“Read the books they don’t want you to. That’s where the good stuff is."
--LeVar Burton
Achebe, C. (1958). Things Fall Apart.
Baldwin, J. (1963). The Fire Next Time.
Blow, C. M. (2014). Fire Shut Up in My Bones. (In Special Collections)
Coates, T. (2015). Between the World and Me.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). The Souls of Black Folk.
Eddo-Lodge, R. (2019). Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race.
hooks, b. (1995). Killing Rage.
hooks, b. (1999). All About Love: New Visions.
Khan-Cullors, P. & bandele, a. (2018). When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.
Lorde, A. (1984). Sister Outsider: Essays and Poems.
Malcolm X. (1965). The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Mock, J. (2014). Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More.
Newton, H. P. (1973). Revolutionary Suicide.
Oluo, I. (2019). So You Want to Talk About Race.
Rustin, B. (2012). I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters. (Special Collections)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
Change sings : a children's anthem
Driving while Black : African American travel and the road to civil rights
Bigger than bravery : Black resilience and reclamation in a time of pandemic
BLAM! Black lives always mattered! : Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University