Jemar Tisby is a New York Times bestselling author, national speaker, and public historian on a mission to deliver truths from the Black experience with depth and clarity.
Recent Thoughts

May 18, 2022
An Open Letter to the Board of Trustees at Grove City College
My personal address to the Board in light of their formal adoption of an anti-CRT report.

May 16, 2022
Experts Have Been Warning Us about White Supremacist Terrorism for Years. Will we listen?
The info is clear…white supremacists are the biggest domestic terrorist threat in the United States. Will we heed the warnings?

May 15, 2022
The Shooting in Buffalo Happened within a Context of Complicity with White Supremacy
The white supremacist terrorist in Buffalo is but the extreme of what many people already permit.
Books


How to Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition
How to Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition by bestselling author Jemar Tisby is a handbook for fighting racism that provides young activists with practical tools and suggestions, along with real-world examples of change, to enable them to become proactive initiators of racial justice.
The Color of Compromise
The Color of Compromise is both enlightening and compelling, telling a history we either ignore or just don’t know. Equal parts painful and inspirational, it details how the American church has helped create and maintain racist ideas and practices. You will be guided in thinking through concrete solutions for improved race relations and a racially inclusive church.




How to Fight Racism
How to Fight Racism is a handbook for pursuing racial justice with hands-on suggestions bolstered by real-world examples of change. Tisby offers an array of actionable items to confront racism in our relationships and in everyday life through a simple framework–the A.R.C. Of Racial Justice–that helps readers consistently interrogate their own actions and maintain a consistent posture of anti-racist action. This book is for anyone who believes it is time to stop compromising with racism and courageously confront it.
Speaking
You want a speaker who brings depth of insight, clarity, and sensitivity around complex topics such as race, history and religion. Jemar brings over a decade of experience teaching, presenting to universities, corporations, congregations, community organizations and more.
How to Fight Racism Trailer
The Color of Compromise w/ Jemar Tisby