Antiracist Literature

 

Every single one of us needs to actively work to end racism; it is not enough to be "not racist," we must be Antiracist.

We have put together this list of suggested reading. You can also start learning immediately by purchasing audiobooks from this Libro.fm list. 

Check out our Antiracist Reading List for Kids & Teens.

 

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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Cover Image

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017
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How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
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Published: One World - August 13th, 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Cover Image

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Paperback)

By Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807047415
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Published: Beacon Press - June 26th, 2018
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Paperback)

By Carol Anderson
$17.00
ISBN: 9781632864130
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - September 5th, 2017
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Paperback)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$17.95
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011
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Heavy: An American Memoir (Paperback)

By Kiese Laymon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501125669
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Published: Scribner - March 5th, 2019
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How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Saeed Jones
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501132735
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 8th, 2019
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Thick: And Other Essays (Hardcover)

By Tressie McMillan Cottom
$24.99
ISBN: 9781620974360
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Published: New Press - January 8th, 2019
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Paperback)

By Michelle Alexander
$18.99
ISBN: 9781620971932
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Published: New Press - January 7th, 2020
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Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)

By Claudia Rankine
$20.00
ISBN: 9781555976903
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 7th, 2014
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By James Baldwin
$13.95
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992
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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)

By Layla Saad, Robin Diangelo (Foreword by)
$25.99
ISBN: 9781728209807
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Published: Sourcebooks - January 28th, 2020
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Antiracist Baby Board Book (Board book)

By Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780593110416
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Published: Kokila - June 16th, 2020
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Between the World and Me (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: One World - July 14th, 2015
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The End of Policing (Paperback)

By Alex S. Vitale
$17.95
ISBN: 9781784782924
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Published: Verso - August 28th, 2018
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Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City (Hardcover)

By Wes Moore, Erica L. Green
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525512363
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Published: One World - June 23rd, 2020
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The History of White People (Paperback)

By Nell Irvin Painter
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393339741
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 18th, 2011

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