15th Annual Black New England Conference:
Crossing River Jordan: Healing Racial Wounds Through Accountability & Truth-Telling
Suggested Reading List
Panel #1
The Past Is Not Past: Historical Black Practices of Survival & Claims to Freedom
Books
The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse, by Peter Paris
Ifa Will Mend Our Broken World, by Wande Abimbola
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram Kendi
Articles
How some Black Americans are finding solace in African Spirituality?
Religion in Africa: Common Themes, from the PBS series This Far by Faith
Singing in Slavery: Songs of Survival, Songs of Freedom | Mercy Street Revealed (pbs.org)
Panel #2
A Check Uncashed: Past & Present Projects for Reparations
Books
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
Articles
The Case for Reparations, The Atlantic
Reparations for Slavery - Top 3 Pros and Cons - ProCon.org
156 Years and Counting: Reparations for Slavery in 2021 | Close Up Foundation
Panel #3
Tell It True: Healing Through Public Memory & Memorials
Books
In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities, by Davarian L. Baldwin
Articles
Can Memorials Heal the wounds? Magazine of the European Observatory on Memories
Art and Restorative Justice: Transformative Healing Through Expression
The Power of Public Monuments & Why They Matter - YouTube
Panel #4
My Home Is Over Jordan: The Role of Religion & Spirituality in Black Healing
Books
The Talking Book by Allen Dwight Callahan
Black & Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom, by Eds Pamela Ayo Yetunde & Cheryl A Giles
Articles
5 facts about blacks and religion in America | Pew Research Center
The Harvard Gazette, How the Black Church Saved Black America
Panel #5
The Right to Be Whole: New Modes for Healing Generational & Historical Black Trauma
Books
Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience, by Sheila Wise Rowe
Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds, by Thomas Hubl
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, by Dr. Joy DeGruy
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
Articles
Why Historical Trauma Is Critical to Understanding Black Mental Health | Psychology Today
Panel #6
I’ll Fly Away: How We Move Forward from Here
Books
The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation, by Fania Davis
The Healing Power of African American Spirituality, by Stephanie Rose Bird
Racial Healing: Coming to the Table for Truth-Telling, Liberation, and Transformation, by Thomas Norman DeWolf and Jodie Geddes
