Our country is experiencing very turbulent times and racism is more prevalent now than at any time many of us remember. Although much attention is being paid on eradicating the injustices on Black people, we still have a long way to go. True racial healing starts at the beginning, understanding how we got to this place. Share the following book list with your circle and those you think could learn or benefit from it to begin the process of addressing the atrocity of racism in the world.
The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence by Laurence Ralph
The N Word: Who Can Say, Who Shouldn’t and Why by Jabari Asim
Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Life, Justice, and the Law (ed.) by Jabari Asim
We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival by Jabari Asim
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcom X, as told to Alex Haley
Woman of Color by Latonya Yvette
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Resistance by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
From Slavery To Freedom: A History of African Americans” by John Hope Franklin
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson
The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
