MLK Jr. Day and How You Can Observe It

Developed by: Dr. Andrew M. Ibrahim,

Inspired by: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi’s

Self-Care Resources for BIPOC Folks

• Texas Tech University’s library has compiled a list of self-care resources geared specifically for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color who may be experiencing particular stress due to recent events and COVID-19.
• Resources for Practicing Self-Care Right Now – The Idealist. A list of resources specifically for BIPOC folks who work in non-profits or those in helping professions.
• Mental Health Resources for BIPOC – Massachusetts General Hospital. A quick list of resources centered around the importance of mental health while dealing with race-related stressors.
• Mental Health and Healing Resources for BIPOC – University of Oregon. Another quick list centered around the importance of mental health and well-being, but with downloadable toolkit for those seeking healing.
• BIPOC Community Health Toolkit – Mental Health Partners Colorado. A toolkit for resources and important contact info.
• Dr. Deepak Chopra and Kailee Scales, from the Black Lives Matter Global Network, discuss mindfulness and meditation, and how these can help individuals of the black community on their path to healing.
• Self provided these “44  Mental Health Resources for Black People to Survive in this Country.”
• Rest as Reparations: If there is a way to heal from trauma, where does one start? – New York Times

List created by: Victoria Alexander:

Anti-Racist Starter Kit:

• Stamped from the Beginning – Ibram X Kendi
• A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn (There is a “young people’s” version for elementary and middle school readers)
• White Fragility – Robin Diangelo
• So you want to talk about race – Ijeoma Oluo
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
• Me and White Supremcy – Layla F Saad
• Stamped – Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Anti-Racist Intermediate Kit:

• The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America – Anders Walker
• The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
• The Condemnation of Blackness – Khalil Gibran Muhammad
• Dying of Whiteness – Jonathan Metzl
• A Different Mirror – Ronald Takaki
• How to be an AntiRacist – Ibram X Kendi
• How the South Wont the Civil War – Heather Cox Richardson

Anti-Racist Topic Specifics:

• Evicted – Matthew Desmond
• Nobody – Marc Lamont Hill
• Lies My Teacher Told Me – James W Loewen
• Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria – Berver Doniel Tatum, PhD
• The Color of Law – Richard Rothstein
• Blackballed – Darryl Pinkney
• Lies My Teacher Told Me – James W. Loewen

Anti-Racist Lit – Bios, Non-fiction, novels, personal narratives:

• The Warmth of Other Sons – Isabel Wilkerson
• The Fire Next time – James Baldwin
• Malcolm X – Alex Haley
• Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Killing Rage Ending Racism – Bell Hooks
• Becoming – Michelle Obama
• An American By Marriage – Tayari Jones
• A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota –
• The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother – James McBride
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Bryan Stevenson
• The Myth Of Race – Robert Sussman

Anti-Racist Black Feminism Lit:

• How we Get Free – Keeanga-Yamhtta Taylor
• Black Feminits Thought – Patricia Hill Collins
• Ain’t I a Woman Black Women and Feminism – Bell Hooks
• Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay
• Eloquent Rage – Brittney Cooper
• In Search of Our Mothers Gardens – Alice Walker
• Sister Outsider – Audre Lorde
• Women Race & Class – Angela Y Davis
• Assata: An Autobiography – Assata Shakur
• To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe – Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande

Anti Racist Black LGBTQ+ Lit:

• Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
• Zami – Audre Lorde
• Real Life – Brandon Taylor
• Unapologetic A black, queer, and feminist Mandate for Radical Movements – Charlene A Carruthers
• No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies – E. Patrick Johnson
• Since I Laid My Burden Down – Brontez Purnell
• The Other Side of Paradise – Staceyann Chin
• No Ashes in the Fire – Darnell L. Moore
• The Summer We Got Free – Mia McKenzie
• Black Like Me – John Howard Griffin
• Rising Out of Hatred – Eli Saslow
• Black On Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identiy – C. Riley Snorton

• Embrace Race has a lot of great webinars and resources that may be of interest to team members and client families:​
• Children’s Books We Use to Teach Young Kids to be Anti-Racist ​
• Antiracist Resources to use with 6th to 12th graders ​
• Using Books to Engage Young Children in Talk about Race & Justice (webinar) ​
• What is “The Talk” White parents should have with White children? (blog / article) ​
• 16 ways to help children become thoughtful, informed, and BRAVE about race (action guide) ​
• “How do I make sure I’m not raising the next ‘Amy Cooper’?” (webinar) ​
• Addressing Racial Injustice with Young Children (webinar)