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Nicole Zhu

By Nicole Zhu

racism 101

Books that can serve as a starting point for understanding racism and learning about the history and legacy of slavery and anti-blackness in America (so you don't have to ask people for basic resources!)

 

This is not a substitute for action. Educate yourself and take action!

 

Also read: The 1619 Project

bookcover for So You Want to Talk about Race

So You Want to Talk about Race

Ijeoma Oluo 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Sister Outsider

Sister Outsider

Audre Lorde, 

Cheryl Clarke 

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$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin 

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$14.00

$13.02

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Citizen

Claudia Rankine 

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$22.00

$20.46

bookcover for Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates 

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$28.00

$26.04

bookcover for The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for This Will Be My Undoing

This Will Be My Undoing

Morgan Jerkins 

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$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for Pushout

Pushout

Monique Couvson 

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$18.95

$17.62

bookcover for Out of the House of Bondage

Out of the House of Bondage

Thavolia Glymph 

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$32.00

$29.76

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How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi 

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$27.00

$25.11

bookcover for The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

MALCOLM X 

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$9.99

$9.29

bookcover for Dog Whistle Politics

Dog Whistle Politics

Professor of Law Ian Haney López 

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$20.99

$19.52

bookcover for They Can't Kill Us All

They Can't Kill Us All

Wesley Lowery 

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$17.99

$16.73

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Thick

Tressie McMillan Cottom 

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$16.99

$15.80

bookcover for The Cooking Gene

The Cooking Gene

Michael W. Twitty 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Ghosts in the Schoolyard

Ghosts in the Schoolyard

Eve L Ewing 

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$28.80

bookcover for We Gon' Be Alright

We Gon' Be Alright

Jeff Chang 

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$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for The Warmth of Other Suns

The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson 

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$20.00

$18.60

bookcover for Just Mercy

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson 

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$20.00

$18.60

bookcover for The Yellow House

The Yellow House

Sarah M Broom 

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$26.00

$24.18

bookcover for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou, 

Oprah Winfrey 

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$8.99

$8.36

bookcover for The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison 

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$17.00

$14.89

bookcover for Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston 

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$17.99

$16.73