Today marks the 10th day following the brutal, senseless murder of George Floyd. His and the other recent murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and far too many others in the last decade, amplify the pervasive and ubiquitous problems Black people face daily due to structural racism and inequality in our country. Owing to the fact that this campus was borne out of similar struggles related to Blacks, with the Watts Rebellion, as well as our campus’ deep roots in social justice and equity, we feel it appropriate and compelling for us to do what libraries do: inform and educate by identifying works that illuminate and elevate the dilemmas and solutions around racism, equality, white privilege, the Black experience, anti-racism and other relevant intersections.
--Dr. Stephanie Sterling Brasley, Dean of University Library, June 4, 2020
Note: Some of these books may allow for an unlimited number of CSUDH users to access at the same time, others may have limited licenses.
The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference by 
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by 
You're Dead--So What? Media, Police, and the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Homicide. by 
Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy by 
Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles by 
The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class by 
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores by 
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by 
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century by 
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by 
We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America by 
Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships across Race by 
The Counter-Revolution Of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America by 
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem by 
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by 
L. A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present by 
I Am Not Your Negro by 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by 
Stonewall Uprising by 
White Fragility: Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. by 
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by 
Law Enforcement in the Age of Black Lives Matter: Policing Black and Brown Bodies by 
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know by 
Blackhood Against the Police Power: Punishment and Disavowal in the "post-racial" Era by 
