“Be the Bridge” by Latasha Morrison
“Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US” by Lenny Duncan
“How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (a good first book for anyone looking to enter this journey)
“Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor” by Layla Saad
“Becoming” by Michelle Obama
“Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope” by Jasmine L. Holmes
“Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today” by Jacqueline Battalora (and a YouTube presentation)
“America’s Original Sin” by Jim Wallis
“The Cross and the Lynching Tree” by James H. Cone
“Anxious to Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism” by Carolyn B. Helsel
“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin and teaching guide
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
“A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
“Unpacking White Privilege” Living Lutheran, January 2020
“Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups” developed by Craig Elliott PhD
“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic May 12, 2020.
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