"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6

Resources for Black History Month

B O O K S

BLOODLINES by John Piper THE BURNING: MASSACRE, DESTRUCTION, AND THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921 by Tim Madigan FREE AT LAST?: THE GOSPEL IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE by Carl Ellis, Jr. INSIDER OUTSIDER: MY JOURNEY AS A STRANGER IN WHITE EVANGELICALISM AND MY HOPE FOR US ALL by Brian Loritts THE COLOR OF COMPROMISE by Jemar Tisby LETTERS TO A BIRMINGHAM JAIL by Martin Luther King, Jr. JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson GEORGE LIELE’S LIFE AND LEGACY: AN UNSUNG HERO (First American Missionary) by David T. Shannon, Sr. THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER by Silvio Bedini NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS by Frederick Douglass MAY WE MEET IN THE HEAVENLY WORLD: THE PIETY OF LEMUEL HAYNES by Thabiti Anyabwile THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson WASHINGTON BLACK by Esi Edugyan WOKE CHURCH by Eric Mason

C H I L D R E N ‘ S     B O O K S

BLACK SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR by Rick Beard BUD,  NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis D IS FOR DRINKING GOURD by Nancy Sanders FROM SLAVE SHIP TO FREEDOM ROAD by Julius Lester and Rod Brown GRANDDADDY’S GIFT by Margaree King Mitchell GOD MADE ME AND YOU by Shai Linne GOD’S VERY GOOD IDEA by Trillia Newbell I AM HARRIET TUBMAN by Brad Meltzer JANUARY’S SPARROW by Patricia Polacco JUNETEENTH FOR MAZIE by Floyd Cooper THE LORD’S PRAYER by Tim Ladwig MARCH, BOOKS 1-3 by John Lewis, Andrew Adyin, and Nate Powell PSALM 23 .by Tim Ladwig POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE by Langston Hughes ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN by Andrea Davis Pinkney THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES by Robert Coles TEAMMATES by Peter Golenbock THE WATCHER by Nikki Grimes WE MARCH by Shane W. Evans WHEN GOD MADE YOU by Matthew Paul Turner YOU SHOULD MEET KATHERINE JOHNSON by Thea Feldman THE YOUNGEST MARCHER by Cynthia Levinson

F I L M S

JUST MERCY HARRIET TUBMAN 42 GLORY ROAD THE GREAT DEBATERS MISS EVER’S’ BOYS A RAISIN IN THE SUN R E M E M B E R T H E T I T A N S RUBY BRIDGES SELMA

T O U R S

AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER (1520 N Hartford Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106) GREENWOOD CULTURAL CENTER (322 N. Greenwood Ave Tulsa, OK 74120) JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RECONCILIATION PARK (290 N. Elgin Ave. Tulsa, OK 74120)

PREACHERS AND TEACHERS

Thabiti Anyabwile John Onwuchekwa H.B. Charles, Jr. Mika Edmondson John Perkins Carl Ellis, Jr. Bobby Scott Eric Mason Ekemini Uwan Tony Carter Jackie Hill Perry Christina Edmondson Trilla Newbell We hope these resources will challenge and enrich you, but we do encourage the use of your conscience as you decide which resources to engage.
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