Recommended Reading
The following resources have taught us much of what our formal education omitted in studying American culture, government, and history.
Books:
Alexander, Michelle The New Jim Crow
Brand, Christo Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend
Darity, William A. and A. Kirsten Mullen From Here to Equality
Dees, Morris with Steve Fiffer A Lawyer’s Journey, The Morris Dees Story
DeGruy, Dr. Joy Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
King, Jr., Rev. Martin Luther Why We Can’t Wait
Leamer, Laurence The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan
McGhee, Heather The Sum of Us
Obama, Barack The Audacity of Hope
Rideau, Daniel, Jerome Morgan, and Robert Jones Unbreakable Resolve
Rothstein, Richard The Color of Law
Stevenson, Bryan Just Mercy
Wise, Tim White Like Me
Other Resources:
Documentaries:
Duvernay, Ava 13th
DVDds/Videos:
Traces of the Trade
Movies and Television:
Finding Your Roots (PBS Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
Loving
Many Rivers to Cross (PBS Gates)
Mudbound
Queen Sugar (TV series)
Reconstruction (PBS Gates)
When They See Us
