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Talking About Race and Racism

The following are books that can help teens understand and navigate conversations around race, racism, and anti-racism.

Nonfiction

Cover of the book Stamped, with red stripes behind the title and a silloutte of a Black person

Stamped: racism, antiracism, and you

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Cover of Rise Up, pictures of young people protesting

Rise Up!: how you can join the fight against White supremacy

Crystal M. Fleming

Cover of We Are Not Yet Equal, a profiles of a white person and black person across from each other

We Are Not Yet Equal: understanding our racial divide

Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden

Cover of Born a Crime, picture of Trevor Noah painted on a wall beneath the title

Trevor Noah: Born a Crime

Trevor Noah

Book is the Anti-Racist, colorful abstract people around the title

This Book is Anti-Racist

Tiffany Jewell; illustrator Aurélia Durand

Fiction

Cover of the Hate U Give, a Black teen holding a sign that days Hate U Give

Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Weight of Blood, a girl in a crown covered in blood

The Weight of Blood

Tiffany D. Jackson

Cover of Black Enough, a Black girl and boy looking opposite each other

Black Enough: stories of being young & black in America

edited by Ibi Zoboi

Cover of Dear Martin, a Black boy standing in profile

Dear Martin

Nic Stone

Cover of All American Boys, a teen boy with his hands over his head

All American Boys

Jason Reynolds

Learn More Online

  • Black Lives Matter: DC Chapter - Learn about local efforts in the Black Lives Matter movement
  • Black Youth Project (BYP100) - BYP100 current campaign is "She Safe, We Safe", advocating for the safety and rights of Black female and non-binary women
  • NAACP Youth Programs - Learn about educational opportunities through the NAACP. Join your local high school chapter.
  • RISE DC - Information on Bystander Intervention training for youth and educators.
  • We Need Diverse Books - A nonprofit that advocates for more diversity and representation in children and young adult books

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