Resources for Racial Justice
Articles/reports
Frederick Douglass, The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro , July 5th, 1852
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Letter From Birmingham Jail
Larry Lin, Asian American Complicity in Racism, Reformed Margins, May 2020
Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations”, Atlantic Monthly , June 2014
PCA Position Paper on Racism & Racial Reconciliation (2018)
Books
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
James Forman Jr, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria
Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Church History & Theology
Michael Emerson and Christian Smith, Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Doug Serven, Russ Whitfield, Joel St. Clair, et al, Heal Us, Emmanuel (written by PCA pastors and elders in reflection on our denomination)
David Swanson, Rediscipling the White Church
Jemar Tisby, Color of Compromise
websites/blogs
The Witness: A Black Christian Collective
Talking About Race from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Watch, Listen, & Think
Constitutional Podcast from the Washington Post , “Fair Punishment” episode
Movie: Just Mercy (currently free on Youtube, iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play)
Grace, Justice, & Mercy: An evening with Bryan Stevenson & Tim Keller
Race and the Church, Youtube Channel of Seminars, in Richmond, VA, 2016
Alex Cequea video, Systematic Racism Explained, 4 min
Organizations
And Campaign
Be The Bridge
Equal Justice Initiative
For Children
The Gospel in Color For Parents: A Theology of Racial Reconciliation for Parents by Curtis A. Woods and Jarvis J. Williams
The Gospel in Color For Kids: A Theology of Racial Reconciliation for Kids by Curtis A. Woods and Jarvis J. Williams
God’s Very Good Idea by Trillia Newbell
God Made Me AND You: Celebrating God’s Design for Ethnic Diversity by Shai Linne
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asi
Racial Justice Resources
Where do i start? list of articles, books, & Media
The staff of Mosaic Silver Spring have put together some resources to help direct your reading, watching, and listening. Our hope is that this gives you a sense of direction as you work through your own questions.
PCA Racial Reconciliation Report 2018
Working through Racial Justice as Part of a Denomination
The attached report was the product of work started by our Presbytery and carried out by our denomination to address both the failures of our past as well as potential pathways forward.
Heal Us, Emmanuel
An anthology of essays from PCA pastors and theologians about the history of race and racism in the church. The closing chapter captures the story of Mosaic Silver Spring.