Revised May 9, 2019
Recently published
“Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir” by Patrisse Khan-Cullors. This book is published by St. Martins Press. George Witte, a member of USR,
is the editor. Note: The committee is working with George to have the author come to USR.
“An African American and Latinx History of the United States, ReVisioning American History” by Paul Ortiz.
“White Nigger: The Struggles and Triumphs of Growing Up Bi-Racial in America” by Jason Bost
Books we’ve discussed
“Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race” by Debby Irving (who also presented an evening at USR Spring 2017)
“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson
“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander
“White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo, published by Beacon Press (UU) (subject of a
service May 5, 2019)
Books the committee and other USR members have read and recommend
“Dismantling the Racism Machine” by Karen Gaffney
“White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson.
“Give Us The Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America” by Ari Berman
“The Color of Law”: A Forgotten History of How Our Government
“Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein
“The Third Reconstruction” by William Barber
“When Affirmative Action Was White” by Ira Katznelson
“Birth of a White Nation, The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today” by Jacqueline Battalora
“The Selma Awakening: How the Civil Rights Movement Tested and Changed UnitarianUniversalism: by Mark Morrison-Reed (a UU minister)
“Hidden Figures” by Margo Lee Shetterly (also a film of the same name)
UU Common Read 2-16-17:
“Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry” edited by Mitra Rahnema and “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning and Connection for the America We Want” by Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen
“In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby” by Mark Morrison-Reed
“We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation” by Keeanga-Yamahta Taylor
Television
“Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” 2 segments aired on PBS April 2019
For Youth
Book: “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult
An MTV program: “White People”
Articles
“The First White President” by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic magazine Oct. 2017
“The Black Hole in the UU Psyche” Fall 2017 UU World
Recent films
“Hidden Figures”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Get Out”
“Mudbound” (Academy Award nominee)
“13th”
“Black Panther”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Green Book”
