By Robert W. Lee. A memoir that chronicles what it was like growing up in the South as a descendant of Confederate... Read More

By Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. The author shares what he has since learned about uncovering and combatting racial inequity in our nation... Read More

By Willie James Jennings. The book shares the insights the author gained from extensive experience in theological education, most notably as the... Read More

By Andre Henry. Explores how the historical divides between Black people and non-Black people are expressed through our most mundane interactions, and... Read More

By Jim Wallis. Offers a prophetic and personal call to action in overcoming the racism so ingrained in American society, speaking candidly... Read More

By by Joseph Cheah. A comprehensive analysis of anti-Asian racism, told from a Catholic perspective. Includes relevant Catholic Social Teaching documents, comparing and... Read More

By Carolyn Helsel. Offers tools to embrace and explore anxious feelings about discussing racism, including: Personal stories around racism invite empathy and... Read More

By Ijeoma Oluo. Looks at the current state of anti-racist activism across America and aims to show how people are working to... Read More

By Brenda Salter McNeil. Calls the church to repair the old reconciliation paradigm by moving beyond individual racism to address systemic injustice,... Read More

By Sarah Shin. Reveals how one’s brokenness around ethnicity can be restored and redeemed, for one’s own wholeness and for the good... Read More

By Olga Segura. Offers a Christ-like perspective of the Black Lives Matter movement through a radical call to dignity and equality for... Read More

By Timothy B. Tyson. The story of a white man growing up in a small town in North Carolina where the cold-blooded... Read More

By Gary Dorrien. Looks at the legacy of the black social gospel and its relevance today. Tells the story about Martin Luther... Read More

By Kathleen Belew. Offers the history of a movement that consolidated in the 1970s and 1980s around a potent sense of betrayal... Read More

By Margaret A. Burnham. An investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy. Asks the question,... Read More

Developed by Sojourners, four sessions hold up insights from the streets and the Gospel to create powerful models for reconciliation and justice. ... Read More

By Christina Edmondson. Takes confidence from the truth that Christ has overcome the world, including racism, and offers a clear analysis and... Read More

By William Barber. Contains many protest sermons & speeches and tells the story of a new fusion civil rights movement, a “big... Read More

By William A. Darity. Confronts racial injustice head-on and makes the case for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of slavery. The book opens... Read More

By W. Dawyne Jones. Focuses on the city of Galveston Texas — where Juneteenth began in 1865 and  remains the home to... Read More

By Kathryn Gin Lum.  In a sweeping historical narrative, shows how the idea of the religious “heathen” in need of salvation, maintained... Read More

By Clint Smith. Leads readers on a tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are... Read More

By Ibram X. Kendi. Takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas—from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities—to see all... Read More

By Douglas Brouwer. Addresses ways churches can engage and welcome other cultures as well as some of the issues multicultural churches face,... Read More

By Melba Pattillo Beals. One of the “Little Rock Nine,” the author offers her account of how her faith in God sustained... Read More

By Austin Channing Brown. In a time when many institutions claim to value “diversity” in their mission statements, a powerful account of... Read More

By Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Jann Aldredge-Clanton. Explores questions such as: Why are most churches still segregated by race and culture? Is it... Read More

A resource from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Following up on Catholic Native Peoples that was published in 1977, the... Read More

By Jonathan Eig. The first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include... Read More

By Melanie Morrison.  Tells the story of an attack that occurred in 1931 on three white women in a remote area of... Read More

By David Hansen. Asserts the longest war in human history is the one Anglo-Christians have waged on Native Americans and lays out... Read More

By Anna Deavere Smith. A form of documentary theater that shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have... Read More

By Victor Ray. Explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political... Read More

By Deidra Riggs. Shows that Jesus set an example for us to follow: that everyone is secure in God’s inexhaustible love, making... Read More

A pastoral letter from the bishops of the United States against racism. There are also related educational and parish resources available. Learn... Read More

By Michele Norris. A unique compilation of stories, essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. Based on... Read More

By Héctor Tobar. Assembles the author’s experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx... Read More

A presentation of facts that cause us to reflect on our own personal experiences, and moves us to recommit ourselves to addressing... Read More

By Sanhya Rani Jha. Addresses racism in a way that is grounded in real people’s stories and offers solid biblical grounding for... Read More

Edited by Gregory Heille, Maurice J. Nutt, & Deborah L. Wilhelm. Conveys the urgency of Christian antiracism preaching from ecumenical, intercultural, and intergenerational... Read More

By Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes, the book includes thirty devotions, each containing a psalm, a reflection, and an invitation for the... Read More

By Anya Cordell. Addresses the preconceptions about “race” and other appearance-based judgements in a unique flip book format. A companion booklet includes... Read More

