Recommended Books

* Books are titles owned by the FHS Library

• *Alexander, Michelle.  The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
• Deangelo, Robin.  White Fragility: Why It's So Hard To Get White People To Talk About Racism
• Eaton, Susan.  The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial
• Eberhardt, Jennifer.  Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do
•  Hill, Daniel.  White Awake: An Honest Look At What It Means To Be White
• Morris, Monique W.  Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
• *Morris, Monique W.  Sing A Rhythm and Dance A Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black & Brown Girls
• *Oluo, Ijeoma.  So You Want to Talk About Race
• *Stevenson, Bryan.  Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
• Tatum, Beverly Daniel.  Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race

Freedom Library Diverse Books Lists

To view our Diverse Books lists, go to our online catalog.  Click the menu icon in the upper left corner and go to "Collections."  All our book lists are there, including our Diverse Books lists. 

Additional Resources

• Movie: Just Mercy 
• Podcast: Scene on Radio: Seeing White
• The New York Times 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah-Jones and others
• The White Knapsack of Privilege
• Project READY: Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth: A Free Online Professional Development Curriculum
• Online Safe Space Training
• Equality Forum’s YouTube Channel: educational videos profiling LGBTQ+ historical figures
• History UnErased Curricula: LGBTQ+ history lessons for grades 3-12