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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates is an important voice.
Here is a small selection of ideas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_World_and_Me
Between the World and Me is a 2015 nonfiction book written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Spiegel & Grau. It is written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States.
The Water Dancer is a 2019 novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
The novel debuted at number one on The New York Times fiction best-seller list and was selected for the revival of Oprah's Book Club.
Articles:
Five Books to Make You Less Stupid About the Civil War
Author and scholar Dr. Cornel West:
- Race Matters
- The Rich and the Rest of Us (with Tavis Smiley)
http://www.cornelwest.com/books.html#.XtbB6C17EWo
Author James Baldwin:
Read anything and everything by Mr. Baldwin.
Start here:
The Fire Next Time is a 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin. It contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down At The Cross — Letter from a Region of My Mind".
The first essay, written in the form of a letter to Baldwin's 14-year-old nephew, discusses the central role of race in American history. The second essay deals with the relations between race and religion, focusing in particular on Baldwin's experiences with the Christian church as a youth, as well as the Islamic ideas of others in Harlem.
Read the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King. Begin with “Letter from A Birmingham Jail.”
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
10 books suggested by Esquire Magazine:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g32733124/best-books-on-anti-racism/
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