Diversity Readings

"ne of the few surveys of Black style and fashion ever published, How to Slay offers a lavishly illustrated overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years"

A tour of the Museum of Modern Arts focused on black artists and race-related subjects, the first substantial exploration of MoMA's uneven historical relationship with black artists, black audiences and the broader subject of racial blackness

Examining the biases and inequal practices that limit the production and and circulation of movies made by minority directors, as well as other racial issues in Hollywood

This book steps up to provide the literary cannon with a sweeping look at African American poetry, tracing its roots in slave songs to today's award-winning poets

Dive into the legacy of rock and roll in "An interracial counter-history of Sixties music"

The legacy of Serena Williams, "tennis champion, sports legend, and cultural heroine"

The past and present of African American men and women in sports, how they fought to participate and how that participation has reflected or changed views of race over time

Charting "the progress of integration from Bucky Lew--the first black professional basketball player in 1902--to the modern game played by athletes like Stephen Curry and LeBron James"

"Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice"

Read more for inspiring stories about black women athletes breaking ground in sports in the twentieth century

Examining the Christian church's complicity in American racism and considering the cultural and institutional challenges we face to move toward reconciliation

A great resource for pastors, counselors, and others in the helping profession to understand the impact of Trump's violent America on African Americans

Consider the spiritual life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "a deep, vital, engaging, balanced, and contagious spirituality" that translated into "a personal devotional life of prayer, meditation, and fasting... [as well as] a public ministry that involved the uplift and empowerment of humanity"

Essays on theological and racial issues, the history and significance of the black Pentecostal church

Theologian and civil rights activist, Howard Thurman interprets the teachings of Jesus through the experience of the oppressed and discusses nonviolent responses to oppression

Including but not limited to the African American experience, this book examines "race, ethnicity, and political inequality" in America

To understand the roots of our modern systematic racism, this book examines American history after the Civil War, which saw the struggle for black freedom hindered by the growth of discriminatory legislation and on-going racial violence

"As we enter a time period in which police interactions are recorded (dash cams or body cams, for example) and new populations are being targeted (black or Latinx people), there is much to learn about what is working and what is not"

Introduction to systematic racism, questions and anecdotes to guide conversation about race, identity, and community

"Anger is a powerful mobilizing force in American politics on both sides of the political aisle, but does it motivate all groups equally? This book offers a new conceptualization of anger as a political resource that mobilizes black and white Americans differentially to exacerbate political inequality"

The moving memoir in verse tells the story of a young girl facing troubled parents, foster care, and painful betrayal and finding hope on the other side through her faith and writing

Illustrated and annotated edition of the classic by WEB DuBois, Souls remains the most important treatment of African-American life and culture published in the twentieth century in this collection of sociological and philosophical essays

"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline"

Striking historical fantasy about a young man born into slavery, struggling to find answers to the mysteries of his past, freedom through the Underground Railroad, and mastery of his own magical gift

James Baldwin, novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist - this collection includes some of his most famous essays such as The Fire Next Time, reflecting on racial, sexual, social complexities of the twentieth century

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this romantic drama tells the story of a young woman search for justice, proving her fiance's innocence after he is falsely imprisoned

First black winner for Best Original Screenplay, horror film in which "a young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears"

Inspiring book turned movie about "the brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race"

Based on a true story taking place in the 1970s, detective Ron Stallworth sets out to infiltrate and expose the KKK in Colorado Springs

A miniseries following several generations in the lives of a slave family; Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), a West African youth, is captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s, and the family's saga is depicted up until the Civil War where Kunte Kinte's grandson gained emancipation.