ODU Libraries offer diverse perspectives on the history of racial injustice, racial divide, and anti-racism activism across the United States through a curated list of books and other materials - compiled from the Libraries' available resources. ODU Libraries thank faculty members and others for their expertise and suggestions in forming this list designed to serve the Monarch community.

by Michelle Alexander

by Greg Jobin-Leeds

by Safiya Umoja Noble

by Maya Schenwar, etc.

The Art of Protest: Culture and activism from the civil rights movement to the streets of Seattle by T.V. Reed

by J. Douglass Smith

by Kimberle Crenshaw

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

by Robin DiAngelo

by Catherine R. Squires

by Ruha Benjamin

by Andrew G. Ferguson

by Laird W. Bergad

by Harry V. Jaffa

by Harry V. Jaffa

by Mark Smith & Robert Paquette

by Frank Tannenbaum

by Shelby Steele

by Alicia Garza, Social Activist & Co-Creator Of The Viral Twitter Hashtag And Movement #BlackLivesMatter

by Ronald W. Walters

by Michael L. Clemons, Donathan L. Brown, and William H. L. Dorsey

by Robert C. Smith

by Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr.