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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
Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire (Akala)
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Akala
3
Brit(Ish) (Afua Hirsch)
Brit(Ish)
Afua Hirsch
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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
Robin Diangelo
5
This Book Is Anti-Racist (Tiffany Jewell)
This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell
6
How to Be an Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Anti-Racist
Ibram X. Kendi
7
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo
8
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
9
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
10
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
Claudia Rankine
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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
Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
12
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
Me and White Supremacy
Layla F. Saad
13
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Vashti Harrison
14
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
15
Road Map for Revolutionaries (Elisa Camahort Page)
Road Map for Revolutionaries
Elisa Camahort Page
16
A Is for Activist (Innosanto Nagara)
A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara
17
Don't Touch My Hair (Emma Dabiri)
Don't Touch My Hair
Emma Dabiri
18
Afropean (Johny Pitts)
Afropean
Johny Pitts
19
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
Jamia Wilson & Andrea Pippins
20
Black and British: A Forgotten History (David Olusoga)
Black and British: A Forgotten History
David Olusoga
21
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (Various Authors)
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America
Various Authors
22
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
Ibram X. Kendi
23
Noughts & Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts & Crosses
Malorie Blackman
24
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)
Kehinde Andrews
25
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (Wade Hudson)
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
Wade Hudson
26
Pride (Ibi Zoboi)
Pride
Ibi Zoboi
27
New Kid (Jerry Craft)
New Kid
Jerry Craft
28
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
29
I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown
30
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children (Sandra L Pinkney)
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
Sandra L Pinkney
31
Happy in Our Skin (Frank Manushkin)
Happy in Our Skin
Frank Manushkin
32
Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice (Mahogany L Browne)
Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice
Mahogany L Browne
33
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children (Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff)
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
34
The Story of Windrush (K.M Chimbiri)
The Story of Windrush
K.M Chimbiri
35
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
Nikesh Shukla, Claire Heuchan
36
Remembered (Yvonne Battle-Felton)
Remembered
Yvonne Battle-Felton
37
The Black Flamingo (Dean Atta)
The Black Flamingo
Dean Atta
38
Surge (Joy Bernard)
Surge
Joy Bernard
39
The High Rise Mysteries (Sharna Jackson)
The High Rise Mysteries
Sharna Jackson
40
Long Way Down (Jason Raynolds)
Long Way Down
Jason Raynolds
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