Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
‘Jim Crow’s Pink Slip’: How 1954 Brown decision affects teachers today. By Chelsea Sheasley / CSM
White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds a book by Roland Martin and Leah Lakins. Bookshop.org
For A Black Jesuit In The US, Racism Is A Crucible. By Patrick Saint-Jean / NCR
Ibram X. Kendi’s ‘Magnolia Flower’ Weaves A Black And Native Love Story. By Char Daston / Wbez News
Playing Through Fire: Athletes In An Age Of Reaction. By Dave Zirin
In ‘Learning Our Names,’ Asian American Christian authors reclaim their stories. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Lorraine Hansberry and the Black Radical Tradition. By Shane Vogel / AAIHS
White and Black: A Historian Traces African-American Influences in the United States. By Drew Gilpin Faust / NYT
How homebuyers of color are disproportionately impacted by rising mortgage rates. By Paul Solman / PBS Podcast
Meet the man who helped Michael K. Williams tell his story. By Scott Neumyer / Andscape
Why the Evangelical Movement Is in ‘Disarray’ After Dobbs. The Ezra Klein Show / NYT Podcast
Book aims to undo the tangles of race and Catholicism. By Maureen H. O’Connell / NCR
Viral Video Of Black Man’s Violent Arrest In Mississippi Sparks Investigation. By Michael Goldberg / HuffPost
What’s God Got to Do With It? The Rise of Christian Nationalism in American Politics. By Jane Coaston / The Arguement Podcast
History Refocused. A new lens on America’s past. By Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson / CNN
The Negro’s God as Reflected in his Literature. By Dr. Benjamin E. Mays / Mount Vernon Press (Available at Amazon)
Aftershock Documentary Explores Maternal Morbidity Crisis Facing Black Women. Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt / Daily Beast Podcast
Disturbed About Man. By Dr. Benjamin E. Mays / John Knox Press
How to Stop Feeling ‘Othered. By Christina Edmondson / Christianity Today
George Floyd: New book captures full scope of his life and family’s legacy. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
Watch Sermon on Roe v. Wade By Dr Howard John Wesley / Alfred Street Baptist Church
Thomas Says Critics Sought to Make Him ‘Repulsive’ Amid SCOTUS Nomination: Book. By John L. Dorman / Business Insider
Building Beloved Communities: The Life and Work of Rev. Dr. Paul Smith: By Hildi Hendrickson / Amazon Books
Sen. Raphael Warnock on his new memoir ‘A Way Out of No Way’ and what gives him hope. By Mary Louise Kelly, Elena Burnett and Justine Kenin / NPR
Oprah’s Book Club selects “Nightcrawling” by teen novelist Leila Mottley. By Tori B. Powell / CBS News
What the book ‘The Last Suspicious Holdout’ says about the Black experience. By Juana Summers, Justin Kenin and Lauren Hodges / NPR
