The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James H Cone (Orbis, 2011)
At Canaan’s Edge
Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, 2007)
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Anne Moody (Dell, 1992)
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith (Oxford UP, 2000)
Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
Miroslav Volf (Abingdon, 1996)
Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All
Lisa Sharon Harper
Freedom's Daughters
Lynne Olson (Scribner, 2002)
Hands on the Freedom Plow
Faith S. Holsaert (University of Illinois Press, 2012)
Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman (Beacon, 1976)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau, 2014)
A movie based on the book is also available. Watch trailer
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander (New Press, 2012)
Parting the Waters
Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, 1989)
Pillar of Fire
Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, 1999)
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
Soong-Chan Rah (IVP, 2015)
Race and Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation
David Leong (IVP, 2017)
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Esau McCaulley
Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing
Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice (IVP, 2008)
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
Dominique DuBois Gilliard
Tribe: Why Do All Our Friends Look Just Like Us?
Sandra Unger (Fortress Press, 2020)
Voices of Freedom
Henry Hampton, Steve Fayer (Bantam, 1991)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo (Beacon, 2018)