By Rev. Dr. Clarence Earl Williams, CPPS. Outlines a treatment program for individuals and groups seeking to recover from the “stinking thinking”... Read More

Statement from the World Council of Churches Conference regarding the persistence of racism in the world and a list of suggested strategies... Read More

By Britt Hawthorne. Acts as an interactive guide for strategically incorporating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and parenting. The book... Read More

By Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson. Makes a historical and theological case for the church’s obligation to provide reparations for the... Read More

Edited by David J. Endres. A collection of nine essays divided into three sections: enslaved persons and slaveholders, debating abolition and emancipation,... Read More

By Douglas A. Blackmon. An examination of how the enslavement of African-Americans persisted deep into the 20th century, revealing the use of forced... Read More

By Michael W. Waters. The author ruminates on the sacred places and spaces in America’s racial history he visited as part of... Read More

By Michael Waters. Blends hip-hop lyricism and social justice leadership, creating an urgent voice demanding that America listen to the suffering if... Read More

By Ibram X. Kendi & Joel Christian Gill. A graphic novel edition from the author of How to Be an Antiracist, offering a... Read More

By Donald Yacovone. Shows evidence of white supremacy’s deep-seated roots in the nation’s educational system through an examination of American texts, from... Read More

By Michael Eric Dyson. Argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest... Read More

Edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverman. An expansion on The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning “1619 Project,”... Read More

By Rachel L. Swarns. The story of a group of Catholic priests who in 1838 sold 272 enslaved people to save their... Read More

By Timothy Tyson. Re-examines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement—the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. Drawing on new evidence, including... Read More

By Jemar Tisby. A narrative of how people of faith have historically — up to the present day — worked against racial... Read More

By Richard Rothstein. Argues that American cities did not come to be racially divided through de facto segregation — through individual prejudices,... Read More

By James Cone. Explores two of the most powerful symbols for African Americans and their interconnection in the history and soul of... Read More

By Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J. The author describes his painful journey learning about racism in the U.S. after he arrived here from Haiti... Read More

By Brian Bantum. Holds that race is like the incarnation, it is a “word made flesh,” the confluence of various powers that... Read More

By Robert P. Jones. Shows how the enslavement of Africans was not America’s original sin but, rather, the continuation of acts of genocide... Read More

By Clarence Jordan. Edited by Frederick L. Downing. A selection from Jordan’s talks and writings that outlines his experiment in racial equality,... Read More

By Michelle Alexander. An account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions... Read More

By Kristin Henning. An analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured... Read More

By Elliott Smith. A resource from Read Woke™ Books, explores Juneteenth’s little-told history, from the first Jubilee to the making of a... Read More

By Jeannine Hill Fletcher. Holds that the tendency of Christians to view themselves as the “chosen ones” has often been translated into... Read More

By Heather McGhee. Embarks on a personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what people lose when... Read More

By Philip Klinkner. Describes the history of race relations in America and its sporadic, isolated and uneven progress towards racial equality. Read... Read More

By George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott. A memoir recounting Takei’s childhood experience of being imprisoned in an American concentration camp... Read More

By Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau. Delivers a enlightening account of racial inequality in America. The story of racial inequality–and resistance... Read More

By Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave and Rachel Swarns . Includes photos of a 27-year-old Jesse Jackson leading an anti-discrimination rally... Read More

By Paul Kivel. Offers a framework around neo-liberalism and interpersonal, institutional, and cultural racism, along with stories of resistance and white solidarity.... Read More

Edited by Angela P. Dodson. Brings together the voices of more than thirty-five accomplished women writers on the topic of violence and... Read More

By Kellie Carter Jackson. A reframing of Black resistance to white supremacy. Urges readers to move past the simple binary between Dr.... Read More

By Grace Ji-Sun Kim. Explores the historical origins and theological implications of how Jesus became white and God became a white male.... Read More

By Daniel Hill. Shows the path to cultural awakening, offering a new perspective on being white and empowers people to be agents... Read More

By Robin DiAngelo. Looks at the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to... Read More

By Robert P. Jones. Offers an examination of the relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues a call for white... Read More

By Will Willimon. Uses the true story of pastor Hawley Lynn’s March of 1947 sermon, “Who Lynched Willie Earle?” as an opportunity... Read More

Edited by Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier & Elisabeth T. Vasko. Annual Volume #68 of the College Theology Society. Focuses on the theme of... Read More

By Kristopher Norris. Explores the challenges that lie at the intersection of race, church, and politics in America and argues for a... Read More

By Eric Mason. Calls the church to a much-needed reckoning. In a time when many feel confused, complacent, or even angry, this book... Read More

By Sheila Wise Rowe. Drawing from years of experience in counseling black trauma and abuse survivors, provides stories, reflections, and tools that... Read More