Adult Books for Racial Awareness

Adult Books for Racial Awareness

Over the past few months, we have seen a shift in the world. Moving from one event to the next, we, as Americans, need to keep ourselves informed of the past and present so that we can help guide each other to a better future.

"Read more.

Learn more.

Change the globe."

-Nas

I have seen numerous books being brought to light on racism. The following thirty books are the top most searched for books over the past few months. Some of these books are ones that I have seen information on, looked interesting, are in my Amazon cart, or have already been read. Take a sneak peek of the last three, additional books that are already on my shelf.

1.) The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Find more information, here.

2.) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Download a free group discussion guide, from Seal Press, here.

3.) The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

Check out James McBride's website, first, and a special page on his book, here.

4.) The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris Wilson

You can find more information, here, including a short, audio clip to sample.

5.) Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Check out Ibram X. Kendi's website, here. Be sure to check out his extensive list of awards for his book!

6.) Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

7.) White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

8.) How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kennedy

Another one of Ibram X. Kendi's books have made the cut! Check out the webpage for this one, here.

9.) The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

10.) The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

11.) Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson

12.) The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

Take a moment to read up on some information pertaining to the history of the events in the book on the NY Times Post, here.

13.) Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates

14.) Sister Outsider by Audrey Lorde

15.) Washington Black: A Novel by Esi Edugyan

16.) An Autobiography of Malcom X: As Told to Alex Haley

17.) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

18.) Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

19.) The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton

You can find further information on the books mentioned above on Forbes' website, here.

20.) me and white supremacy by Layla F. Saad

21.) Reproductive Injustice by Dana-Ain Davis

22.) Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

You can find further information on the books mentioned above on the Strategist's website, here.

23.) The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

24.) For Jobs and Freedom by Robert H. Zieger

25.) The Origin of Other by Toni Morrison

You can find further information on the books mentioned above on World Economic Forum's website, here.

26.) Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

27.) This Bridge Called My Back by Radical Feminists of Color

28.) We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden

29.) God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembene

30.) They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

You can find further information on the books mentioned above on WBUR's website, here.


The following books are currently on my shelf!
31.) Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Looewen

32.) Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

33.) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot