Want to learn more about race and the history of race relations in the U.S. and beyond?
Here are a few books to get you started:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In the Age of Colorblindness
By Michelle Alexander
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
By Reni Eddo-Lodge
Americanah
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Between the World and Me
By Ta-Nehisi Coates
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
By Austin Channing
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother
By James McBride
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race
By Beverly Daniel Tatum
So You Want to Talk About Race
By Ijeoma Oluo
Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
By Barack Obama
White Awake: An Honest look at What it Means to be White
By Daniel Hill
The Last Girl
By Nadia Murad
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
By Brittney Cooper
Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump
By Asad Haider
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By Richard Rothstein
Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone)
By Kamal Al-Solaylee
Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School
By Mica Pollock
The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This is My Story
By Farida Khalaf
Waking up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
By Debby Irving
I Am Malala
By Malala Yousafzai
This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell
20 Lessons on how to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
By Tiffany Jewell
How To Be An Antiracist
By Abram X. Kendi
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
By Robin DiAngelo
Lynnfield for Love 