RACIAL RECONCILIATION READING LIST
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“Letters Across the Divide” by Dr. David Anderson and Brent Zuercher
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“Gracism: The Art of Inclusion” by Dr. David Anderson
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“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander (https://www.amazon.com/New-Jim-Crow-Incarceration-Colorblindness/dp/1620971933/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L79SIN5R41DY&dchild=1&keywords=the+new+jim+crow&qid=1591802012&sprefix=the+new+jim%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1)
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“The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks” by Randall Robinson (https://www.amazon.com/Debt-What-America-Owes-Blacks/dp/0452282101/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=randall+robinson&qid=1591802053&sr=8-1)
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“Why We Can’t Wait” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (https://www.amazon.com/Why-Cant-Wait-Signet-Classics/dp/0451527534/ref=pd_bxgy_2/140-3083155-6288157?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0451527534&pd_rd_r=9cc49bd5-3e1f-46b5-badb-dc4ccd652599&pd_rd_w=Tt5ke&pd_rd_wg=8qmGX&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=EVTMXX21BZ0F0PDWR3EJ&psc=1&refRID=EVTMXX21BZ0F0PDWR3EJ)
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“How To Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Antiracist-Ibram-Kendi/dp/0525509283/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9EQ0FHIXQKLT&dchild=1&keywords=ibram+x.+kendi&qid=1591802232&s=books&sprefix=ib%2Cstripbooks%2C153&sr=1-1)
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“White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to be White”, by Daniel Hill (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830843930/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyOUtBNk1IRE5FNTdFJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTQxNDU5MVlGNTdERTdQSkRCRyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDExNjUwM1FTRUxBMjhQUDFGOSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbCZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=)
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“Between the World And Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (https://www.amazon.com/Between-World-Me-Ta-Nehisi-Coates/dp/0812993543/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GLWJII5TFBQE&dchild=1&keywords=tanehisi+coates+between+the+world+and+me&qid=1591802614&s=books&sprefix=tan%2Cstripbooks%2C147&sr=1-1)
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“Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World” by Mae Elise Cannon
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“White as Sin: A New Paradigm for Racial Healing” by Scott Garber
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“Prophetic Lament” by Soon Cha Rah - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=prophetic+lament&i=stripbooks&crid=1Z1ZN5XUO9V7X&sprefix=proph%2Cstripbooks%2C149&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_5
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“Unsettling Truths” by Soon Cha Rah and Mark Charles - https://www.amazon.com/Unsettling-Truths-Dehumanizing-Doctrine-Discovery/dp/0830845259
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“You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know” by Gary Howard - https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Teach-What-Dont-Know/dp/0807757314
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“The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism” by Jemar Tisby https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0310113601/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzVFUxTUNJRjNaOVhJJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzMxNDIwMzNIQzIyNEZIN1hSUCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjU2MTY5M1NGRlcyNVIxMDUyMiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbCZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
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“Afraid of the Dark: What Blacks and Whites Need to Know About Each Other” by Jim Meyers https://smile.amazon.com/Afraid-Dark-Whites-Blacks-about-ebook/dp/B005HF3Q5E/ref=sr_1_22?dchild=1&keywords=afraid+of+the+dark&qid=1591969860&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sr=1-22
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“America’s Original Sin” by Jim Wallis
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“Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility” by George Yancey https://smile.amazon.com/Beyond-Racial-Gridlock-Embracing-Responsibility/dp/0830833765/ref=pd_sbs_14_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0830833765&pd_rd_r=f26f983b-983c-4f52-a596-55be2ac1f2ab&pd_rd_w=vaMqb&pd_rd_wg=7DBMB&pf_rd_p=d9804894-61b7-40b3-ba58-197116cffd9d&pf_rd_r=2929VGVVRKP6MT08NR2V&psc=1&refRID=2929VGVVRKP6MT08NR2V
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“Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America” by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith
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“Insider Outsider” by Bryan Loritts
https://www.christianbook.com/insider-outsider-bryan-loritts/9780310345039/pd/345039?event=CFCER1
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"Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age" by Mae Elise Cannon
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"Is Christianity the White Man's Religion: How the Bible is Good News for People of Color" by Dr. Antipas Harris
FOR PARENTS
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More, More, More, Said the Baby Written by Vera B. Williams (AGES 0-2)
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All the Colors We Are Written by Katie Kissinger (AGES 3+)
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The Story of Ruby Bridges Written by Robert Coles (AGES 3-10)
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I am Jackie Robinson Written by Brad Meltzer (AGES 4-7)
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Child of the Civil Rights Movement Written by Paula Young Shelton (AGES 4-8)
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The Other Side Written by Jacqueline Woodson (AGES 5-8)
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Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney (AGES 6+)
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Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation Written by Duncan Tonatiuh (AGES 6+)
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Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) Written by Anastasia Higginbotham (AGES 8-12)
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Rosa Written by Nikki Giovanni (AGES 8-10)
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Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Written by Patricia Hruby Powell (AGES 10-13)
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We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March Written by Cynthia Levinson (AGES 11+)