Library Resources for Discussion & Understanding
There are a number of resources to support knowledge-seeking as a step to dismantling systemic racism and social inequity. This list includes titles for readers of all ages, compiled by Superior Public Library staff. This is not a comprehensive list of available resources. To search the library catalog for a specific title or subject, click here.
Adult Non-Fiction
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice & Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You by Jason Reynolds
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African-American Voting Rights by Lawrence Goldstone
This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work by Tiffany Jewell ; illustrated by Aurelia Durand
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
White fragility : Why it’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Adult Audiobooks
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad (audiobook)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele (audiobook)
Adult Fiction
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Juvenile Fiction
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon G. Flake
Juvenile Non-Fiction
A Kids Book about Racism by Jelani Memory
Young Adult Non-Fiction
Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice (adapted for young adult readers) by Bryan Stevenson (audiobook)
Young Adult Fiction
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Movies
Just Mercy (Blu-Ray or DVD)
Slavery by Another Name (DVD)