Anti-Racism: Essential Reading, Viewing, & Listening
Articles:
“Yes, Black America Fears the Police. Here’s Why” by Nikole Hannah Jones
“The Injustice of this Moment is Not an Aberration” by Michelle Alexander
“George Floyd’s death demonstrates the policy violence that devalues Black lives” by Andre M Perry and Tawanna Black
“75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice” by Corinne Shutak
“Maintaining Professionalism in the Age of Black Death is … A Lot” by Shenequa Golding
“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Podcasts
- 1619 Podcast (New York Times)
- Unlocking Us
- Ear Hustle
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey (Integrated Schools podcast episode)
- Pod for the Cause (Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Films/Videos:
- The 13th: A documentary by Ava DuVernay
- When They See Us: A web-television mini-series by Ava DuVernay
- Just Mercy: Feature film
Short Videos:
Books for Adults:
- “Between the World and Me” Ta-Nehisi Coates
- “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kend
- “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson
- “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
- “Native Son” by Richard Wright
- “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
- “Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair” by Danielle Sered
Books for Teens:
- “This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work” by Tiffany Jewel
- “Dear White People” by Justin Simien
Books for Kids:
- “I Am Enough” by Grace Byers
- “Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement” by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
- “And to Think We Thought We’d Never Be Friends” by Mary Ann Hoberman
- “The Word Collector” by Peter Reynolds
- “Ada Twist, Scientist” by Andrea Beaty
- “Mary Had a Little Glam” by Tammi Sauer