Resources on Race and Social Justice
This list of resources will continue to grow. Look through them and see what resonates with you. Consider ways of discussing what you learn with others. Let us know if you have recommendations of resources to add.
Articles
- Worship of a False God – An Interview with Bryan Massingale by Regina Munch (Commonweal Magazine)
- Open Letter to a Friend Waking Up to Racism by Ángel Flores Fontánez, SJ (The Jesuit Post)
- A Letter to my White Male Friend of a Certain Age by Dax Devlon-Ross (Third Settlements)
- Smithsonian’s 158 Resources to Understand Racism in America by Meilan Solly (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Aleta Payne: To My White Sisters in Christ (Faith & Leadership)
- Mother Emanuel Five Years Later by Stephanie Hunt (Faith & Leadership)
- Moving the Needle of Racial Justice Is Exhausting, Vital, Ongoing Work by Kylon Middleton (Faith & Leadership)
- 21-Day Equity Challenge Explore each topic by clicking on the day in the calendar.
Books
- Race and the Cosmos by Barbara Holmes
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S. by Lenny Duncan
- Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by Bishop Michael Curry
- Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Films
Podcasts
ELCA Resources
- Race, Ethnicity and Culture Social Statement
- Race, Ethnicity and Culture Social Statement Introduction
- ELCA Racial Justice Working Definitions
- ELCA Racial Justice Blog Signup to receive updates
- Sign the ELCA Anti-Racism Pledge and commit yourself to becoming an anti-racist individual in an anti-racist church.