Black Lives Matter Reading List

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The Leasing Foundation rejects racism in all its forms.

The Leasing Foundation has compiled the following list of books (and podcasts) on topics related to the Black Lives Matter movement. Suggestions welcome!

Books

• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
• Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
• Natives by Akala
• Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
• The Clapback: Your Guide To Calling Out Racist Stereotypes by Elijah Lawal
• Memoirs of a Black Englishman by Lilleith Morrison and Paul Stephenson
• The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
• Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• When They Call You a Terrorist; A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan- Cullors and Asha Bandele
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittany Cooper
• An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortz
• Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Denny Irving
• This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror by Moustafa Bayoumi
• The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy by Felicia J. Wong Andrea Flynn, Susan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Podcasts

• Intersectionality Matters — AAPF and Kimberle Crenshaw
• Code Switch — NPR
• About Race — Reni Eddo-Lodge