Courses on Race and Racism
The Registrar’s Office has published a catalog supplement highlighting courses about race and racism in the United States.
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Being Anti-Racist
From the National Museum of African American History and Culture: “To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives.”
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An Antiracist Reading List
Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.
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Anti-Racism Resources for White People and Parents
“This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.”
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide
Carol Anderson
Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations
Joe R. Feagin
Black Rage
William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs
Inequality in the 21st Century
David B. Grusky and Jasmine Hill, eds.
Interrogating Whiteness and Relinquishing Power
Nicole M. Joseph, Chayla Haynes, and Floyd Cobb, eds.
New Black Man
Mark Anthony Neal
Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White
David R. Roediger
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein
An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence
Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian
Race: The History of an Idea in the West
Ivan Hannaford
Amherst College Library Racial Justice Resource Guide
The Library’s guide focuses on resources for the study of racial justice in the U.S.