During times of chaos and crisis, the library is a place where we can seek knowledge and where we can engage in critical conversations. Visit the links below and join us in an exploration of race relations and social justice.
Ohio Digital Library eBooks:
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- The Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernandez
- Driving While Black by Gretchen Sorin
- Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America by Sheryl Cashin
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin
- Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
Ohio Digital Library Audiobooks:
- The Compton Cowboys by Walter Thomson-Hernandez
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Hoopla's Talking to Kids About Race Collection
Hoopla's Conversations About Race Collection for Adults
Hoopla eBooks
- Choke Hold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
- El Color de la Justicia por Michelle Alexander
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law by Sherrilyn Ifill et al.
- Pushout by Monique W. Morris
Hoopla Audiobooks
- Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin
- Pushout by Monique W. Morris
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jenkins
Hoopla Videos
- Movies on Race for Adults Collection
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (PBS Series)
- I Am Not Your Negro
Graphic Novels
- The Case For Loving by Selina Alko
Podcasts
- 1619 from The New York Times
- American Police from NPR's Throughline
- Floodlines from The Atlantic
Other Resources
- The COVID Racial Data Tracker
- How to Talk With Kids About Racism and Racial Violence
- Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- Racial Equity Tools
Further Reading Lists