Center for Antiracist Research Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Our 3rd Annual National Antiracist Book Festival speaker Nikole Hannah-Jones (@nhannahjones) was recently a guest on @guidetoglo's podcast @wellreadblkgirl, talking about her writing process and preparation for publishing The 1619 Project. Listen at https://t.co/FJyDmkNr9t https://t.co/QOL2Fx36jD

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Ijeoma Oluo (@ijeomaoluo) is the @nytimesbooks & @WSJbooks bestselling author of “So You Want To Talk About Race” (2018) and “Mediocre” (2020). She was named to the 2021 #TIME100Next list and has twice been named to @TheRoot 100. https://t.co/Px5l8go8x9

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Join Sunny Hostin (@sunny), author of I AM THESE TRUTHS: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds, along with Maria Hinojosa (@Maria_Hinojosa), author of ONCE I WAS YOU: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America, for a conversation On Memoir. #antiracistbookfest https://t.co/S5u5B4abyP

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Esther Armah (@estherarmah) is an international journalist, playwright, radio host, and political commentator. She is the Executive Director of @TheAIEJ1, a global institute implementing ‘Emotional Justice,’ a visionary roadmap Armah created for racial healing. #400Souls #BHM https://t.co/FDE5kVhkej

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On his book Hell of a Book: A Novel, @JasonMott says “Men don’t know what to do with a woman who is being fully who she is.” Whew. #AntiracistBookFest #OnDoubleConsciousness

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"With a title like Me and White Supremacy, I feel like I had no choice but to be frank. It's so important to name the thing and look at it directly. Otherwise we're treating the symptoms and not getting to the cause, the root." -- Layla F. Saad #AntiracistBookfest #OnDoingtheWork

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"The history of Black America has been almost spiritual. Striving to survive the death that is racism. Living through death like spirits. Forging a soulful history. A history full of souls." Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram), Four Hundred Souls