Building Bridges
Racial Reconciliation and Social Justice
Zoom Book Chat (ZBC) Reader Recommendations
Here is our list of titles that our readers have recommended on these topics. Note: Some may have language that is objectionable to some, and not all of these titles are available in the PCBC Library. We've included fiction and non-fiction.
Recommended by Zoom Book Chats
* from Thursday evening Book Chat.
# from Saturday morning Book Chat
% Recommended at both
NON-FICTION:
# The Third Reconstruction by William Barber II
# Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
# The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
# Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Daniel Tatum
# The Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
# Why We Can’t Wait, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
&Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison
*How to be an Anti-racist by Ibram X. Kendi
&White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
&Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
*The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (related to Just Mercy)
*The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
*Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
*So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeouma Oluo also youtube video
*Caste by Isabel Wilkinson
*The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkinson
*America's Orginal Sin by Jim Wallace
*The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
*How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice by Jemar Tisby
FICTION:
%Horse by Geraldine Brooks
# Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
# Trouble the Water, Rebecca Dwight Bruff
#The Wedding Gift, Marlen Suyapa Bodden
# Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward
*The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
%The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
%The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (about Sarah Grimke)
&The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
&An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
MOVIES – Currently free on streaming sites
Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson
13th (Netflix)
Additional links to recommended books shared by ZBC attendees:
Social Justice Books published by the National Network of Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY)
20 CHILDREN’S Books to Help Foster Conversations About Race published by Book Bub
These Are the Most Popular Books About Anti-Racism at Libraries Across the Country Right Now - published by Real Simple
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