BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
B O O K S
HOW AFRICA SHAPED THE CHRISTIAN MIND: REDISCOVERING THE AFRICAN SEEDBED OF WESTERN CHRISTIANITY by Thomas C. ODEN
Oneness Embraced: RECONCILIATION, THE KINGDOM, AND HOW WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER by Tony Evans
THE CROSS SHAPED GOSPEL by Byran Loritts
BLOODLINES by John Piper
THE BURNING: MASSACRE, DESTRUCTION, AND THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921 by Tim Madigan
FREE AT LAST?: THE GOSPEL IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE by Carl Ellis, Jr.
INSIDER OUTSIDER: MY JOURNEY AS A STRANGER IN WHITE EVANGELICALISM AND MY HOPE FOR US ALL by Brian Loritts
THE COLOR OF COMPROMISE by Jemar Tisby
LETTERS TO A BIRMINGHAM JAIL by Martin Luther King, Jr.
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson
GEORGE LIELE’S LIFE AND LEGACY: AN UNSUNG HERO (First American Missionary) by David T. Shannon, Sr.
THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER by Silvio Bedini
NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS by Frederick Douglass
MAY WE MEET IN THE HEAVENLY WORLD: THE PIETY OF LEMUEL HAYNES by Thabiti Anyabwile
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson
WASHINGTON BLACK by Esi Edugyan
WOKE CHURCH by Eric Mason
ONE RACE, ONE BLOOD by Ken Ham & A. Charles Ware
JOSEPH: THE GOSPEL OF MANY COLORS by Voddie Baucham Jr.
A MULTITUDE OF ALL PEOPLES: ENGAGING ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY’S GLOBAL IDENTITY by Vince L Bantu
BUILDING A MULTI-ETHNIC CHURCH: A GOSPEL VISION OF GRACE, LOVE, AND RECONCILIATION IN A DIVIDED WORLD by Derwin Gray
CHURCH DIVERSITY by Scott Williams
I AIN’T COMING BACK by Dolphus Weary
C H I L D R E N ‘ S B O O K S
BLACK SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR by Rick Beard
BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis
D IS FOR DRINKING GOURD by Nancy Sanders
FROM SLAVE SHIP TO FREEDOM ROAD by Julius Lester and Rod Brown
GRANDDADDY’S GIFT by Margaree King Mitchell
GOD MADE ME AND YOU by Shai Linne
GOD’S VERY GOOD IDEA by Trillia Newbell
I AM HARRIET TUBMAN by Brad Meltzer
JANUARY’S SPARROW by Patricia Polacco
JUNETEENTH FOR MAZIE by Floyd Cooper
THE LORD’S PRAYER by Tim Ladwig
MARCH, BOOKS 1-3 by John Lewis, Andrew Adyin, and Nate Powell
PSALM 23 .by Tim Ladwig
POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE by Langston Hughes
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor
SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN by Andrea Davis Pinkney
THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES by Robert Coles
TEAMMATES by Peter Golenbock
THE WATCHER by Nikki Grimes
WE MARCH by Shane W. Evans
WHEN GOD MADE YOU by Matthew Paul Turner
YOU SHOULD MEET KATHERINE JOHNSON by Thea Feldman
THE YOUNGEST MARCHER by Cynthia Levinson
F I L M S
JUST MERCY
RACE (2016 film about Jesse Owens)
HARRIET TUBMAN
THE BEST OF ENEMIES
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GLORY ROAD
THE GREAT DEBATERS
MISS EVER’S’ BOYS
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
R E M E M B E R T H E T I T A N S
RUBY BRIDGES
SELMA
T O U R S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER (1520 N Hartford Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106)
GREENWOOD CULTURAL CENTER (322 N. Greenwood Ave Tulsa, OK 74120)
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RECONCILIATION PARK (290 N. Elgin Ave. Tulsa, OK 74120)
NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM (450 Mulberry St, Memphis, TN 38103)
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE (1400 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560)
PREACHERS AND TEACHERS
Thabiti Anyabwile
John Onwuchekwa
Justin Giboney
H.B. Charles, Jr.
Jackie Hill Perry
Christina Edmondson
Trilla Newbell
Mika Edmondson
John Perkins
Carl Ellis, Jr.
Bobby Scott
Eric Mason
Ekemini Uwan
Louis C. Love, Jr.
Tony Carter
Tony Carter
Tony Evans
Anthony Bradley
Vince L Bantu
Derwin Gray
Walter McCray
Lisa Fields
Latasha Morrison
Deidra Riggs
Leonce B Crump Jr
Scott Williams
Dolphus Weary
Tripp Lee
Lecrae Moore
KB “Kevin Burgess”
Dr, E. V. Hill
We hope these resources will challenge and enrich you, but we do encourage the use of your conscience as you decide which resources to engage.