Anti-Racist and Diverse Reading List
We will continue to add to this list as we are made aware of new Anti-Racist and Diverse Books.
Check back often to see what has been added. Feel free to share with your family, friends and colleagues!
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Picture Books
1. Daddy, There’s a Noise Outside by: Kenneth Braswell
2. A Kids Book about Racism by: Jelani Memory
3. Anti-Racist Baby by: Ibram X. Kendi
4. Let’s Talk about Race by: Julius Lester
5. The Other Side by: Jacqueline Woodson
6. Freedom on the Menu by: Carole Boston Weatherford
7. These Hands by: Margaret H. Mason
8. Something Happened in Our Town by: Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard
9. Let It Shine by: Andrea Davis Pinkney
10. Malcolm Little by: Ilyasah Shabazz
11. My Hair is my Garden by Cozbi A. Cabr
12. Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
13. Schomburg, The Man who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
14. When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
15. Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! By: Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
16. Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford
17. Lilian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by: Jonah Winter
18. Across the Alley by: Richard Michelson
19. Let Them Play by: Margot Theis Raven
20. Ruth and the Green Book by: Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Gwen Strauss
21. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
22. Black is a Rainbow Color by: Angela Joy
23. A is for Activist by: Innosanto Nagara
24. Momma, Did You Hear the News? (Talking to kids about race and police) by: Sanya Whittaker
25. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hammer by: Carole Boston Weatherford
26. The Youngest Marcher by: Cynthia Levinson
27. Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America by: Emily Easton
28. You Matter by: Christian Robinson
29. Let the Children March by: Monica Clark-Robinson
30. All Because You Matter by: Tami Charles (available October 2020)
31. Hands Up! By Breanna J. McDaniel
32. A Kids Book about Immigration by: MJ Calderon
33. A Kids Book about White Privilege by: Ben Sand
34. A Kids Book about Systemic Racism by: Jordan Thierry
35. Race Cars: A children’s book about white privilege by: Jenny Devenny, Charnaie Gordon
36. Our Skin: A first conversation about race by: Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli
37. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (ordinary terrible things) by: Anastasia Higginbotham
38. When We Say Black Lives Matter by: Maxine Beneba Clarke
39. The World Belonged to Us by: Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa
40. The Young Activist’s Dictionary of Social Justice by: duopress labs, Andy Passchier
41. Counting Kindness: Ten ways to Welcome Refugee Children by: Hollis Kurman
42. Saturday at the Food Pantry by: Diane O’Neill
43. Goodnight Racism by: Ibram X. Kendi (available June 14, 2022)
44. You Have A Voice by: Vera Ahiyya and Fabiana Faiallo
45. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by: Tony Medina
46. Why? A Conversation about Race by: Taye Diggs, Shane W. Evans
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Chapter Books (Middle School- Young Adult):
1. This Book is Anti-Racist by: Tiffany Jewell
2. This Book is Anti- Racist Journal: Over 50 Activities to Help you Wake up, Take Action, and Do The Work by: Tiffany Jewell
3. Monster by Walter Dean Myers
4. Colorblind by: Johnathan Harris
5. Light It Up by Kekla Magoon
6. Dear Martin by Nic Stone
7. Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson
8. Tyler Johnson was Here by: Jay Coles
9. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
10. Black Enough, Stories of Being Young and Black in America Edited by: Ibi Zoboi
11. The 57 Bus by: Dashka Slater
12. The Hate you Give by: Angie Thomas
13. On The Come Up by: Angie Thomas
14. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You: A Remix By: Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
15. The Poet X by: Elizabeth Acevedo
16. Long Way Down by: Jason Reynolds
17. Punching The Air by: Ibi Zoboi
18. Piecing Me Together by: Renee Watson
19. Slay by: Britteny Morris
20. This is My America by: Kim Johnson
21. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights by: Mikki Kendall
22. March (Series) by: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
23. Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot by Evette Dionne
24. Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow
25. Blended by: Sharon Draper
26. Brown Girl Dreaming by: Jacqueline Woodson
27. Clean Getaway by: Nic Stone
28. Dear Justyce by: Nic Stone
29. What is Black Lives Matter? By Lakita Wilson, Who HQ
30. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy by: Emmanual Acho
31. With the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Fiction/ Poetry (Adult):
1. Black Girl Magic Edited by: Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, and Jamila Woods
2. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
3. Well Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
4. Homegoing by: Yaa Gyasi
5. Sing, Unburied, Sing by: Jesmyn Ward
6. For The Culture: A Book of Original Poetry by: Jillian Hanesworth featuring artwork by Tyshaun Tyson (Buffalo Based Author and Artist)*
7. Red At The Bone by: Jacqueline Woodson
8. The Revolution Will Rhyme by: Jillian Hanesworth and Dr. Cornel West
9. Memphis by: Tara M. Stringfellow
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Non-Fiction Books (Adult)
1. Be Anti-Racist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflectiion and Action by: Ibram X. Kendi
2. PushOut: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by: Monique W. Morris
3. A Different Vision: A Revolution Against Racism in Public Education by Susan Anglada Bartley, M.Ed.
4. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by: Ibram X. Kendi
5. How to Be an Antiracist by: Ibram X. Kendi
6. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by: Robin DiAngelo
7. Why are all the Black Kids Sitting together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race by: Beverly Daniel Tatum
8. So You Want to Talk About Race by: Ijeoma Oluo
9. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by: Christopher Emdin
10. I’m Still Here. Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by: Austin Channing Brown
11. We Got This. Equity Access, and the Quest to be who our students need us to be. By: Cornelius Minor
12. Why I’m no longer Talking to White People about Race by: Reni Eddo-Lodge
13. Me and White Supremacy by: Layla F Saad
14. Eloquent Rage by: Brittney Cooper
15. Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks
16. Teaching to Transgress by: bell hooks
17. How to Raise an Anti-Racist by: Ibram X. Kendi (available June 14, 2022)
18. Social Justice Parenting How to Raise Compassionate Anti-Racist Justice Minded Kids in an Unjust World by: Dr. Traci Baxley
19. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by: Emmanual Acho
20. His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by: Robert Samuels
21. The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege by: Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds
22. White Tear/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by: Ruby Hamad
23. We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by: Bettina L. Love
24. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by: Mikki Kendall
25. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by: Richard Rothstein
26. Rebellious Read Alouds: Inviting Conversations about Diversity by: Vera Ahiyya
27. Raising Anti Racist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide by: Britt Hawthorne and Natasha Yglesias (available June 7, 2022)