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An Anti-Racist Reading List

These are some of our recommended books that deal with racism, support Black writers and gives information on how to be proactively anti-racist.
It is certainly not an exhaustive list, but it is a start.
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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Reni Eddo-Lodge
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire (Akala)
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
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Akala
Brit(Ish) (Afua Hirsch)
Brit(Ish)
3
Afua Hirsch
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin Diangelo)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
4
Robin Diangelo
This Book Is Anti-Racist (Tiffany Jewell)
This Book Is Anti-Racist
5
Tiffany Jewell
How to Be an Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Anti-Racist
6
Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
7
Ijeoma Oluo
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
8
James Baldwin
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
9
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
10
Claudia Rankine
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
11
Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
Me and White Supremacy
12
Layla F. Saad
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
13
Vashti Harrison
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
14
Audre Lorde
Road Map for Revolutionaries (Elisa Camahort Page)
Road Map for Revolutionaries
15
Elisa Camahort Page
A Is for Activist (Innosanto Nagara)
A Is for Activist
16
Innosanto Nagara
Don't Touch My Hair (Emma Dabiri)
Don't Touch My Hair
17
Emma Dabiri
Afropean (Johny Pitts)
Afropean
18
Johny Pitts
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes From Past and Present (Jamia Wilson & Andrea Pippins)
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes From Past and Present
19
Jamia Wilson & Andrea Pippins
Black and British: A Forgotten History (David Olusoga)
Black and British: A Forgotten History
20
David Olusoga
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (Various Authors)
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America
21
Various Authors
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
22
Ibram X. Kendi
Noughts & Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts & Crosses
23
Malorie Blackman
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (Blackness in Britain) (Kehinde Andrews)
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (Blackness in Britain)
24
Kehinde Andrews
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (Wade Hudson)
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
25
Wade Hudson
Pride (Ibi Zoboi)
Pride
26
Ibi Zoboi
New Kid (Jerry Craft)
New Kid
27
Jerry Craft
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
28
Candice Carty-Williams
I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
I'm Still Here
29
Austin Channing Brown
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children (Sandra L Pinkney)
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
30
Sandra L Pinkney
Happy in Our Skin (Frank Manushkin)
Happy in Our Skin
31
Frank Manushkin
Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice (Mahogany L Browne)
Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice
32
Mahogany L Browne
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children (Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff)
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children
33
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
The Story of Windrush (K.M Chimbiri)
The Story of Windrush
34
K.M Chimbiri
What Is Race? Who Are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? and Other Big Questions (Nikesh Shukla, Claire Heuchan)
What Is Race? Who Are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? and Other Big Questions
35
Nikesh Shukla, Claire Heuchan
Remembered (Yvonne Battle-Felton)
Remembered
36
Yvonne Battle-Felton
The Black Flamingo (Dean Atta)
The Black Flamingo
37
Dean Atta
Surge (Joy Bernard)
Surge
38
Joy Bernard
The High Rise Mysteries (Sharna Jackson)
The High Rise Mysteries
39
Sharna Jackson
Long Way Down (Jason Raynolds)
Long Way Down
40
Jason Raynolds
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