Celebrating the rich history of Black achievement, Black resilience, Black faith, Black culture, Black joy, and Black identity.

“BLACK LIVES MATTER.

We celebrate and cherish Black hopes, Black dreams, Black history, and Black lives this month and all year long. We pray for racial justice and work together to make it a reality. We condemn racism in all its forms, and seek to actively love our Black siblings as God loves us all; radically and unconditionally.”

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG & OLD

At Saint Mark we believe that all of us benefit from learning more about Black history, racial justice, anti-racism, and improving our world for future generations. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of some great books for young people and adults alike. Feel free to use the links provided to buy these books for yourselves now, or wait until the month of March when they are available to check out from Sheila Stephens.

  • America I AM Legends

    by Tavis Smiley

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  • Black Boy Joy

    by Kwame Mbalia

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  • Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America

    by Michael Eric Dyson

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  • Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain

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  • Going Against the Wind: A Pictorial History of African-Americans in Atlanta

    by Herman “Skip” Mason Jr.

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  • I Am Oprah Winfrey

    by Brad Meltzer

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  • In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma

    by Bernard LaFayette Jr. and Kathryn Lee

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  • Live Your Best Life: A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews, and Inspiration from O, the Oprah Magazine

    by Oprah Winfrey

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  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    by Robert Jakoubek

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  • Punching the Air

    by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

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  • Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World

    by Dr. Traci Baxley

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  • Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

    by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds

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  • Stamped from the Beginning

    by Ibram X. Kendi

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  • Strength to Love

    by Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • The 1619 Project: Brief History

    by University Press

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  • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.

    by Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois

    by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

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  • The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

    by Sidney Poitier

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  • The Quiet Trailblazer: My Journey as the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia

    by Mary Frances Early

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  • This Is Your Time

    by Ruby Bridges

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  • Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives

    by Darcy Eveleigh

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  • Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family

    by Gary M. Pomerantz

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