{"id":11484,"date":"2021-05-05T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=11484"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:36:18","slug":"antiracist-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/antiracist-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiracist Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Image source: Both book covers are from wikimedia: How to be an Antiracist &amp; Stamped from the Beginning<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ibram X. Kendi wrote an article, The Anti-Racist Reading List: 38 books for those open to changing themselves, and their world for <em>The Atlantic<\/em> 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&#8217;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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Stamped from the beginning : The definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi &#8211; This book is available at Cannell Library<\/p>\n<p>How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi &#8211; This book is available at Cannell Library<\/p>\n<p>Fatal invention : How science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century by Dorothy E. Roberts &#8211; This book is available to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>Redefining realness : My path to womanhood, identity, love &amp; so much more by Janet Mock &#8211; This book is available to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>Heavy : An American memoir by Kiese Laymon This book is available at Cannell Library<\/p>\n<p>North of slavery : The Negro in the free States, 1790-1860 by Leon F. Litwack &#8211; This book is available at Cannell Library<\/p>\n<p>The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860\u20131935 by James D. Anderson &#8211; This is available as an eBook or as a book to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy by Mary L. Dudziak &#8211; This is available as an eBook or as a book to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>They can&#8217;t kill us all : Ferguson, Baltimore, and a new era in America&#8217;s racial justice movement by Wesley Lowery &#8211; This book is available to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>Medical apartheid : The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present by Harriet A. Washington\u00a0&#8211; This book is available to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>One person, no vote : How voter suppression is destroying our democracy by Carol Anderson \u00a0&#8211; This book is available to request via Summit<\/p>\n<p>Even though Clark remains in remote operations due to the pandemic, you can still request and borrow books from the library.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image source: Both book covers are from wikimedia: How to be an Antiracist &amp; Stamped from the Beginning Dr. Ibram X. 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