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Hekman Library

Anti-racism

Librarian-curated guide for finding resources for anti-racism study

Books for General Overview

We Do This 'til We Free Us

Latinas in the Criminal Justice System

Way Down in the Hole

Frederick Douglass in Context

Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction

Books for Local Context

A City Within a City: the Black freedom struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan

African Americans in the Furniture City: the struggle for civil rights in Grand Rapids

This Far by Faith: the unfinished story of Madison Square Church

Across the Colour Line in an American City [Grand Rapids]

The Diversity Playbook

Books for Personal Narrative

Between the World and Me

The Fire Next Time

The Color of Life: a journey toward love and racial justice

I'm Still Here: black dignity in a world made for whiteness

This Is the Fire: what I say to my friends about racism

Bloodlines: race, cross, and the Christian

Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans

Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words

Books on Racism and the Church

The Color of Compromise

How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice

White Too Long: the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity

Dear White Peacemakers: dismantling racism with grit and grace

Good* White Racist: confronting your role in racial injustice

Subversive Witness: scripture's call to leverage privilege

Rediscipling the White Church: from cheap diversity to true solidarity

Witnessing Whiteness: confronting White supremacy in the American church

White Evangelical Racism: the politics of morality in America

Reparations: a Christian call for repentance and repair

Unsettling Truths: the ongoing, dehumanizing legacy of the doctrine of discovery