"Becoming Trustworthy White Allies is a collection of articles, speeches, essays, and stories by anti-racist author and activist Melanie S. Morrison, reflecting on her decades of experience as an organizer. The book is the legacy of a life-long commitmentto anti-racist equity work: from helping co-found the renowned Leaven Center, to establishing critical tools such as the "Doing Our Own Work" program, to launching a national network of social justice educators called Allies for Change. Speaking from herperspective as a White ally reckoning with her privilege and her own family history of enslaving, Morrison addresses how White people can move through places where they often get stuck so that they can step up with courage, humility, and consistency to participate in organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, and help move other White people to greater antiracist awareness and action"--

Foreword /

Jennifer Harvey --

Introduction --

I.

Inner work -- Becoming trustworthy White allies -- Memories of the 1963 March on Washington -- Qualities and commitments of White allies -- A misguided struggle -- Why an anti-racism seminar for White people -- This is what accountable relationships look like / Dionardo Pizana and Melanie S. Morrison -- Dear White people --

II.

Ancestral investigations -- Cultural envy -- Genealogy as spiritual practice : reflections on my White ancestral work -- Why we must remember : a King descendant's reckoning with her enslaving ancestors -- A just reckoning : forging deeper, truer King House narratives -- Letter to my great-great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth King Shortridge --

III.

Legacies of lynching -- Soul splitting -- Researching injustice : telling the story of legal lynching in Jim Crow Birmingham -- Trayvon Martin, the legacy of lynching, and the role of White women -- At the hands of persons unknown : the verdict in the Michael Brelo case -- "The fierce urgency of now" --

IV.

Staying power -- What will it take for White people to stay the course? -- In the time that I have left