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Black on the Shelf

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The UTM Library and Black at UTM are proud to present the launch of Black on the Shelf, a collection of books to showcase Black excellence.

This collection includes books recommended by Black-identifying students at UTM, books published by Black-identifying scholars at UTM, and books that focus on anti-racist and inclusive pedagogies.

Black on the Shelf Digital Collection

UTM Academic Authors

Understanding Tablets from Early Childhood to Adulthood CoverRead Now

McEwen, Rhonda

Understanding Tablets from Early Childhood to Adulthood
Suspicion CoverRead Now

Charles, Nicole

Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados
We Still Demand CoverRead Now

Bain, Beverly

Fire, Passion and Politics: The Creation of Blockorama as Black Queer Diasporic Space in the Toronto Pride Festivities
Hello Avatar CoverRead Now

Coleman, Beth

Hello Avatar: Rise of the Networked Generation
Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice CoverRead Now

Owusu-Bempah, Akwasi

Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma, 2nd Edition
Waiting to Inhale CoverRead Now

Owusu-Bempah, Akwasi

Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice

Non-Fiction

Policing Black Lives CoverRead Now

Maynard, Robyn

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
Diversity and Inclusion Matters CoverRead Now

Thompson, Jason R.

Diversity and Inclusion Matters: Tactics and Tools to Inspire Equity and Game-Changing Performance
White Fragility CoverRead Now

DiAngelo, Robin J.

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
How to be an Antiracist CoverRead Now

Kendi, Ibram X.

How to be an Antiracist
Leading for Equity and Social Justice CoverRead Now

Gélinas-Proulx, Andréanne; Shields, Carolyn M.

Leading for Equity and Social Justice: Systemic Transformation in Canadian Education
Until We Are Free CoverRead Now

Diverlus, Rodney; Hudson, Sandy; and Syrus Marcus Ware

Until we are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada
Black Looks CoverRead Now

Hooks, Bell

Black Looks: Race and Representation
Feminist Theory CoverRead Now

Hooks, Bell

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Centre

Fiction

The Hate You Give CoverRead Now

Thomas, Angie

The Hate You Give
If Beale Street Could Talk CoverRead Now

Baldwin, James

If Beale Street Could Talk
Between the World and Me CoverRead Now

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Between the World and Me
The Color Purple CoverRead Now

Walker, Alice

The Color Purple
A Brief History of Seven Killings CoverRead Now

James, Marlon

A Brief History of Seven Killings
The Book of Negroes CoverRead Now

Hill, Lawrence

The Book of Negroes

Essential Reads

The Sellout CoverRead Now

Beatty, Paul

The Sellout
Corregidora CoverRead Now

Jones, Gayl

Corregidora
Kintu CoverRead Now

Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga

Kintu
God's Children Are Little Broken Things CoverRead Now

Ifeakandu, Arinze

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things
The Source of Self-Regard CoverRead Now

Morrison, Toni

The Source of Self Regard
Hood Feminism CoverRead Now

Kendall, Mikki

Hood Feminism
Hunger CoverRead Now

Gay, Roxane

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

UTM Faculty Suggested Books

How It Went Down CoverRead Now

Magoon, Kelka

How It Went Down
Peace From Broken Pieces CoverRead Now

Vanzant, Iyanla

Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through
Might From the Margins CoverRead Now

Edwards, Dennis R.

Might From the Margins
Grown CoverRead Now

Jackson, Tiffany D.

Grown