Research Guides: SBCC Reads : 2018 Reads

About the Book

When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullor and asha bandele
Call Number: 323.092 K45w 2018
Publication Date: 2018
"When They Call You a Terrorist is Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable...Championing human rights in the face of violent racism, Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power, giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country—and the world—that Black Lives Matter” (from the publisher).

"When They Call You a Terrorist is Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable...Championing human rights in the face of violent racism, Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power, giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country—and the world—that Black Lives Matter” (from the publisher).

Read an excerpt or watch the following trailer about the book:

About the Authors

Patrisse Khan-Cullors

“Patrisse Khan-Cullors is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Cofounder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, popular public speaker, and the 2017 Sydney Peace Prize recipient” (from the publisher).

Review Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ website

Watch to her C-SPAN interview

asha bandele

asha bandele is the award-winning author of The Prisoner’s Wife and several other works. Honored for her work in journalism and activism, asha is a mother, a former senior editor at Essence and a senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance” (from the publisher).

Leonardo Dorantes Memorial Lecture

November 15, 2018

Come hear a free reading and lecture by author Patrisse Khan-Cullors. You can even get your book signed! No tickets needed; seats are on a first-come, first-served basis. The event will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 12:45pm in the Garvin Theatre at SBCC as the 2018-2019 Annual Leonardo Dorantes Memorial Lecture.

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Black Lives, Black Words by Reginald Edmund
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
Over sixty Black writers from the UK, USA, and Canada have each written a short play to address Black issues today.
The Making of Black Lives Matter by Christopher J. Lebron
Call Number: 305.896073 L453m 2017
Publication Date: 2017
As Lebron states, police body cameras, or even the exhortation for civil rights mean nothing in the absence of equality and dignity. To upset dominant practices of abuse, oppression and disregard, we must reach instead for radical sensibility. Radical sensibility requires that we become cognizant of the history of black thought and activism in order to make sense of the emotions, demands, and argument of present-day activists and public thinkers. Only in this way can we truly embrace and pursue the idea of racial progress in America.
Rest in Power by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin
Call Number: 305.896073 F974r
Publication Date: 2017
Who was Trayvon Martin before he became, in death, an icon? And how did one black child's death on a dark street in a small Florida suburb become the match that lit a movement? Rest in Power, told through the alternating narratives of his parents, answers those questions from the most intimate sources.
Our Black Sons Matter by Davidson Hadle Yancy, et al.
Call Number: 305.242 Y21o 2016
Publication Date: 2016
A powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today.

Black Lives Matter Is Not a Hate Group (July 19, 2016): Commentary on Time.com by Southern Poverty Law Center President J. Richard Cohen

Black Lives Matter Is Not a Terrorist Organisation (Aug. 9, 2018): The Economist interview with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza

Opinion: The F.B.I.’s Dangerous Crackdown on ‘Black Identity Extremists’ (Nov. 15, 2017): New York Times op-ed by law professors Khaled A. Beydoun and Justin Hansford

The FBI’s New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity Extremists’ (Oct. 6, 2017): Foreign Policy (FP) report by investigative journalist Jana Winter and Sharon Weinberger

White House Responds to Petition to Label Black Lives Matter a "Terror" Group (July 17, 2016): CBS News story about the Obama White House's response to the petition

Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America by George Yancy
Call Number: 305.800973 Y21b
Publication Date: 2018
When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled "Dear White America" asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response. The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible--including death threats--and supporters rallying to his side. Despite the rhetoric of a "post-race" America, Yancy quickly discovered that racism is still alive, crude, and vicious in its expression.
So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Call Number: 305.800973 O52s 2018
Publication Date: 2018
An actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. Oluo explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans, and answers the questions readers don't dare ask, like 'What is cultural appropriation?' 'Why do I keep being told to check my privilege?' and 'If I don't support affirmative action, does that make me racist?'
Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Call Number: 305.800973 B715r
Publication Date: 2017
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for--and ultimately justify--racial inequalities.
Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Call Number: 305.800973 L886r
Publication Date: 2017
Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a black woman in America. Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color.

Signs of Resistance by Bonnie Siegler
Call Number: 322.44 S571s 2018
Publication Date: 2018
In hundreds of iconic, smart, angry, clever, unforgettable images, Signs of Resistance chronicles what truly makes America great: citizens unafraid of speaking truth to power. Two hundred and forty images--from British rule and women's suffrage to the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War; from women's equality and Black Lives Matter to the actions of our forty-fifth president and the Women's March--offer an inspiring, optimistic, and visually galvanizing history lesson about the power people have when they take to the streets and stand up for what's right.
Necessary Trouble by Sarah Jaffe
Call Number: 303.484 J237n 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake American politics. We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political turmoil and social activism. Over the last few years, we've seen the growth of the Tea Party, a twenty-first-century black freedom struggle with BlackLivesMatter, Occupy Wall Street, and the grassroots networks supporting presidential candidates in defiance of the traditional party elites. Sarah Jaffe leads readers into the heart of these movements, explaining what has made ordinary Americans become activists.
Rethinking American Women's Activism by Annelise Orleck
Call Number: 320.082 O71r 2015
Publication Date: 2014
In this enthralling narrative, Annelise Orleck chronicles the history of the American women's movement from the nineteenth century to the present.