Begin or continue your anti-racism journey with the suggested titles and resources below.
Read
- An Antiracist Reading List from Howard County Library System
- Anti-racist reading list from Ibram X. Kendi
- Reading list from Michelle Marks-Osborne
- Social Justice Books – Young Adult Fiction
- Social Justice Books for Young Adults and Middle Grades
- Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
- Talking to kids about race: eBooks & eAudio from hoopla
- Conversations on race for teens: eBooks from hoopla
- Conversations on race for adults: eBooks from hoopla
Watch
- Stream documentaries and films on Kanopy
- Fiction DVDs about race
- Talks to help you understand racism in America: TED Talks playlist
Listen
- Songs of freedom, change, and protest: a Freegal Music playlist
- Music albums by groundbreaking black superstars
- Podcasts:
- HiJinx Episode 34: Libraries Stand Against Racism
- HiJinx Episode 37: Equity in Action
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Nice White Parents
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
Learn
- What White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Talking About Race (from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)
- Learning to be Anti-Racist: Calling IN white people and non-Black people of color (from UMBC)
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
- For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies
- Black Lives Matter
- Black Lives Matter Howard County
Local Racial Equity Analysis
- Horizon Foundation: 2020 Vision for Health in Howard County
- Local Children’s Board: Making the Case for Equity
