Antiracist Books

Image source: Both book covers are from wikimedia: How to be an Antiracist & Stamped from the Beginning

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi wrote an article, The Anti-Racist Reading List: 38 books for those open to changing themselves, and their world for The Atlantic in February of 2019. I discovered this article after listening to a recent talk Dr. Kendi gave about how to be an antiracist. Discovering his list along with Dr. Kendi’s own books and essays inspired me to share some of those books in this blog post. This list will not cover everything in Dr. Kendi’s article, nor all of his other writings; however, it will show you some of the items that you can either borrow immediately, or request from Cannell Library, if you want to read them.

Stamped from the beginning : The definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi – This book is available at Cannell Library

How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi – This book is available at Cannell Library

Fatal invention : How science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century by Dorothy E. Roberts – This book is available to request via Summit

Redefining realness : My path to womanhood, identity, love & so much more by Janet Mock – This book is available to request via Summit

Heavy : An American memoir by Kiese Laymon This book is available at Cannell Library

North of slavery : The Negro in the free States, 1790-1860 by Leon F. Litwack – This book is available at Cannell Library

The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935 by James D. Anderson – This is available as an eBook or as a book to request via Summit

Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy by Mary L. Dudziak – This is available as an eBook or as a book to request via Summit

They can’t kill us all : Ferguson, Baltimore, and a new era in America’s racial justice movement by Wesley Lowery – This book is available to request via Summit

Medical apartheid : The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present by Harriet A. Washington – This book is available to request via Summit

One person, no vote : How voter suppression is destroying our democracy by Carol Anderson  – This book is available to request via Summit

Even though Clark remains in remote operations due to the pandemic, you can still request and borrow books from the library. Not sure how? Not a problem! Get all the info you need at our webpage: Library Services during COVID-19