Resources in the St. Luke Library
Race in the U.S. (PDF)
Adults:
Anxious To Talk About It: Helping White People Talk Faithfully About Racism, 2nd Ed. Carolyn
Helsel.
Be Anti-Racist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action. Ibram Kendi.
Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates
Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and its Relevance Today. Jacqueline Battalora.
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. James Mc Bride.
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S.
Lenny Duncan.
Democracy in Black: How Race Enslaves the American Soul. Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Dismantling Privilege: An Ethics of Accountability. Mary Elizabeth Hobgood.
Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America. Joseph Barndt.
The End of White Christian America. Robert P. Jones.
God of the Oppressed. James Cone.
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota. Sun Yung Shin, ed.
How to Be an Anti-Racist. Ibram Kendi.
How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice. Jemar
Tisby.
It’s the Little Things: Everyday Interactions of Blacks and Whites. Lena Williams.
Jesus and the Disinherited. Howard Thurman.
Katie’s Canon: Womanist Theology. Katie Cannon.
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor.
Layla Saad.
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and
Bodies. Resmaa Menakem.
So You Want to Talk About Race. Ijeoma Oluo.
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Ibram Kendi.
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. Michael Eric Dyson.
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. Emmanuel Acho.
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race. Debby Irving.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. Robin DeAngelo.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, and Some Notes for Facilitators. (paper)
Peggy McIntosh.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide. Carol Anderson.
Teens:
This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work. Tiffany
Jewell.
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy. Emmanuel Acho.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Tatum.
Children:
A Kid’s Book About Racism. Jelani Memory.
A Kid’s Book About Systemic Racism. Jordan Thierry.
A Kid’s Book About White Privilege. Ben Sand.
Christmas Menorahs: A True Story About How a Town Fought Hate. Janice Cohn.
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things). Anastasia Higginbotham.
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice. Marianne Celano.
