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Racial Justice and Anti-Racism 
Resources for Adults


Articles
  • “158 Resources to Understand Racism in America” in Smithsonian Magazine
  • “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic ​
  • “Resources for Racial Justice in the Hudson Valley” in The Chronogram

Podcasts
  • NYT: 1619 Project
  • NPR: Code Switch
  • Intersectionality Matters!
  • Minority Korner
  • FANTI
  • Irresistible [fka Healing Justice]
  • Seeing White​

Documentaries / TV / Movies
I Am Not Your Negro cover
Available on Hoopla
Crown Heights cover
Available on Hoopla
The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross DVD Cover
DVD
Click here for a print list of the books & A/V materials in this guide.

Organizations supporting racial & structural equality:

  • NAACP
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Movement for Black Lives
  • Color of Change

Fiction
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Click here for a list of the books & A/V materials in this guide.
Nonfiction
The New Jim Crow cover
Between the World and Me cover
Stony the Road cover
Stamped from the Beginning cover
How We Fight White Supremacy cover
So You Want To Talk About Race cover
Me and White Supremacy Cover
How to be an Antiracist cover
White Fragility cover
Audiobook
Click here for a list of the books & A/V materials in this guide

Memoirs
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More Reading Resources: Ebooks, Booklists, etc.
  • Reading for Racial Justice 
    (University of Minnesota) – To promote understanding and action for change, the University of Minnesota Press has made a collection of anti-racist ebooks available to read online for free through August 31.
  • Antiracism: A Starter Booklist (LibraryJournal)– 11 titles, a mix of history, social science, and memoir, that offer facts and reflections on systemic racial injustice as well as ways to channel feeling into action.
  • ​African American Literature - booklist compiled by NFPL Librarian Richard
  • ​Teen Books on Racism and Race Relations booklist compiled by NFPL Librarian Richard

​Videos, websites, ebooks, booklists      
  • Resources on Race (Saint Paul Public Library) – Books, poems, articles, films, blog posts, and other resources exploring race in the United States.
  • Colorlines daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation.

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Hours and Contact Information

Main Library
​1425 Main Street 

Hours:
Monday:        9am - 9pm
Tuesday:        9am - 9pm
Wednesday:  9am - 9pm
Thursday:     9am - 5pm
Friday:           9am - 5pm
Saturday:      9am - 5pm
Sunday: Closed
​716-286-4894


​Email: 
nflref@nioga.org

Local History Dept.
1425 Main Street

Hours:
Monday: 5pm - 8pm
Tuesday: 9am - 4pm
Wednesday: 1pm - 4pm
Thursday: 9am - 4pm
Contact us:
Email: NFLH@nioga.org

*Requests for items from archives must be submitted 2 business days in advance. 

LaSalle Library
8728 Buffalo Avenue

Hours: 
Monday:        10am - 8pm
Tuesday:        10am - 8pm
Wednesday:  Closed
Thursday:     10am - 5pm
Friday:           12pm - 5pm
Saturday:      Closed
​Sunday:        Closed
​716-283-8309

Our Memberships

American Library Assocation
New York Library Association
Public Library Association
Nioga Library System
American Association for State and Local History
Western New York Library Resources Council
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