For years to decades, centuries to generations, racism has been a problem that plagues the world. It is important for children to understand at an early age that racism should not be tolerated, and that while it most significantly impacts black communities, indigenous populations and other people of color, it is an issue that everyone must acknowledge. By compiling a list of books that highlight this topic, children are able to explore issues deeply rooted in this country’s history. Hopefully these books can help introduce a serious topic to young readers and create a safe space for dialogue between adults and children.
-Miss Cristina
(in order)
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Mendez
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3230593
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3156145
Hair Love by Matthew A. Curry
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3205914
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3274906 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3275639 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3274423 (book on CD)
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3188428
A Scarf For Keiko by Ann Malaspina
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3187548
Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3115983
Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3260864
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3283689 (eBook)
You Matter by Christian Robinson
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3285886
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3121977
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3203000 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3236694 (audiobook)
My Papi Has A Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3204420
Saturday by Oge Mora
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3254574
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3267759 (eBook)
An ABC of Equality by Chana Ginelle Ewing
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3231286
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2884311
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2982685 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2986485 (streaming video)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3009854 (DVD)
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3255630
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3267764 (eBook)
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match by Monica Brown
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2653478
Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Desmond Tutu and Carlton Abrams
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2739314
I’m Gonna Push Through by Jasmyn Wright
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3266135
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
(in order)
The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania of Jordan and Kelly DiPucchio
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2576958
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3114103
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3224686 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3115173 (book on CD)
New Kid by Jerry Craft
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3183808
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3198027 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3224652 (downloadable audiobook)
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3264441
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3282790 (eBook)
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3247583
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3255480 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3249602 (book on CD)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3254524 (self-playing audiobook)
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3254802
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3270165 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3267240 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3272067 (book on CD)
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3273023
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3283508 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3285492 (downloadable audiobook)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3268969
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3270166 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3270185 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3270433 (book on CD)
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3116129
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3189269 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3189271 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3227241 (self-playing audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3148962 (book on CD)
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3248040
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3131186
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3150000 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3180542 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3192315 (book on CD)
A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3283355
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3089046
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3121551 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3099534 (book on CD)
Ways To Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3276953
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3285665 (eBook)
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3121285
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3144074 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3155038 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3143059 (book on CD)
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3271624
My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3148057
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3151636 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3192252 (book on CD)
The Crossover (graphic novel) by Kwame Alexander
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3244236
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3250848 (eBook)
Keep It Together, Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3276869
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3285663 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3285680 (downloadable audiobook)
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2492922
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2960935 (eBook)
Stella By Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2879248
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2877792 (book on CD)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3026227
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2799023
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3100589
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3113640 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3113667 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3115968 (book on CD)
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3258125
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3272435 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3272450 (downloadable audiobook)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hammer-the Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2913984
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3085592 (book on CD)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3026157 (streaming video)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3001004 (DVD)
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2822964
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3223772 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2840941 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2840529 (streaming video)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2880964 (DVD)
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3157277
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2877683
Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2252933
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3264831
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and The Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3029810
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3112218 (eBook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3241514 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3077178 (book on CD)
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3157123
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3180554 (downloadable audiobook)
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3169340 (book on CD)
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3073744
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3250698 (audiobook)
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2549849
Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3273151
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3282828 (eBook)
The Power Book: What It It, Who Has It and Why? by Claire Ssaunders, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Minna Salami, Mik Scarlet, Hazel Songhurst
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3248805
Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present by Jamia Wilson
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3121325
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3198640
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3270172 (eBook)
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins
https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3037387