Racial Issues Reading List for Kids
A list for those who would like to learn more about the history and experiences of People of Color in America.
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” – Thurgood Marshall
Fiction
Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
The Night Is Yours by Abdul-Razak Zachariah
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Nonfiction
A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. by Kadir Nelson
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson
