Explore resources available through the library such as books, eBooks, films, articles and more on the topic of anti-racism.

Also on this page, find resources from around the web that AHML librarians have collected such as podcasts, websites and guides.

Anti-Racism Reading and Viewing for Kids (eBooks and Downloads)

Our Youth Services librarians have put together this list of books and films for children and families looking to better understand current events and the history of racism in the United States. We hope these materials serve as a starting point for important conversations about race and social justice with family, friends, and your community.

Anti-Racism Reading for Tweens

Our Youth Services librarians have put together this list of books for youth and their families looking to better understand current events and the history of racism in the United States. We hope these materials serve as a starting point for important conversations about race and social justice with family, friends, and your community.

Anti-Racism Reading and Viewing for Teens

Our Hub staff have put together this list of books and films for teens looking to better understand current events and the history of racism in the United States. We hope these materials serve as a starting point for important conversations about race and social justice with family, friends, and your community.

Anti-Racism Reading For Adults

Our Adult Readers Advisors have put together several lists of books and films to better understand current events and the history of racism in America.

Articles, Podcasts and Websites

AAPIs for Civic Engagement et al - Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit (toolkit)
Act to Change - COVID-19 Resources To Fight Bullying And Hate (website)
African American Policy Forum - Intersectionality Matters! (podcast)
The AntiRacist Table - 30 Day Challenge (website)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism (website)
The Atlantic - "Who Gets to be Afraid in America?" by Ibram X. Kendi (article)
The Atlantic - "How Did We Get Here? 163 years of The Atlantic’s writing on race and racism in America" by Gillian B. White (article)
The Booklist Reader - Reading for Change: Booklist-Recommended Antiracism Titles for All Ages (booklist)
BestColleges - Free Online Courses on Race, Racism, and Racial Justice (courses)
Fireflies Unite - Fireflies Unite (podcast)
The Guardian - "'Black and Asian unity': attacks on elders spark reckoning with racism's roots" by Vivian Ho and Abené Clayton (article)
Harvard University - Racial Bias Test (test)
National Museum of African American History and Culture - Talking About Race (website)
NBC - "Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community" by Kate Lý Johnston (article)
NPR - Code Switch (podcast)
The New York Times - 1619 (podcast)
The New York Times - The 1619 Project (article series)
The New York Time - "Anti-Asian Racism Isn’t New" by Qian Julie Wang
The New York Times - "What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America" by Anne Anlin Cheng (article)
Race Forward - Momentum (podcast)
Scene On Radio - Seeing White (podcast)
The Seattle Times - "Attacks on Asian Americans demand new solutions" by Naomi Ishisaka (article)
They Call Us Bruce - They Call Us Bruce (podcast)

Resources for Parents

Black Lives Matter: Instructional Library - Readalouds of Kids Picture Books (website and video)
Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion (eAudiobook)
Common Sense Media - How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids (article)
Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (eBook and eAudiobook)
National Museum of African American History and Culture - Talking About Race (website)
NPR - Talking Race with Young Children (podcast)
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children (eBook and eAudiobook)
Parent Toolkit - How to Talk to Kids About Race and Racism (website)
PBS - Teaching Your Child About Black History Month (article)
Saint Paul Public Schools - George Floyd Social Story (PDF)

Library and Community Resources

The following is a list of databases that will lead to articles, books, videos and news items on each of these topics:

AAPI - EBSCO Explora | Gale in Context: High School | Summon

Anti-Racism - EBSCO Explora | Gale in Context: High School | Summon

Black Lives Matter - EBSCO Explora | Gale in Context: High School | Summon

Police Brutality - EBSCO Explora | Gale in Context: High School | Special Reports (Newsbank) | Summon

Recorded library programs of interest on the library's YouTube channel:

Film Discussion and Q&A with Frances Causey, Director of The Long Shadow - The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white privilege. Causey places this in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.

Redlined - Author, educator and archivist Linda Gartz's award-winning book, Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago, connects the dots between today’s racial profiling and inequities to the government policy of redlining.

The Language of Empathy: A Conversation with Artist James Bowey - Photographer James Bowey discusses his unique approach to storytelling as a means of awakening empathy and deepening human connection. A conversation with the artist, recorded from a livestream of a virtual program presented by the library on May 1, 2020. The event was inspired by James Bowey's documentary photo exhibit, When Home Won't Let You Stay: Stories of Refugees in America, presented earlier this year at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

Community Resources:

Arab American Action Network

Asian Health Coalition

Asian Human Services

Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM) Collective

Black Lives Matter Chicago

Black Mental Health Alliance

Center for Antiracist Research

Chicago Community Trust

Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism (Chicago ROAR)

Enrich Chicago

Equal Justice Initiative