Since I started studying the topic of generational poverty, and the implication on kids that are born into poverty, there have been several books that have really helped me explore on a deeper level. This isn’t an endorsement of every part of every book, but I have found something helpful about each book.
For a good starting point, check out “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Trouble I’ve Seen” by Drew Hart, and “A Framework for Understanding Poverty” by Ruby Payne.
**For Charlotte folks, there’s some great ones here that will help you gain a greater understanding of the history of our city. When we understand our past, we can address the present and future with grace.
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Carter, J. Kameron. Race: A Theological Account. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
Emdin, Christopher. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood– and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2016.
Hart, Drew G. I. Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism. Harrisonburg: Herald Press, 2016.
Keller, Timothy J. Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just. New York, NY: Dutton, Penguin Group USA, 2010.
Kotlowitz, Alex. There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing up in the Other America. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
Kozol, Jonathan. Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools. New York: Crown Pub., 1991.
Lischer, Richard. The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word That Moved America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Lunsford, Brandon. Charlotte Then & Now. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2008.
Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin, Stephen Samuel Smith, and Amy Hawn Nelson. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2015.
Oosthuizen, Leon, and Xola Skosana. Roads2Bridges: Uninterrupted Conversations: Stories of Friendship and Partnering across the Racial Divide. Paarl, South Africa: Emmaus Media, 2013.
Payne, Ruby K. A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Highlands, TX: Aha! Process, 2005.
Putnam, Robert D. Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Sider, Ronald J. Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity. Nashville: W Pub. Group, 1997.
Smiley, Tavis, and Cornel West. The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto. New York: SmileyBooks, 2012.
Tatum, Beverly Daniel. “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”: And Other Conversations about Race. New York: Basic Books, 2003.
West, Cornel. Race Matters. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
Carter, J. Kameron. Race: A Theological Account. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
