Resources for Race, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion
We Need Diverse Books is compiling resources from members of our community on race, equity, anti-racism, and inclusion.
Organizations
- African American Literature Book Club
- Audre Lorde Project
- Black Lives Matter
- Black Past
- Black Visions Collective
- Black Youth Project
- Bronx Book Festival
- The Brown Bookshelf
- Campaign Zero
- Color of Change
- Courageous Conversations
- National Black Justice Coalition
- People of Color in Publishing
- Reclaim the Block
- Social Justice Books
- Trans People of Color Coalition
- Unicorn Riot
Book Recommendations
- 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance from Embrace Race
- 31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance from The Conscious Kid
- 7 Essential Books to Read That Will Educate You and Your Kids on Anti-Racism by Laura Galvin
- An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi
- An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism by Arianna Rebolini
- Anti-racism Bookshop List by Ideal Bookshelf
- Anti-racist book resources from Left Bank Books
- Black Stories Matter Bookshop List by Aminah Mae Safi
- Books I Loved in 2020 by Black Authors Bookshop List by Amy Spalding
- Books on anti-racism that you can read right now by Eric Webb
- Don’t Just Read About Racism—Read Stories About Black People Living by Nic Stone
- How to Talk to Kids About Race: Books and Resources That Can Help by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
- Queer YA Books by Black Authors Spreadsheet from YA Pride
- Several Antiracist Books Are Selling Out. Here's What Else Black Booksellers and Publishers Say You Should Read from TIME
- We Read Too App: Books by and for people of color
Black-Owned Bookstores
- ARKANSAS
- Pyramid Art Books (Little Rock, AR)
- CALIFORNIA
- Ashay By the Bay (Vallejo, CA)
- The Collective Oakland (Oakland, CA)
- EsoWon Books (Los Angeles, CA)
- Marcus Books (Oakland, CA)
- Old Capitol Books (Monterey, CA)
- Salt Eaters Bookshop (Los Angeles, CA)
- Underground Books (Sacramento, CA)
- COLORADO
- Shop at Matter (Denver, CO)
- CONNECTICUT
- Key Bookstore (Online - based in Hartford, CT)
- People Get Ready (New Haven, CT)
- DELAWARE
- MeJah Books (Claymont, DE)
- FLORIDA
- Cultured Books (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Pyramid Books (Boynton Beach, FL)
- GEORGIA
- 44th & 3rd (Atlanta, GA)
- Black Dot Cultural Center and Books (Lithonia, GA)
- Brave and Kind Bookshop | Libro.fm (Decatur, GA)
- For Keeps Books (Atlanta, GA)
- Medu Bookstore (Atlanta, GA)
- Shrine of the Black Madonna (Atlanta, GA)
- The Listening Tree (Decatur, GA)
- ILLINOIS
- Afri-Ware Books (Maywood, IL)
- Frontline Books (Chicago, IL)
- Semicolon Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
- The Underground Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
- INDIANA
- Brain Lair Books (South Bend, IN)
- KANSAS
- Bliss Books & Wine (Kansas City, KS)
- KENTUCKY
- Wild Fig Coffee & Books (Lexington, KY)
- MARYLAND
- Everyone's Place (Baltimore, MD)
- MASSACHUSETTS
- Frugal Bookstore (Roxbury, MA)
- The Million Year Picnic (Cambridge, MA)
- MICHIGAN
- Black Stone Bookstore and Cultural Center (Ypsilanti, MI)
- Detroit Book City (Southfield, MI)
- Nandi's Knowledge Cafe (Highland Park, MI)
- Source Booksellers (Detroit, MI)
- MINNESOTA
- Black Garnet Books (Minneapolis, MN)
- Planting People Growing Justice Bookstore (Saint Paul, MN)
- MISSOURI
- Eye See Me Bookstore (University City, MO)
- Willa’s Books and Vinyl (Kansas City, MO)
- NEBRASKA
- Aframerican Bookstore (Omaha, NE)
- NEW JERSEY
- The Little Boho Bookshop (Bayonne, NJ)
- Source of Knowledge (Newark, NJ)
- NEW YORK
- Cafe Con Libros (Brooklyn, NY
- The Lit Bar (The Bronx, NY)
- Revolution Books (New York, NY)
- Sister's Uptown Bookstore (New York, NY)
- Zawadi Books (Buffalo, NY)
- NORTH CAROLINA
- Liberation Station (Durham, NC)
- OHIO
- Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre (Akron, OH)
