Reading for an Uprising

Throughout the month of June, we at Scuppernong Books have made space daily on our Facebook page to spotlight writers struggling to come to terms with the current popular unrest in the US, what many are calling an 'uprising.' Below is a list of the articles we have shared and their links, as well as ordering information for further reading by these writers. Not only is this an anthology of different voices, it documents shifting ideas about the various movements as they build momentum. It's a pretty good overview of the last month in America.

 

Tracy K Smith, Dear Black America

https://lithub.com/dear-black-america-a-letter-from-tracy-k-smith/

 

Cynthia Greenlee, How to Cover an Uprising

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/journalism-photography-uprising-ethics/

 

Caroline Randall Williams, You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body is a Confederate Monument

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/confederate-monuments-racism.html?smid=tw-share

 

Juan Vidal, Your Bookshelf May Be Part of the Problem

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/06/870910728/your-bookshelf-may-be-part-of-the-problem

 

Colson Whitehead, We Invent All Sorts of Different Reasons to Hate People

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/21/colson-whitehead-we-invent-all-sorts-of-different-reasons-to-hate-people

 

At the Black Lives Matter Protests in NYC: A Photo Essay

https://lithub.com/at-the-black-lives-matter-protests-in-nyc-a-photo-essay/

 

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., The History That James Baldwin Wanted America To See

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-history-that-james-baldwin-wanted-america-to-see

 

Jamelle Bouie, Why Juneteenth Matters

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-slavery-freedom.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

Imani Perry, Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/racism-terrible-blackness-not/613039/

 

How We Juneteenth

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/18/style/juneteenth-celebration.html

 

Celia Walker, Why Do We Celebrate Juneteenth?

https://bittersoutherner.com/why-do-we-celebrate-juneteenth-because-we-are-free-to-do-so

 

Michael K./ Williams, Where Do We Go From Here?,

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-where-we-go-from-here-20200607-54qyycc7pvhl7oblrh32nxmn64-story.html

 

Revisiting The Wire During 2020’s Black Lives Matter Movement

http://www.openculture.com/2020/06/revisiting-the-wire-in-light-of-2020s-black-lives-matter-movement.html

 

Steven W. Thrasher, An Uprising Comes from the Viral Underclass

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/black-lives-matter-viral-underclass.html

 

Pitchayab Sudbanthad, Letter From Brooklyn:Finding Justice in the Streets

https://lithub.com/letter-from-brooklyn-finding-justice-in-the-streets/

 

Jericho Brown, Bullet Points

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/152728/bullet-points

 

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, How Do We Change America

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-do-we-change-america

 

Michelle Alexander, America, This Is Your Chance

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/opinion/george-floyd-protests-race.html

 

Layli Long Soldier, On Wounded Knee and the Murder of George Floyd

https://lithub.com/layli-long-soldier-on-wounded-knee-and-the-murder-of-george-floyd/

 

PEN America’s Guide for Combatting Protest Disinformation

https://pen.org/pen-americas-guide-for-combating-protest-disinformation/

 

Issac Bailey, I’m Finally an Angry Black Man

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/opinion/sunday/black-racism-.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

Jericho Brown, To Win Justice for George Floyd We Need the Rage that Abolished Slavery

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/05/george-floyd-rage-slavery-killing-us-police-state-protest

 

Ibram X. Kendi, What to an American is the Fourth of July?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/resistance-patriotism-fourth-july/593344/

 

Bryan Lee, Jr, America’s Cities were Designed to Oppress

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/how-to-design-justice-into-america-s-cities

 

Michael Harriot, A Letter Not from a Birmingham Jail

https://www.theroot.com/a-letter-not-from-a-birmingham-jail-1843926346

 

Saeed Jones, Whose Grief, Our Grief

https://www.gq.com/story/saeed-jones-on-generations-of-protests

 

Sean Collins, The Anger Behind the Protests Explained in Four Charts

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/31/21276004/anger-police-killing-george-floyd-protests

 

Charlie Leduff, What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/aiyana-stanley-jones-detroit/

 

In addition, here's a previous post where we hightlight antiracism books by NC authors or rooted in NC history.

 

 

Wade in the Water: Poems By Tracy K. Smith Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978365
Availability: Available - We'll have it for you ASAP!
Published: Graywolf Press - March 26th, 2019

Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family : A Cookbook By Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780804137935
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Published: Clarkson Potter - February 3rd, 2015

The Nickel Boys: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780345804341
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Published: Anchor - June 30th, 2020

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525575320
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Published: Crown - June 30th, 2020

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons By Imani Perry Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9780807076552
Availability: Limited Availability - Give us a call, we'll track it down for you!
Published: Beacon Press - September 17th, 2019

The Tradition By Jericho Brown Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781556596025
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - February 4th, 2020

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (Justice) By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9781469653662
Availability: Limited Availability - Give us a call, we'll track it down for you!
Published: University of North Carolina Press - October 21st, 2019

From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781608465620
Availability: Limited Availability - Give us a call, we'll track it down for you!
Published: Haymarket Books - February 23rd, 2016

How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
Availability: Available - We'll have it for you ASAP!
Published: One World - August 13th, 2019

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Michelle Alexander Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781620971932
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Published: New Press - January 7th, 2020

American Indian Stories (Modern Library Torchbearers) By Zitkala-Sa, Layli Long Soldier (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Zitkala-Sa, Layli Long Soldier (Introduction by)
$15.00
ISBN: 9781984854216
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Published: Modern Library - May 21st, 2019

My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South By Issac J. Bailey Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781635420036
Availability: Limited Availability - Give us a call, we'll track it down for you!
Published: Other Press - February 4th, 2020

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir By Saeed Jones Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501132735
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 8th, 2019

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight By Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781492678892
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Published: Sourcebooks Fire - August 6th, 2019

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020

All American Boys By Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781481463348
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) By James Baldwin Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992