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Racial Justice Resources

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness : How White People Profit from Identity Politics

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Deconstructing Privilege : Teaching and Learning As Allies in the Classroom

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LLC Statement and Action Plan on Anti-Racism

June 18, 2020

The Library Leadership Council (LLC) takes a stand in support of the principles of Black Lives Matter. Especially in the wake of the recent murders of Manuel Ellis, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, we condemn all acts of racism and violence, particularly against the Black community. As an organization and as individuals, we are dedicated to strengthening compassion, trust, and commitment to equity between human beings in our communities and across the globe.

Please read our full statement with our action plan here.

Reading Lists

A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources (the Wake-up Call) Including books, articles, movies and more.
Looking for Books About Racism? Experts suggest these must-read titles for adults and kids. (USA Today)
An Anti-Racist Reading List (New York Times)

eBooks

Racial Justice collection from Ebook Central
The African American Experience: Ethnography, Biography, Personal Narrative from Ebook Central

Books We Own:

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates BIOG COATES
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt 153.736 EBERHAR 2019
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated ListsAmerica by Richard Rothstein 305.8009 ROTHSTE 2017
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 305.8009 KENDI 2019
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Brian Stevenson 365.973 STEVENS 2015
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 365.973 ALEXAND 2012
Slavery By Another Name: The Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWII by Douglass A. Blackmon
Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson 305.8009 DYSON 2017
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo 305.8009 DIANGEL 2018
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes affect us and what we can do by Claude Steele 153.736 STEELE 2010

Videos

America After Ferguson. Films on Demand
Black Lives Matter. Films on Demand
Moyers & Company: Incarceration Nation. Films on Demand
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (PBS) Henry Louis Gates. Films on Demand