The following books are available to borrow from McKendree UMC.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD. In this book the author argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race: Beverly Daniel Tatum: 9780465083619: Amazon.com: Books
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho. This book is an essential guide to the conversations we should all be having to increase our understanding and join the anti-racist fight. Nothing is off the table. https://uncomfortableconvos.com/
Under Our Skin: Getting Real About Race by Benjamin Watson. Part memoir and part social commentary, this book offers an honest look at both sides of the race debate. We all feel angry, offended, sad and confused. But this is also true: we can be encouraged. https://www.amazon.com/Under-Our-Skin-Getting-Frustrations/dp/149641330X
His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham. An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. Congress John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950's to the present. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/his-truth-is-marching-on-jon-meacham/1137044992
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. This book give us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system. https://www.isabelwilkerson.com/
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois. It is only through the elimination of the color line that African Americans can realize their full individual and cultural promise, and that America can realize the promise set out in the Declaration of Independence. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/408/408-h/408-h.htm
Don’t Do Anything Stupid: A White Man’s Guide to Racial Harmony by John Covington. Do you ever wonder what you can do as a white person to help stop racism? Yet at the same time, you cringe at the term “white privilege.” Read this book to find out how this is a mental and spiritual trap. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dont-do-anything-stupid-john-covington/1138089111
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby. The author takes readers back to the roots of sustained racism and injustice in the American church and concludes with suggested ways to foster a more equitable and inclusive environment among God’s people. https://jemartisby.com/books/the-color-of-compromise#retailers
Martin Luther King, Jr. On Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times by Donald T. Phillips. Do you have a dream? Find out how Martin Luther King, Jr. became the right leader for his time – and you can too. https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Leadership/dp/0446523674
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson. In this modern classic of narrative nonfiction, three young people set out on a perilous journey out of the Jim Crow South to the North and West in search of what the novelist Richard Wright called "the warmth of other suns." http://warmth.isabelwilkerson.com/
Holding Up Your Corner: Talking about Race in Your Community by F. Willis Johnson. This book prompts readers to observe, identify and name the complex causes of violence and hatred in the reader’s particular community, including racial prejudice, entrenched poverty and exploitation, segregation, the loss of local education and employment, the ravages of addiction, and so on. https://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9781501837593/