Antiracist Books

By: Debralyn Woodberry-Shaw

I’ve assembled a list of books to aid adults that work with young people of color:

1. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom By Bettina L. Love
2. How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi
3. Pushout By Monique Morris
4. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Michelle Alexander
5. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America By Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
6. Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations (3rd Edition) By Joe R. Feagin
7. American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction By Heather Andrea Williams
8. If You Want to Learn Early African History START HERE By Robin Walker
9. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education By Christopher Emdin
10. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race By Beverly Daniel Tatum
11. Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Critical Social Justice Education By Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
12. Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring By Angela Valenzuela
13. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass By Frederick Douglass
14. The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. DuBois
15. Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement By Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, and Kendall Thomas
16. Pedagogy of the Oppressed By Paulo Freire
17. Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School By Mica Pollock
18. How We Fight White Supremacy By Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
19. Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference By Howard Stevenson
20. “Multiplication is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children By Lisa Delpit
21. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain By Zaretta Hammond
22. Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools By Glenn E. Singleton
23. Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning — Classroom Practices for Student Success, Grades K-12 (2nd Edition) By Sharroky Hollie
24. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir By Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
25. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower By Brittney Cooper
26. An African American and Latinx History of the United States By Paul Ortiz
27. The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority By Ellen D. Wu
28. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race By Debby Irving
29. This Muslim American Life By Moustafa Bayoumi
30. The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy By Andrea Flynn, Susan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, and Felicia J. Wong
31. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism By Safiya Umoja Noble
32. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People By Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
33. The Trouble With Black Boys:…And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, And the Future of Public Education By Pedro A. Noguera
34. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do By Claude M. Steele
35. Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World By Django Paris and H. Samy Alim
36. Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice By Geneva Gay
37. Black Youth Rising: Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America By Shawn A. Ginwright
38. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide By Carol Anderson
39. Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates
40. So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo
41. The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys By Eddie Moore Jr., Ali Michael, and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks
42. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America By Ibram X. Kendi
43. White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of “Post-Racial” Higher Education By Nolan L Cabrera
44. Advancing Social Justice: Tools, Pedagogies, and Strategies to Transform Your Campus By Tracy Davis and Laura Harrison

Resources

24 Books for Anti-Racist Teachers — White Fragiles Beware!

10 Books About Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain Things to You

*I have not read all the books on the list however they all come highly recommended.*

*I do not receive any compensation from affiliate links.*