I've pre-scheduled this post for the exact moment that I'll start a presentation on the topic of books to understand race and racism in the United States. Lots of people who can't attend asked for the handout, so I thought I might as well make it a blog post.
If you want to print it, here's the pdf file: Presentation handout.
Books about race in America
The Ethical Society Forum, September 17, 2017
Joy Weese Moll
Past
White Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Sugar in the Blood by Andrea Stuart
The Wake of the Wind by J. California Cooper
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Devil in the Grove by Thurgood Marshall
Present
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Pushout by Monique W. Morris
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Local
Never Been a Time by Harper Barnes
Race, Place, and Suburban Policing by Andrea S. Boyles
Mapping Decline by Colin Gordon
Book Club Kit
House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Join the Community for Understanding and Hope (CFUH) Book Group for our annual potluck and book selection meeting on Thursday, September 21 at Eliot Unitarian Chapel, 100 S. Taylor, Kirkwood. Bring a dish to share and books that you'd like to read with us.
This handout and a list of all 84 books we've read are on my blog today: www.joyweesemoll.com
About Joy Weese Moll
a librarian writing about books
