DEI & Antiracism Resources

This list is books is organized by genre, such as biography and poetry. It is by no means an exhaustive list of all the available books that explore diversity, equity, and inclusion, but rather a list of representative titles that are available through the UNC Libraries. To find books and eBooks related to your interests, search the Libraries Catalog by keyword, author, or title.

• Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Edited by Ibi Zoboi

• Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration

By Tracey Michae'l Lews-Giggetts

• Borderlands / La frontera: The New Mestiza

By Gloria Anzaldúa

• Disability and the Superhero: Essays on Ableism and Representaiton in Comic Media

Edited by Amber E. George

• Earth Keeper: Reflections on Native American Land

By N. Scott Momaday

• Mongolian Horse: Stories

By David E. Yee

• Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

• The Political Body: Stories on Art, Feminism, and Emancipation in Latin America

By Andrea Giunta

• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

By Audre Lorde

• This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

Edited by Elias Jahshan

• Angela Davis: An Autobiography

By Angela Y. Davis

• Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern

By Shirley Jennifer Lim

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By Malcolm X, with the assistance of Alex Haley

• Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance

By Francesca T. Royster

• Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage

By Mickey Rowe

• I Have Always Been Me

By Precious Brady-Davis

• Kitchen Arabic: How My Family Came to America and the Recipes We Brought with Us

By Joseph Geha

• Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America: Strong Women, Resilient Nations

Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Donna L. Akers, and Amanda K. Wixon

• Something More Splendid Than Two

By José Rivers Alfaro

• Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon through North America's Stolen Land

By Noé Álvarez

• Blackouts

By Justin Torres

• City of a Thousand Gates

By Rebecca Sacks

• My Government Means to Kill Me

By Rasheed Newson

• Nevada

By Imogen Binnie

• Olga Dies Dreaming

By Xochitl Gonzalez

• Our Missing Hearts

By Celeste Ng

• The Reformatory

By Tananarive Due

• True Biz

By Sara Nović

• When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky

By Margaret Verble

• Woman of Light

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine

• The Antiracist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace

By Shereen Daniels

• Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire

By Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

• Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

By Jessica Hernandez

• The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

• Imagination: A Manifesto

By Ruha Benjamin

• Latinos and Nationhood: Two Centuries of Intellectual Thought

By Nicolás Kanellos

• Queer and Trans Migrations: Dynamics of Illegalization, Detention, and Deportation

Edited by Eithne Luibhéid and Karma R. Chávez

• Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

By Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang

• We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans in Comedy

By Kliph Nesteroff

• "We Want Better Education!": The 1960s Chicano Student Movement, School Walkouts, and the Quest for Educational Reform in South Texas

By James B. Barrera

• ​​​​​Cenizas

By Cynthia Guardado

• Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black: Poems for Beauford Delaney

By Arlene R. Keizer

• ​​​​​From From

By Monica Youn

• ​​​​​A Prayer for a Non-Religious Autistic

By Lucas Scheelk

• Sacred Spells: Collected Works

By Assotto Saint, edited by Michele Karlsberg

• Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either

By Marisa Tirado

• Tender Headed

By Olatunde Osinaike

• Trace Evidence

By Charif Shanahan

• Trickster Academy

By Jenny L. Davis

• Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

By Joy Harjo