Book Groups
A foundational idea for the Anti-Racism Reading Group is the belief that educating ourselves about the history and impact of racism in our country and in our lives is a step toward justice-making. Leadership of the discussion is shared among members.
In September 2026, the Anti-Racism Reading Group will begin reading Martin Luther King Jr.'s final book, Where do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, in which King described what he believed Americans must do to continue building on the successes of the civil rights movement.
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30pm on Zoom. Readers are welcome to join. For more information contact Eva at antiracismbookgroup@ocuuc.org. Details on how to join are on the church calendar.
Please consider supporting a black owned bookstore when making your book purchases. Reparations Club is a black-owned, woman-owned bookstore located in Los Angeles, and books may be ordered online.
Books Studied
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Sum of Us by Heather Mcghee
- The 1619 Project Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- South to America by Imani Perry
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
- My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- Lovely One, the memoir of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
- The Souls of Black Folk, by W.E.B DuBois