Racial Reconciliation and Awareness Resources
Below is a list of resources that was recommended by other foster and adoptive parents.
books for adults
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black and White: Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time by John Hambrick and Teesha Hadra
How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
books for children
A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
ColorFull by Dorena Williamson
Colors of Us by Karen Katz
Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
I Am Martin Luther King Jr by Brad Meltzer
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashita Harrison
My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Martin Luther King, III
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to my Daughters by Barack Obama
Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue
books for teens
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega
Just Mercy (Young Readers’ Adaptation) by Bryan Stevenson
Shuri by Nic Stone
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Other Resources
Birds on a Wire is a ministry to encourage and equip moms and they have put together an extensive list of resources for moms.