Forming a racial and social justice book club is a great way to educate yourself and build community. By request, I will list what titles the book club I’m a part of is reading.
Currently reading:
Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown
Previously read:
An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, by Austin Channing Brown
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Waking up White, by Debby Irving
Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future, by Deepa Iyer
The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, by Carol Anderson
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race, by Jesmyn Ward
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Revolutionary Mothering: Love On The Front Lines, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Editor), China Martens (Editor), Mai’a Williams (Editor)
New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates