January 2021 Resource Roundup: Antiracist Books for Every Age Group
Happy New Year! We hope the new year has been treating you well so far and that you’ve been keeping up with your resolutions. One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to read more, and this year, many of us are resolved to become more antiracist. To help with both of these worthy goals, we’ve compiled an antiracist book list.
Check out a few of our favorites; we’ve selected four children’s books, four middle-grade and YA books, and four books for adult readers. Each title is linked to a Black-owned bookstore, so you can simultaneously support Black-owned businesses.
forced our bodies away from the crowd,
inched closer toward the tour bus.
“It’s no use,” Dali said.
But I didn’t
the sea of red-bottom shoes and Timberland boots,
and finally,
diamond encrusted Air Force 1s.
“He’s coming this way. Shak, connect the speaker!
Pull up the track!” I yelled.
And so began Mrs. Doubtfire with the questions.
“Right here? Right now? On the street?”
I snatched my phone from her,
clicked play,
do what it do.
Dali came in with that soprano note,
high enough to crack a hole
in the sky.