RACIAL RECONCILIATION RESOURCE LIBRARY
The first step in seeking racial reconciliation and doing justice is education. Our Family Ministries Team has compiled the resources we have found to be most helpful in educating ourselves and our kids on the many facets of racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. In this virtual library you will find books, podcasts, songs, movies, and videos that we hope will equip you to lean in. Not all of these resources are appropriate for all ages, so please exercise your own discretion as you pass these onto your kids.
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Not all these resources are appropriate for all ages. Parent discretion advised.
MOVIES
The Hate U Give
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds — the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives and the wealthy, mostly white prep school that she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is soon shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer. Facing…
Just Mercy
After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence proving his innocence. In the years that follow, Stevenson…
Amazing Grace
In 18th-century England, House of Commons member William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) and his close friend and a future prime minister, William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), begin a lengthy battle to abolish Great Britain’s slave trade. Though Wilberforce’s legislation is soundly defeated in 1791, his growing affection for Barbara Spooner (Romola Garai) inspires him to take up…
