Books We Suggest

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

The Fire Next Time byJames Baldwin

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 

Stamped from the Beginning & How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi 

The Warmth of other suns & Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Tattoos on the Heart by Fr. Greg Boyle 

Becoming Ms. Burton by Susan Burton 

Pushout by Monique W. Morris 

For White People Who Teach in the Hood by Christoper Emdin

City of Inmates by Kelly Lytle Hernandez 

A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn

An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (this book has many issues and we recommend borrowing not buying, but it might be a good starting place for white people)

Podcasts to Consider

Ear Hustle, Podcast produced out of San Quentin State Prison 

1619, New York Times audio series hosted by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, examining the long-term impacts of slavery on American society

13th, Film by Ava DuVerney 

The Work, Documentary by Jairus McLeary

I Am Not Your Negro, Documentary by Raoul Peck

When They See Us, Television mini-series on Netflix

Just Mercy, Film adaptation of the book by the same name