- Smith and Hannon Bookstore (Cincinnati, OH)
- OKLAHOMA
- Fulton Street Books and Coffee (Tulsa, OK)
- Nappy Roots Books (Oklahoma City, OK)
- OREGON
- Third Eye Bag (Portland, OR)
- PENNSYLVANIA
- Amalgam Comics and Coffee (Philadelphia, PA)
- Uncle Bobbie's (Philadelphia, PA)
- Hakim's Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA)
- Harriet's Bookshop (Philadelphia, PA)
- The Tiny Bookstore (Pittsburgh, PA)
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- Turning Page Bookshop (Goose Creek, SC)
- TEXAS
- Black Pearl Books (Austin, TX)
- The Dock Bookshop (Fort Worth, TX)
- Pan-African Connection (Dallas, TX)
- VIRGINIA
- Books and Crannies (Martinsville, VA)
- Harambee Books (Alexandria, VA)
- WASHINGTON
- L.E.M.S Bookstore (Seattle, WA)
- WASHINGTON DC
- INTERNATIONAL
- A Different Booklist (Toronto, ON, Canada)
- New Beacon Books (London, England, UK)
- Chez Alpha Books (Dakar, Senegal)
- ONLINE ONLY
Further Reading and Educational Resources
- The 1619 Project from the New York Times
- 27 Mistakes White Teachers of Black Students Make and How to Fix Them from Education Post
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice from Equality Includes You
- Anti-Racism Resources for all ages, A Project by the Augusta Baker Chair at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Nicole A. Cooke
- Education for social change | Artika R. Tyner
- Penguin Random House's The Conversation, a website housing books, resources, and programming for anti-racist engagement
- Our Modern Minstrelsy by Kekla Magoon
- #BlackDisabledLivesMatter by Britney Wilson
- Kojo For Kids: Jason Reynolds Talks About Racism And The Protests from The Kojo Nnamdi Show.
- 'Raising White Kids' Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race from NPR
- Q&A with Tiffany Jewell: THIS BOOK IS ANTI-RACIST from We Need Diverse Books
- How white parents should talk to their young kids about race by Melinda Wenner Moyer
- How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama
- How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids from Common Sense Media
- How to talk to your children about protests and racism from CNN
- Raising Colorblind Kids Isn’t the Point, Raising Empathetic Kids Is by Sa'iyda Shabazz
- Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations about Race and Racism from ADL
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Don’t Talk about Implicit Bias Without Talking about Structural Racism by Kathleen Osta and Hugh Vasquez, National Equity Project
- Why White Parents Need to Do More Than Talk to Their Kids About Racism from TIME
- What White Children Need to Know About Race from National Association of Independent Schools
- Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life by Zyahna Bryant
- African school founder delivers books to homes during lockdown from The Voice
- A Conversation with Angela Franklin, Owner of Chez Alpha Books in Dakar, Senegal from Enchanted Lion Books
- George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. What do we tell our children? from USA Today
- The Literary World May Never Recover from #PublishingPaidMe by Rachel Charlene Lewis for Bitch Media
- Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Community Racial Trauma: Tips for Parents from Disaster and Community Crisis Center, University of Missouri
- Why we need to Talk to Children about Race & Difference from Biz Lindsay-Ryan, TEDxDePaulUniversity
- Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests from Aha! Parenting
- How community trauma can hurt student learning from Chalkbeat
- How to Be an Antiracist Educator from ASCD
- How to Talk to Kids about Race, Ages 3-8 from InCultureParent
- Resources for White Parents to Learn about Racism from InCultureParent
- Jason Reynolds, Ibram Kendi in Conversation from School Library Journal
- Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James from School Library Journal
- Kids Ask Authors with Grace Lin
