Black Lives Matter

Whether picked up curbside at your local public library, borrowed from a friend, or ordered from Ampersand Books, selected titles are intended as a starting point in anti-racism education only.

Please check back for updates, as this booklist continually grows with new and forthcoming titles. If you have suggestions you'd like to add, you can email Clara at ampersand@wab.org to add to our catalog of recommendations, as together we commit ourselves to the core truth that Black Lives Matter.

5% of sales generated by Ampersand’s Essential Reading: Black Lives Matter is helping build the Readings on Justice collection at Rochester’s Arnett Branch Library. To date, over $400 has been raised and donated. You are encouraged to contribute and help grow the fund (select “Other” and write “Arnett Library” in the tribute field).