Are you looking to learn about anti-racism or talk with your children about racism? Engage with this list of civil rights and social justice titles to expand awareness or visit the online resources listed below.
Commitment to Racial Equality Statement – Adopted by the Library Board of Trustees August 24, 2020
The Wixom Public Library stands in solidarity with all who seek to end systemic racism and bring about positive change in our community. We support our colleagues, the American Library Association, and the Michigan Library Association in condemning all violence and racism towards Black people, Indigenous people, and all people of color.
Public libraries are community hubs that stand for the enlightenment and advancement of all, serving and welcoming everyone. Words have the power to make change actionable and now is the time to both listen and make our voices heard as we strongly denounce racism, hate, discrimination, and violence. Together we can build a more just, equal and inclusive community for all.
Along with libraries all over the country, we will continue to share books and other resources with our community and with each other that deepen our shared understanding of Black history, institutional racism, and systemic injustice and inequality. Black lives matter.
On the Shelves
Adult Nonfiction
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Catalog
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Catalog
- Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen Catalog
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Catalog
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum Catalog
- Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall Catalog
Adult Fiction
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Catalog
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Catalog
- Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee Catalog
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Catalog
- The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea Catalog
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Catalog
- There There by Tommy Orange Catalog
- Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson Catalog
Teen/Young Adult
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Catalog
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Catalog
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Catalog
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds Catalog
- How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon Catalog
Tween
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes Catalog
- New Kid by Jerry Craft Catalog
- Clean Getaway by Nic Stone Catalog
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks Catalog
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan Catalog
- American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar Catalog
- This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work by Tiffany Jewell Catalog
- Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne Catalog
- Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj Catalog
Elementary Readers
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Catalog
- Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham Catalog
- Dealing with: Racism by Jane Lacey Catalog
- We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson Catalog
- What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado Catalog
Beginning Readers and Picture Books
- Who We Are!: All About Being the Same and Being Different by by Robie H. Harris Catalog
- M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child by Tiffany Rose Catalog
- Where Are You From? Hardcover by Yamile Saied Méndez Catalog
- All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold Catalog
- The Colors of Us by Karen Katz Catalog
- I am Enough by Grace Byers Catalog
Download Destination eBooks & Audiobooks
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi eBook | Audiobook
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo eBook | Audiobook
- Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson eBook | Audiobook
- We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates eBook
- Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times by Carolina De Robertis eBook
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates eBook | Audiobook
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis eBook
- From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor eBook
- We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer eBook
- Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era by Michael Kimmel eBook
- The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America: Media and Race in America by Robert M. Entman eBook
- America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans by Henry Louis Gates Jr. eBook
- Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin eBook | Audiobook
- Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis eBook
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward eBook
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi eBook
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Stamped–Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi eBook
Hoopla eBooks & Audiobooks
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander eBook
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad eBook | Audiobook
- Race For Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor eBook | Audiobook
- Black Stats: African Americans By The Numbers In The Twenty-First Century by Monique W. Morris eBook
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon eBook
- White Like Me by Tim Wise eBook | Audiobook
- The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh eBook
- All The Women In My Family Sing: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom by Various eBook
- American Hate by Arjun Singh Sethi eBook
- Disrupting White Supremacy by Various eBook
- From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor eBook | Audiobook
- The Little Book Of Race And Restorative Justice by Fania E. Davis eBook
- Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? by Mumia Abu-Jamal eBook
- So, You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Audiobook
- Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett eBook | Audiobook
- Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities by Andre M. Perry eBook
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey eBook
- White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White by Daniel Hill eBook | Audiobook
RBdigital Audiobooks
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Audiobook
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Audiobook
- Latino Americans by Ray Suarez Audiobook
- Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis Audiobook
- Racism: A Very Short Introduction by Ali Rattansi Audiobook
- Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism And The Persistence Of Racial Inequality In America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Audiobook
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out by Ruth King Audiobook
- Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, And Residential Mobility by Dorceta E. Taylor Audiobook
- Race For Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Audiobook
- Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin Audiobook
- Witnessing Whiteness: The Need To Talk About Race And How To Do It by Shelly Tochluk Audiobook
- Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections On Race And Medicine by Damon Tweedy Audiobook
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward Audiobook
- White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White by Daniel Hill Audiobook
Videos & Documentaries
Kanopy
- Whose Streets? An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising
- White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege in America
- America After Ferguson
- Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice
- Race – The Power of an Illusion
- The Talk: Race in America
- On a Knife Edge: A Lakota Teenager Fights for Social Justice
Hoopla
Websites and Articles
Combating Bias and Stigma Related to COVID-19
How structural racism shaped Black movements in the US
The Danger of a Single Story – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Youtube)
Talks to help you understand racism in America (TED Talk)
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation’s Divide (Youtube)
Seattle Parents on discussing race with Children (Youtube)
Talking to Children About Racism (Youtube)
https://www.aclu.org/issues/human-rights/human-rights-and-racial-justice
Teen eBooks & Audiobooks
Hoopla
- The March Trilogy by John Lewis eBook
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers eBook
- Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley eBook
- The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah Audiobook
- I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones eBook
- Black Boy White School by Brian F. Walker eBook
- Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals Audiobook
- How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation by Maureen Johnson Audiobook
- Black Lives Matter by Sue Bradford Edwards eBook
- Race Relations by Barbara Diggs, Richard Chapman eBook
- Racial Profiling: Everyday Inequality by Alison Behnke eBook
- Coping With Racial Inequality by Tamra Orr eBook
Download Destination
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers eBook | Audiobook
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone eBook
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas eBook | Audiobook
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie eBook | Audiobook
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Audiobook
- Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles Audiobook
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams eBook
- Black Boy White School by Brian F. Walker eBook
- I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones eBook | Audiobook
- Here to Stay by Sara Farizan eBook
- Stamped–Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi eBook
RBdigital
Children's eBooks & Audiobooks
Hoopla
- A Is For Activist by Innosanto Nagara eBook
- M Is For Movement by Innosanto Nagara eBook
- All The Colors We Are/Todos Los Colores De Nuestra Piel by Katie Kissinger eBook
- Rise Up! The Art Of Protest by Jo Rippon, Mari Copeny eBook
- Race in America Series by Various eBook
- What’s Racism? by Amy B. Rogers eBook
- Racism by Harriet Brundle eBook
- Active Citizenship Today Series by Various eBook
- Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson Audiobook
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh eBook | Audiobook
- Something Happened In Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Donald Moses Audiobook
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson Audiobook
- A Good Kind Of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee Audiobook
- Lunch Money Can’t Shoot by Michael Levin, Jack Pannell eBook
Download Destination
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson eBook
- All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold eBook
- Clean Getaway by Nic Stone eBook
- Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi eBook
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson eBook
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia eBook | Audiobook
- What Makes Us Unique? Our First Talk About Diversity by Jillian Roberts eBook