Below is a curated list from the Wilmington Memorial Library on recommended resources on race in today’s society.
Reading & Activities For Adults
E-Recommendations
In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offers sharp insights and candid answers to questions about race and racism in America.
Layla F. Saad aims to help readers dismantle their own privilege and combat racism through a month-long series of lessons in her book Me and White Supremacy.
In The New Jim Crow, civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander highlights the massive disparities that exist in policing and the enforcement of laws in the United States criminal justice system.
Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro breaths new life into the words of novelist, playwright, poet, and activist James Baldwin.
Whose Streets? tells the story of Ferguson uprising following the killing of Michael Brown from the perspective of local artists, activists, and residents.
PBS’s The Talk: Race in America documents difficult conversations between parents of color and their children about how to behave if they are ever stopped by police.
Beyond the Library
TEDx has curated a playlist of Talks to help you understand racism in America.
NPR’s podcast Code Switch offers fearless conversations about race, ethnicity, and culture.
Moments in Boston History for Black Journalists: Journalist Callie Crossley and Boston Public Library President David Leonard discuss Crossley’s extraordinary career in news reporting. Tuesday, June 9 at 6 pm.
Reading & Activities For Children & Teens
Our Story: An app created by We Need Diverse Books to provide an easy-to-use resource for kids, teens, parents, and educators to discover diverse books.
KidLit Rally for Black Lives:Watch recorded conversation between young people and BIPOC author community. Created by Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jason Reynolds, and hosted by The Brown Bookshelf. Check out more anti-racist resources from The Brown Bookshelf for children, families, and educators.
Hoopla: Check out these always available anti-racist titles like Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, and March v. 1, 2, & 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and illustrated by Nate Powell.
RBDigital: Check out these always available titles that amplify Black voices like Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson and Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes.
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