Student Diversity Resources: Reads & Listens
We’ve found these books and podcasts to be helpful to us educating and promoting the understanding of the lives of those who search for equality in our society. Education is the first step toward helping those who need to be heard. We encourage you to learn more about these resources to determine what might interest you and your child.
Elementary School Reads
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street)
Teach Your Dragon About Diversity, by Steven Herman
Middle School & Beyond Reads
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Race Relations: The Struggle for Equality in America (Inquire & Investigate), by Barbara Diggs
"I Will Not Be Erased": Our stories about growing up as people of colour, by gal-dem
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Piecing Me Together, by Renée Watson
Parent & Teacher Reads
Listens
Okay, Now Listen, hosted by Scottie Beam and Sylvia Obell
1619 a New York Times Podcast, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones