Antiracist Library and Information Science

Introduction; Kimberly Black and Bharat Mehra

PART I - THEORETICAL GROUNDINGS

Chapter 1. Epistemicide and Anti-Blackness in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Working Towards Equity through Epistemic Justice Practices; Beth J.H. Patin, Melissa Smith, Tyler Youngman, Jieun Yeon, and Jeanne Kambara

Chapter 2. Antiracism and Spiritual Practice: An Exegesis of Race and LIS; Kimberly Black

Chapter 3. {Reflection Essay} Unearthing Racism in the Soil: Developing Collective Anti-Racist Consciousness in a Library and Information Science; Classroom LaVerne Gray

Chapter 4. {Reflection Essay} Dismantling the Myths: Evidence Based Antiracist School Librarianship; Janice Moore Newsum

PART II - DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF RACE IN LIS AND COMMUNITY

Chapter 5. Beyond the Diversity Audit: Uncovering Whiteness in Our Collections Amanda; Rybin Koob, Alexander Watkins, Frederick C. Carey, Xiang Li, Arthur Aguilera, and Natalia Tingle

Chapter 6. Shutting Down the Tent Revival: The Call for Inclusive Leadership in LIS; Nicole Cooke and Lucy Santos Green

Chapter 7. Slave Cases & Ingrained Racism in Legal Information Infrastructures; Jennifer Elisa Chapman

Chapter 8. Collegiality as a Weapon to Maintain Status Quo in a White-Privileged and Entrenched LIS; Academy Bharat Mehra, Laurie Bonnici, and Steven L. MacCall

Chapter 9. {Reflection Essay} Bad Things Keep Happening in Our Town; Ferial Pearson, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, and Gabriel Gutierrez

Chapter 10. {Reflection Essay} Cultural Humility and Black Males in the Library; Conrad Pegues

Chapter 11. {Reflection Essay} With Head & Heart -Exploring Autoethnographic Antiracist Research in Pediatric Cancer Communities; Shalonda Capers

Chapter 12. {Reflection Essay} Publishing while Latina: My Journey as an LIS Scholar in Search of the Academic Stool's Third Leg; Mo?nica Colo?n-Aguirre

PART III - DEVELOPING ANTIRACIST LIS AND CREATING THE 'BELOVED COMMUNITY'

Chapter 13. Black Librarians and Racial and Informational Justice for the Brazilian Black Population; Franciele Carneiro Garces da Silva, Dirnele Carneiro Garcez and Leyde Klebia Rodrigues da Silva

Chapter 14. Immigrants in Alabama: Community-Engaged Scholarship as a Lens for Racial Justice; Baheya Jaber

Chapter 15. White Pricks to Decenter Shades of White Privilege in Professional Association's Leadership Networks of LIS Education towards Antiracist Praxis; Bharat Mehra

Chapter 16. {Reflection Essay} Engaging Conversations: Foregrounding Twitter Feeds in Library Guides to Center Traditionally Marginalized Voices and Engage in Critical Discourse; Anders Tobiason

Chapter 17. {Reflection Essay} We the People......An Essay on the Survival of America; Robert Johnson

Chapter 18. {Reflection Essay} The Charlottesville Virginia Tragedy & Historical Artifacts: An Essay Reviewing Public Culture & Libraries' Responsibility in Changing the Narrative; Briana Christensen