Suggested Resources from Be the Bridge study

These are all resources that can be beneficial to understanding and educating ourselves on issues of race.   

Race/Race Relations/Race Relations and The Law
Color of the Law                                                                                   Richard Rothstein
How to be an Antiracist                                                                       Ibram X Kendi
The New Jim Crow                                                                                Michelle Alexander
My Grandmother’s Hand                                                                     Resmaa  Menakem
Be The Bridge                                                                                       Latasha Morrison
The History of White People                                                                Nell Irvin Painter
Caste                                                                                                     Isabel Wilkerson

Novels and Fiction Books
Parable of the Sower                                                                         Octivia Butler
Parable of the Talent                                                                         Octivia Butler
The Water Dancer                                                                              Ta-Nehisi Coates
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners (young readers)                              Joanna Ho

Documentaries
13th Amendment                                                                               Netflix/YouTube 
Eye of the Storm (Brown Eye/Blue Eye) (YouTube video)             Jane Elliot/YouTube