Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Putting a price on Indigenous lives: A review of The Business of Killing Indians. By Jeffrey L. Johnson / The Christian Century
Four Histories of Race in America. By Namara Smith / The New Yorker
“If Emmett Till Lived”: Cultural Historian Sarah Lewis on New Book/Exhibit, Visit to Mississippi. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
WATCH: ‘If you erase it, we will replace it,’ Rep. Mfume says of Black history at Smithsonian museums. By Maria Ramirez Uribe / PBS
Children’s books about Black people’s everyday, joyful lives are sometimes banned – but they help all kids explore what it means to be human. By Wintre Foxworth Johnson et.al / The Conversation
Race Scholar Says Scrutiny of Prize-Winning Book Is Racially Motivated. By Jamaal Abdul-Alim / Eduledger
Black Women’s Criminalization, Sexual Exploitation, and Dehumanization. By Tracey Johnson / AAIHS
You’ll Have to Read Quincy Jones’s Autobiography to Believe It. By Hadley Hall Meares / Vanity Fair
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Obama’s Legacy in a Trump World. By Tim Miller / The Bulwark
New book explores America’s history of celebrating freedom while excluding millions. By Geoff Bennett and Jonah Anderson
UN chief blames global indifference for Haiti crisis. By Aljazeera
Bryan Stevenson on Confronting America’s Legacy of Slavery. By Reveal / Mother Jones
Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy. By C.J. Polychroniou / Truthout
We Need to Talk About Black Women and Uterine Cancer. By Ariana Coghill / Mother Jones
Memphis defined American music. How did it miss out on the money? By Chris Jennings / USA Today
A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act. Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The overlooked history of Asian Americans and the struggle for belonging. By Judy Woodruff and Sarah Clune Hartman / PBS
How Racism Is Destroying America. By Michael Ignatieff / NYT
WATCH: Pope Leo’s historic and poignant trip to Africa. By ABC News
The Hidden Health Inequality Facing Even the Wealthiest Black Mothers. By Nina Martin / Mother Jones
How the Iran ceasefire could impact the U.S. economy. By CBS
Watch “Prof Doesn’t Know Black Student Is Math Prodigy — Sets ‘Impossible’ Equation to Mock Him, Regrets It” on YouTube. By BEAT Stories
The Black Veteran Who Desegregated Interstate Buses. By Chastity Hale / Mother Jones
Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs review – the relationships that drove a genius. By Ralph Webb / The Guardian
‘In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering. By Steve Rose / The Guardian
Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read in April 2026. By Angela Johnson / The Root
