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Big topics, on all of our minds. There are some excellent resources available, as a place to start, or a way to continue listening and learning. The following are available from Pasadena Public Library–in print, eBook, audiobook or multiple formats.<\/p>\n

This list is compiled from suggestions from\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, other public libraries, and Pasadena Public Library staff recommendations. If you have your own recommended titles, please share them with us in the comments.<\/p>\n

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In the Age of Colorblindness<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Michelle Alexander<\/p>\n

I Know Why the Caged Bird<\/strong><\/em> Sings<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Maya Angelou<\/p>\n

The Fire Next Time<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by James Baldwin<\/p>\n

I Am Not Your Negro <\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>written by James Baldwin [Documentary DVD]<\/p>\n

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald<\/p>\n

How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Moustafa Bayoumi<\/p>\n

Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva<\/p>\n

The Central Park Five<\/em><\/strong><\/a> written and directed by Sarah Burns & David McMahon & Ken Burns [Documentary DVD]<\/p>\n

Chokehold: Policing Black Men<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Paul Butler<\/p>\n

Between the World and Me<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/p>\n

Just Mercy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>written by Destin Daniel Cretton\u00a0 & Andrew Lanham [DVD based on the true story]<\/p>\n

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Angela Y. Davis<\/p>\n

White Fragility: Why It\u2019s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Robin DiAngelo<\/p>\n

An Indigenous People’s History of the United States<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz<\/p>\n

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Michael Eric Dyson<\/p>\n

Why I\u2019m No Longer Talking to White People About Race<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Reni Eddo-Lodge<\/p>\n

Invisible Man<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Ralph Ellison (Fiction)<\/p>\n

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by James Forman, Jr.<\/p>\n

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Edim Glory<\/p>\n

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>by Cathy Park Hong<\/p>\n

Barracoon: The Story of the Last \u201cBlack Cargo\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Zora Neale Hurston<\/p>\n

Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Zora Neale Hurston<\/p>\n

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Mira Jacob<\/p>\n

Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Peniel Joseph<\/p>\n

How to Be an Antiracist<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Ibram X. Kendi<\/p>\n

Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Ibram X. Kendi<\/p>\n

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele<\/p>\n

Heavy: An American Memoir<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Kiese Laymon<\/p>\n

The Making of Asian America: A History<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Erika Lee<\/p>\n

Murder On a Sunday Morning<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a film by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade\u00a0[Documentary DVD]<\/p>\n

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by James W. Loewen<\/p>\n

Sister Ousider: Essays and Speeches<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Audre Lorde<\/p>\n

They Can\u2019t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America\u2019s Racial Justice Movement<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Wesley Lowery<\/p>\n

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Janet Mock<\/p>\n

Beloved<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Toni Morrison (Fiction)<\/p>\n

The Bluest Eye<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Toni Morrison (Fiction)<\/p>\n

So You Want to Talk About Race<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Ijeoma Oluo<\/p>\n

An African American and Latinx History of the United States<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Paul Ortiz<\/p>\n

Citizen: An American Lyric<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Claudia Rankine<\/p>\n

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Richard Rothstein<\/p>\n

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Layla F. Saad<\/p>\n

The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect On America<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Nikesh Shukla<\/p>\n

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Bryan Stevenson<\/p>\n

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Anton Treuer<\/p>\n

America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privelege, and the Bridge to a New America<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Jim Wallis<\/p>\n

Men We Reaped<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Jesmyn Ward<\/p>\n

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0edited by Jesmyn Ward<\/p>\n

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America\u2019s Great Migration<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Isabel Wilkerson<\/p>\n

The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Malcolm X with the assistance of Alex Haley<\/p>\n

A People’s History of the United States<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Howard Zinn<\/p>\n

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