Read
Articles, Stories, and Writing:
- 5 Reasons You Should Celebrate Black History Month, The Witness
- Many Ethnicities, One Race, 9 Marks
- Talking about Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations Isaac Adams (9 Marks)
- Bryan Stevenson on What Well-Meaning White People Need to Know About Race
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- 120 Inventions you probably did not....
- Jason Meyer on Racial Tolerance vs. Racial Harmony
- Tuskegee Airmen, History Channel (video and article)
- Integrating Justice into our Spiritual Disciplines, The Witness
- 9 Ways to Move Away from Privilege, The Witness
- 28 Days of Black History Anti-Racism Daily/Reclamation Ventures
Books:
- The Color of Compromise, The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity with Racism, Jemar Tisby
- Oneness-Embraced: Reconciliation-Stronger-Together — Dr. Tony Evans
- The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
- Divided by Faith, Michael Emerson
- Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
- Heal Us, Emmanuel, Doug Serven * STL-specific
- Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African American Pastors, Thabiti M. Anyabwile
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone, Heather McGhee
Books for Teens:
Books for Kids:
Historical Figures
- Heroes in Black History, David and Neta Jackson
- Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History, Vashti Harrison
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, Vashti Harrison
- Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids, Kimberly Brown Pellum
- Serena: The Littlest Sister, Karlin Gray
Representation/Identity
- God’s Very Good Idea, Trilia Newbell
- When God Made You, Matthew Paul Turner
- Ada Twist, Scientist, Andrea Beaty
- All the Colors We Are, Katie Kissinger
- Last Stop on Market Street, Matt de la Peña
- Hair Love, Matthew A. Cherry
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Derrick Barnes
- Skin Like Mine, Latashia Perry
Watch
Short Video:
Documentaries:
- Race, the Power of an Illusion, Series on Vimeo
- Spanish Lake Documentary, Fandango * STL-specific
- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, Vimeo * STL-specific
- White Savior: Racism in the American Church, Amazon Prime
- Thirteenth, Netflix (school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration)
- Black History, Black Freedom, Black Love Amazon Prime
- Let the World See, abc or Disney+
- My Journey With Annie Malone: James Agbara Bryson, PBS
Historical Drama / Movies:
- When They See Us, Netflix
- Harriet, Amazon Prime
- Just Mercy, Amazon
- Selma, Amazon Prime
Family Movies:
- Hidden Figures (PG), Amazon Prime
- Black Panther (PG-13), Disney +