LibGuides: Black Lives Matter Movement Resources: Books &amp; Ebooks

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Consider the link below to see a collection, at the Library of Congress website, of historic books on topic.

African American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection
African American Imprints
From Archive.org A great resource for finding historic digitized books, including first-hand accounts of slavery and the black experience in the US
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Includes books such as "Slave life in Georgia" by John Brown,a former slave - or Recollections of the inhabitants, localities, superstitions and Kuklux outrages of the Carolinas"

Resources for Black Folks
"...a space for Black folks to dig into the complexity of Blackness in the U.S". Curated by Dr. Laila McCloud and Mika Karikari.
An Antiracist Reading List | Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.
New York Times
Fiction By Contemporary Black Authors About Navigating White Supremacy
Electronic Literature
Anti-Racist Reading (recommended reading from KCLS)
A staff created list of Digital editions of anti-racism nonfiction. GRC Students have automatic access to KCLS resources. Keep in mind that even digital items may have long wait times due to multiple holds.
Black Lives Matter - Lists | GoodReads
A page of book lists for fiction, non-fictions more on anti-racism, civil rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
A Black Lives Matter Reading List
From BookTable.com
Black Lives Matter Shelf | GoodReads
Recommendations for books on the topic
Black Lives Matter Syllabus
Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List | The New York Public Library