Trinity Episcopal Parish in Wilmington Delaware seeks social justice and equality where it does not exist today. Our sensitivities to the problems in our modern society were highlighted when the George Floyd protests exploded through the US and the world during the height of the pandemic lockdown. The problems can be addressed by reform in a wide range of areas: Police, Justice, Housing, Education, Employment, Voting rights and the list goes on in the City of Wilmington, the State of Delaware our region and country. Our parish members volunteer their time and get involved in order to improve our community and make positive change to help others in need. Below is a list of resources you might find helpful in order to learn more, raise your awareness and get involved in a cause that is close to your heart. This is a living document and if you have additional information to add please let us know.
Books
Non-fiction
Roll Jordan Roll– Eugene Genovese
Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration-Isabelle Wilkerson
Fire Next Time– James Baldwin
Autobiography of Malcolm X– As told to Alex Haley
Malcolm X– Manning Marable
Between The World and Me– Ta-Nehisi Coates
Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together – in the Cafeteria and Other Conversations About Race – Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
Fiction
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings– Maya Angelou
The Underground Railroad-Colson Whitehead
The Bluest Eye-Toni Morrison
The Color Purple– Alice Walker
Anti-Racism
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness– Michelle Alexander
How to Be an Antiracist-Ibram X.Kendi
White Fragility– Robin Diangelo
So You Want to Talk About Race– Ijeoma Oluo
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Bryan Stevenson
Movies
Glory
Do the Right Thing
13th
Just Mercy
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
12 Years A Slave
Malcolm X
Mississippi Burning
The Black Klansman
Crash
Selma
The Help