Racial Justice Resources

Are you looking for ways to learn more about racial justice? The Prince of Peace leadership recommends these resources to help you learn about and fight racism with grace, gentleness and persistence. Let’s put our faith into action as we listen, learn and actively engage in anti-racism.

Podcasts

• Dr. Dwight Radcliff on Black Pain (Fuller Theo. Seminary Podcast)
• Speaking of Racism
• Black Like Me with Dr. Alex Gee
• Scene On Radio series: Seeing White

Books

• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You – Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – 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
• A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota – Sun Yung Shin
• Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Killing Rage: Ending Racism – Bell Hooks
• America’s Original Sin – Jim Wallis

Children’s Book

• Something Happened in Our Town – Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin – also on YouTube

Articles/Blogs

• First, Listen. Then, Learn: Anti Racism Resources for White People – Forbes
• How To Work With Your Own Privilege – Dr. Yvette Erasmus
• Black Rage in an Anti-Black world is a Spiritual Virtue – Sorjourners
• One Murder of Many: Subverting White Privilege to Save Black Lives – Sorjourners

Websites

• National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race – Smithsonian
• Resources for Children to Talk About Racism – Colorful Pages
• 158 Resources to Understand Racism in America – Smithsonian Magazine

Films/Videos

• Proverbs 8: A Sermon in Verse (11 minutes) – Sojourners
• Uncomfortable Conversation With A Black Man – video series with Emmanuel Acho
• Just Mercy – full length film streaming free in June 2020 on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon
• 13th – full length film examining the US prison system on Netflix and also on YouTube for free

These are just a few of the many resources that address the issue of racial justice. Please let us know in the comments if there are other resources you have found helpful.