LMAC Resources
LMAC compiled this list of educational resources about equity and social justice.
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Books
- “Black Feminist Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins
- “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower” by Dr. Brittney Cooper- available at Longmont Public Library
- “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Heavy: An American Memoir” by Kiese Laymon – available at Longmont Public Library
- “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson – available at Longmont Public Library
- “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Redefining Realness” by Janet Mock
- “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
- “So You Want To Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo – available at Longmont Public Library
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Books for Children
- “All the Colors We are: The Story of How We get our Skin Color” = “Todos los colores de nuestra piel: la historia de por que temenos diferentes colores de piel” by Katie Kissinger – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Alma and How She Got Her Name” by Juana Martinez-Neal – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Black Is a Rainbow Color” by Angela Joy – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Black Women Who Made History” coloring book
- “Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy” by Maria Dismondy
- “The Colors of Us” by Karen Katz – soon to be available at Longmont Public Library
- “Hair Love” by Matthew Cherry – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Peña – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Lovely, by Jess Hong” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “The Name Jar” by Yangsook Choi – available at Longmont Public Library
- “One Family” by George Shannon – available at Longmont Public Library
- “The Other Side” by Jacqueline Woodson – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Same, Same But Different” by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Saturday” by Oge Mora – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation” by Duncan Tonatiuh – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Skin Again” by bell hooks – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Sulwe” by Lupita Nyong’o – available at Longmont Public Library
- “You Matter” by Christian Robinson – available at Longmont Public Library
- “The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist” by Cynthia Levinson – available at Longmont Public Library
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Film
- “13th”
- “American Son”
- “Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Clemency” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Fruitvale Station” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “The Hate U Give” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “I Am Not Your Negro” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “If Beale Street Could Talk” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “Just Mercy” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “King in the Wilderness”
- “Moonlight” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “See You Yesterday”
- “Selma” – available at Longmont Public Library
- “When They See Us”
- Longmont Resources
- Podcasts
- Videos
- Additional Resources
The Longmont Multicultural Action Committee is committed to advocating and working together to create a caring, inclusive, and equitable community that embraces, respects, celebrates, and learns from each other.
