Friend,

It’s holiday time, and you know what holidays mean to us? Books! Hooray!

…Stick with us here.

From the earliest inception of Indivisible, we’ve been a literary organization: We began with a guide, continued to create even more guides, and even published an entire book of our own about the Indivisible movement. 

Earlier this year, we sent out a survey asking Indivisibles: How are you learning about racial justice? We thought that we’d get a few quick replies and end up with a clearer gauge about where our network stood on continuing to teach themselves about racial justice.

Boy were we wrong.

We got hundreds of replies from Indivisibles all across the country giving us in-depth information about what they were using to further their education. It was beautiful. It was brilliant. It was illuminating. 

Indivisibles are really working to keep this movement aiming towards a more inclusive environment every day. 

What could we do with this information though? As Indivisibles, we share tactics, information, and results across the country so that we can become the most effective activists possible; how do we do the same with survey results? 

Introducing: For Indivisibles, By Indivisibles: A Racial Justice Reading List

We took the more than 300 books you submitted (with many excellent repeats) and trimmed the list down into a manageable resource for your continued racial justice education -- all recommended by other Indivisibles. It’s broken down into two sections:

• Top Five -- The top five most recommended books
• Curated list -- A curated list broken down by genre/style. 

Wondering what sort of books might be included? Here’s a quick preview of your top five (check out the resource for full descriptions):

1. “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson
2. “The 1619 Project” created by Nikole Hannah Jones (et. al)
3. “How to be Antiracist” by Ibram X Kendi
4. “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo
5. “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander

Those are both some of the most popular and the most acclaimed racial justice resources of our time, and they are all directly recommended by Indivisibles (up to 45 times).

For the curated section, you’ll have your pick of Personal Essay and Narrative, Explicitly Addressing Whiteness, Radical Black Feminism, History and Context, Novel, and Young Adult and Children’s. No matter what type of reading you like to do, there’s something here for you!

As we round out this holiday season, why not add a book on racial justice to your list? To be honest, at a time when Republicans are trying to ban books, we think the greatest gift you can give is knowledge.

Check out For Indivisibles, By Indivisibles: A Racial Justice Reading List today and make your holidays a little more radical, a lot more inclusive, and still so much fun!

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team