; Henry Louis Gates Jr.
ISBN: 9781338262049
Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham; Charles Waters; Mehrdokht Amini (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781541557758
For Everyone by Jason Reynolds
ISBN: 9781481486248
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN: 9780062662378
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
ISBN: 9780307888440
Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition, Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson
ISBN: 9780593177044
March: Book One by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781603093002
Resist by Veronica Chambers; Tracy Turnbull (Illustrator); Paul Ryding (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062796257
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN: 9780316453691
This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell; Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780711245211
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781328780966
Woke by Mahogany L. Browne; Theodore Taylor (Illustrator); Jason Reynolds (Contribution by); Elizabeth Acevedo; Olivia Gatwood
ISBN: 9781250311207

YOUNG ADULT SUGGESTIONS

After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
ISBN: 9781328702272
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
ISBN: 9780062473059
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
ISBN: 9781250167033
Black Enough by edited by Ibi Zoboi;
ISBN: 9780062698728
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
ISBN: 9781101939499
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498533
Hope Nation by Rose Brock (Editor); Marie-Lys Lubrano; Jason Reynolds; Angie Thomas; Nicola Yoon
ISBN: 9781524741679
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina; Stacey Robinson (Illustrator); John Jennings (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781620142639
Light It Up by Kekla Magoon
ISBN: 9781250128898
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
ISBN: 9781481438261
Monster by Guy A. Sims; Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator); Walter Dean Myers
ISBN: 9780062274991
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498564
Swing by Kwame Alexander; Mary Rand Hess
ISBN: 9780310761914
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
ISBN: 9780316472180

TALKING ABOUT RACISM

Talking About
Racism

Resources to help us understand what racism is, how to talk about it, and how to support those whose lives are directly impacted.

FOR ALL:

Resources (Cary Library)
Movies That Tackle Racism (Common Sense Media)

FOR ADULTS:

History of Racism - list of articles, websites, podcasts (Smithsonian)
Talk About Race (National Museum of African American Heritage and Culture)