Resources for Singers & Families
At BCC we are continuing to learn and self-examine. Below is a list of resources on anti-racism and equity for different age groups. This is not an exhaustive list, but a living list that is always evolving and changing as we strive to learn more. (Updated: April 7, 2021)
Read
Elementary School
Remember: The Journey to School Integration, by Toni Morrison
Ways to Make Sunshine, by Renée Watson
Ambitious Girl, by Meena Harris
One Last Word, by Nikki Grimes
That is My Dream!, by Langston Hughes
We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom*
When We Are Kind, by Monique Gray Smith*
Middle School
As Brave As You, by Jason Reynolds
Some Places More Than Others, by Renée Watson
Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jaqueline Woodson
How High the Moon, by Karyn Parsons
Stella by Starlight, by Sharon Draper
The Reluctant Storyteller, by Art Coulson*
Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Story, by Andrea L. Rogers*
High School
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
I Will See You Again, by Lisa Boivin*
Apple (Skin to the Core), by Eric Gansworth*
*= These titles came from American Indians in Children's Literature's "Best Books of 2020" list
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Listen
Parents of Young Children
Talking Race with Young Children (NPR Life Kit Podcast, Sesame Workshop)
How White Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Race (NPR Life Kit Podcast)
What to Say to Kids When the News is Scary (NPR Life Kit Podcast)
Young Adults+
Floodlines (The Atlantic)
1619 (New York Times)
Nice White Parents (New York Times & Serial)
Watch
Children
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Netflix)
“Talking Gets Us There” (Amanda Gorman, PBS Kids)
Young Adults+
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay, Netflix)
Loving (Jeff Nichols, Netflix)
The danger of a single story (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED Talk)
The path to ending systemic racism in the US (Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero, TED Talk)
