Library: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources

Local issues in St. Louis

Documenting Ferguson
A comprehensive archive of events since Aug 9, 2014
economic inequality
The violence and protest relate to long term racial issues in the region.
Forward through Ferguson
Inital STL Post-Dispatch Story
The shooting sparked immediate anger and violence
Multicultural Heritage in St. Louis
Second shooting
A second fatal shooting by an off-duty police offer adds to ongoing Ferguson tensions.
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Teyonna Myers, the victim's cousin, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "He was unarmed. He had a sandwich in his hand, and they thought it was a gun. It’s like Michael Brown all over again."
Topic: Diversity (from St. Louis Public Radio)

Books available at the Library

African Americans in Downtown St. Louis by John A. Wright
Call Number: F474.S29 N486 2003
Publication Date: 2003
African-Americans from St. Louis have richly influenced the United States and the world.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: E185.615 .C6335 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Black Protest and the Great Migration by Peter J. Arnesen; Eric Arnesen
Call Number: E185.6 .A76 2003
Publication Date: 2002
An overview of the post-Civil War shift of African-Americans to the North
Breaking the Zero-Sum Game by Aldo Boitano (Editor); Raúl Lagomarsino Dutra (Editor); H. Eric Schockman (Editor)
Call Number: HF5549 .B743 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Bridging the Diversity Divide by AEHE Staff; Edna Breinig Chun; Alvin Evans
Call Number: LC208.8 .C48 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Ways for colleges to foster goals of diversity and inclusion
Diversity at Work by Bernardo M. Ferdman (Editor); Barbara R. Deane (Associate Editor)
Publication Date: 2013
Domino by Nick Tasler
Publication Date: 2015
The Double V by Rawn James
Call Number: UB418.A47 J36 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Military desegregation
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Call Number: HV9950 .A437 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Racing to Justice by John A. Powell
Call Number: E184.A1 P6637 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Rethinking Cultural Competence in Higher Education by Aehe; Edna Chun (Editor); Alvin Evans (Editor)
Call Number: LC1099.3 .C512 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Rethinking Racial Justice by Andrew Valls
Call Number: E185.89.R45 V35 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Same-Sex Marriage in the United States by Jason Pierceson
Call Number: HQ1034.U5 P54 2013
Publication Date: 2013
St. Louis in the Century of Henry Shaw by Eric Sandweiss (Editor, Introduction by)
Call Number: F474.S253 S53 2003
Publication Date: 2003
The STL botanical gardens are a source of pride, but the history of the time shows the historical struggles of minorities in the city.
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E185.61 .K358 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Strategic Diversity Leadership by Damon A. Williams; Katrina C. Wade Golden
Publication Date: 2013-03-01
The Broken Heart of America by Walter Johnson
ISBN: 9780465064267
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis.
They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
Call Number: E185.86 .L69 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Violence Against Queer People by Doug Meyer
Call Number: HV6250.4.H66 M49 2015
Publication Date: 2015
White Privilege by Paula S. Rothenberg
Call Number: E184.A1 W394 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum (Introduction by)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 1999

Videos

Category: Social Inequality
A category list of over 800 videos and video segments from Films on Demand pertaining to the topic of social inequality.
Creation of American & Creation of Race
A look at Native American struggles in the establishment of the United States and its expansion
Disabled: From Exclusion to Inclusion
The importance of including those with differing abilities
Spies of Mississippi
Vintage footage and commentary on the early Civil Rights Movement