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.
10% 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 $600 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).
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Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch (Hardcover)
Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond (Paperback)
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (Paperback)
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Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland (Paperback)
Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women (Paperback)
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Understanding and Combating Racism: My Path from Oblivious American to Evolving Activist (Paperback)
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