Books
Click on each book title for more information:
“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
“Waking Up White,” by Debby Irving
“The Black Book” by Middleton A. Harris
“Stamped from the Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
“White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo
“Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations” by Joe Feagin
“White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson
“Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin
“Ways of Grace” by James Blake
A more comprehensive list can be found here: http://bit.ly/read4justice
Films
“13th”
Also from Ava DuVernay, this documentary explores the United States prison system and how it is tied to the nation’s history of racial inequality.
How to watch: Netflix has made “13th” available to watch for free on YouTube.
“White Like Me”
2013 documentary exploring racism in the U.S. through the lens of whiteness, based on the book by Tim Wise. (We plan to purchase this for Unity Renaissance)
“I Am Not Your Negro”
Based on James Baldwin’s unfinished work “Remember This House,” which was meant to be a reflection on the assassination of his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., this film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson using Baldwin’s words.
How to watch: Available to stream for free on PBS.
“The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross”
This six-episode miniseries from historian and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a full survey of African-American history. Other works from Gates, including “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” and “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise,” are also currently free to watch.
How to watch: Available to stream for free on PBS.
“Harriet”
The true story of African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad.
How to watch: Available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play and other platforms. Also available on loan from Unity Renaissance.
Twelve Years a Slave
2013 pre-Civil War drama, Academy Award Winner.
“Selma”
This Oscar-nominated film (directed by Ava DuVernay) tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights by marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
How to watch: Paramount has made “Selma” available for free on all digital platforms, including iTunes and Amazon, through the end of June.
Podcasts
“Seeing White”
14-part series from 2017 on Scene On Radio.
“The 1619 Project”
New York Times magazine project, aimed at reframing the legacy of slavery in America.
“Fresh Air Interviews” with Terry Gross
Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of “Between the World and Me,” and with Bryan Stevenson, attorney and author of “Just Mercy.”