Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Resources for Further Exploration
Books (asterisk * indicates titles also available as Books on CD)
- How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance by Akiba Solomon https://bit.ly/3sYzqKn
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander https://bit.ly/39gU5S6
- Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington https://bit.ly/3opMYev
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly https://bit.ly/3adp0hi
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin https://bit.ly/3iZbbaj
- *We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://bit.ly/3t9jSDM
- *Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho https://bit.ly/36eYO50
- *Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry https://bit.ly/3r73thp
- *When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors https://bit.ly/3sYzh9N
- *How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi https://bit.ly/36bVvev
- *Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon https://bit.ly/3pgsoOR
- *Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi https://bit.ly/3a7VjOQ
- *Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic, Rocking Our Truth by Beverly Bond https://bit.ly/3iQxNtn
Documentaries, Docuseries, and Videos
- Black History: A Retrospective (2010) https://bit.ly/3cqmMhB
- Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2019) https://bit.ly/36gZLcP
- Whose Streets? (2017) https://bit.ly/3cd5PH7
- Baltimore Rising (2018) https://bit.ly/3pn7Zrk
- I Am Not Your Negro (2017) https://bit.ly/2KNV9mW
- Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History (2020) https://bit.ly/2KPWidL
- Dark Girls (2013) https://bit.ly/36cRbvE
- Birth of a Movement (2017) https://bit.ly/2LYcsm9
- Back to Natural (2019) https://bit.ly/3iMGgxZ
- Black America Since MLK (2016) https://bit.ly/2Mp8pPp
Picture Books
- In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers illustrated by Javaka Steptoe https://bit.ly/2Mv85ys
- All Because You Matter written by Tami Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier https://bit.ly/2LX2vFx
- Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry, illustrated by Brittany Jackson https://bit.ly/39i2ODC
- Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration written by Samara Cole Doyon, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita https://bit.ly/3qXV6nV
- A Place Inside of Me by Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Noa Denmon https://bit.ly/2NyAEeZ
- Black is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy, illustrated by Ekua Holmes https://bit.ly/3qOMcck
- Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel, illustrated by Shane W. Evans https://bit.ly/2MtXaVL
- Brown Sugar Babe by Charlotte Watson Sherman, illustrated by Akem https://bit.ly/3ccBisY
- That is My Dream!: A Picture Book of Langston Hughes’s “Dream Variation” illustrated by Daniel Miyares https://bit.ly/3a1t3NI
- Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Paul Howard https://bit.ly/3qZ1dbT
Middle Grade Books
- Powerful Words: More Than 200 Years of Extraordinary Writing by African Americans by Wade Hudson, illustrated by Sean Qualls https://bit.ly/3ofsEwc
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes https://bit.ly/3c9Xfcd
- Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III https://bit.ly/2Yj4V3Q
- The Power Book written by Claire Saunders et al., illustrated by Joelle Avelino and David Broadbent https://bit.ly/39ihvX5
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée https://bit.ly/3pnvccT
- A Child’s Introduction to African American History: The Experience, People, and Events that Shaped our Country by Jabari Asim, illustrated by Lynn Gaines https://bit.ly/3a9NfNx
- A Day at the Museum by Christine Platt, illustrated by Sharon Sordo https://bit.ly/2Yf7vYi
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson https://bit.ly/3sYe1km
- Clean Getaway by Nic Stone, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile https://bit.ly/3sSu5UO
- Turning Point by Paula Chase https://bit.ly/2KOjklc
Teen Books
- Things That Make White People Uncomfortable: Adapted for Young Readers by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin https://bit.ly/3qUXQT6
- This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell, illustrated by Aurélia Durand https://bit.ly/3qOTFbm
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely https://bit.ly/3qTCDZJ
- I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina, illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings https://bit.ly/36f6fsV
- Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro https://bit.ly/3ckaKGt
- Daughter of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron https://bit.ly/3iQnLZf
- Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Loveis Wise https://bit.ly/3pkcGCg
- Bright Lights, Dark Nights by Stephen Emond https://bit.ly/2YgUg9D
- How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon https://bit.ly/3qTjMOv
- Dig by A. S. King https://bit.ly/3pm271G
Additional Resources and Organizations
- Center for Racial Justice in Education https://centerracialjustice.org/
- The Ohio State University Office of Diversity and Inclusion – Racial Equity https://odi.osu.edu/racial-justice-resources
- Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center http://www.blackheritagecenter.org/#/
- The New York Times Race, Racism and Racial Justice Resources https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/race-racism-and-racial-justice-resources
- Ta-Nehisi Coates’s website https://ta-nehisicoates.com/
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States https://blackfreedom.proquest.com/