Recommended Reading

Learning about East St. Louis 

The Right Kind of Heroes, Kevin Horrigan

Never Been a Time, Harper Barnes

Made in the USA, Andrew Theising

American Pogrom, Charles Lumpkins

Practical thoughts on Urban Ministry

Restoring At-Risk Communities, John Perkins

Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life, Robert Lupton

What it’s like to grow up in poverty?

There are no Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun, Geoffrey Canada

The African-American Experience

Let Justice Roll Down, John Perkins

Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin

Native Son, Richard Wright

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave, Frederick Douglas

Two Nations: Black & White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, Andrew Hacker