Racial Justice Resources

Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children

Books
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
- Looking for Excellent 'Diverse' Books for Children? Start Here!|Embrace Race
- 20 Picture Books for 2020 |Embrace Race
- Young Adult Fiction|Social Justice Books
- So You Want to Talk about Race? by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
- Legacy: Trauma, Story and Indigenous Healing by Susan Methot
- Generations of Exclusion: Mexican-Americans, Assimilation, and Race by Edward Telles and Vilma Ortiz
Articles
- Teaching Your Child About Black History Month|PBS
- Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup|Pretty Good
Podcasts
Websites
- The Conscious Kid: Follow them on Instagram and sign up for their Patreon
Films
Tribal Justice (2017) directed by Anne Makepeace

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America (2012) directed by Eduardo Lopez, Peter Getzels

13th directed by Ava DuVernay

Out of State (2017) directed by Ciara Lopez

Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003) | PBS Series

Resources for everyone

Books
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Raising White Kids: Brining up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
  by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
  by Grace Lee Boggs
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- What We're Reading | Learning for Justice
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Articles
- America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us by Adam Serwer | Atlantic
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by Jose Antonio Vargas | The New York Times Magazine
- Our New Name: Learning For Justice | Learning for Justice
- The 1619 Project (all articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston | Vox
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? by Courtney Martin
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic
Podcasts
- 1619 | The New York Times
- Show About Race
- Code Switch | NPR
- Intersectionality Matters! with Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause | The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
- Pod Save the People | Crooked
- Seeing White | Scene on Radio
- Unlocking Us with Brené Brown: 'Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Anti-racist'
- We Live Here: 'At the Table and Dismissed' | NPR
Websites and Other Resources
Videos
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives | Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools
- Talking with Kids About Racism, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum with Dr. Kira Banks
Films and TV Series
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Amazon, Apple TV
- BlaKKKlansman — HBO, Youtube
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu
- Boyz 'n the Hood — Hulu, Showtime
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Amazon, Hulu
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix, Amazon
- Do the Right Thing — Many digital platforms
- Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap – Netflix, Youtube
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Many digital platforms
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening — Amazon
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Amazon, Vudu, Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — June: Free across digital platforms
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Amazon
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — PBS, Amazon
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson — Netflix
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- Who Killed Malcolm X? — Netflix
- Whose Streets? — Amazon, Kanopy
Music
- A Seat at The Table – Solange
- All Amerikkkan Bada$$ – Joey Bada$$
- Damn. – Kendrick Lamar
Groups & Organizations
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