RESOURCES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACE IN AMERICA

THIS IS A MOMENT

• Angela Davis: This moment holds possibilities for change we’ve never experienced
  

• Generation Z leads the Black Lives Matter, on and off social media

• NPR: How the Black Lives Matter movement gained increased white support

• Sarah Kuhn '73: Young Entertainment Activists is a Hollywood-based organization committed to storytelling and action around important issues particularly racism and environmental justice. 

EDUCATION

HISTORY & ALLYSHIP

• 13th, on Netflix or free on Youtube

• Ijeoma Oluo: So You Want to Talk About Race 

• Ibram X Kendi: Stamped from the Beginning, How to be an Antiracist
• • For Children: Antiracist Baby

• Henry Louis Gates: PBS Reconstruction: America after the Civil War

• Scene on Radio podcast Season Two: Seeing White 

• The USA Today reading list on racism

THE COVID-19 GAP AND THE WEALTH GAP

• Medical News Today: Racial Inequalities in COVID-19 and the Impact on Black Communities

• Sunshine Behavioral Health: Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community

• The Brookings Institute: Examining the Black and white wealth gap

• Jason Wright at McKinsey comments on the wealth gap 

• Anne Lowrey: A Cheap, Race-Neutral Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN BLACK AMERICA

• James Forman: Locking up our own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

• James Forman: Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow

POLICE IN AMERICA

• A history of police in the U.S.

• The militarization of police in the U.S.

• From PBS: The effectiveness of militarization

• Searchable - Bureau of Justice statistics for police departments

LEGISLATION

• Rep. Karen Bass on Democratic Police Reform Bill and Changing a Culture of Impunity

• House Approves Police Reform Bill, but Issue Stalled amid Partisan Standoff

• Frustration and fury as Rand Paul holds up anti lynching bill

JUSTICE IN THE WORKPLACE

• Towards a racially just workplace 

• From Forbes: BLM movement reshapes the media landscape, from CNN Business

WHAT TO DO

REPARATIONS

• Nikole Hannah-Jones, NYT Magazine: It Is Time For Reparations

• Is it time for truth and reconciliation in the US? 

• NPR: William Darity Jr. discusses reparations and racial inequalities in his new book

DONATE

• Western States Center - Based in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain States, Western States Center works nationwide to strengthen inclusive democracy so all people can live, love, worship and work free from fear.

• Race Forward- Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity.

• Find your local Black History Museum

• JusticeAid - an organization that promotes justice through the arts and public engagement
• • JusticeAid’s beneficiaries

VOTE

• Voting plan from JusticeAid

• Make sure you're registered to vote

• Rock the Vote

• Seachange PAC

• Complete the US Census if you haven't already!

• Join ClassACT’s Voter & Civic Engagement Initiative

• Election Protection - works year-round to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count. 

VISIT

• 18 Black Museums To Visit Across The U.S., Keyaira Boone, Essence

PERSONAL/OPINION

• Roxanne Gay, NYT: How We Save Ourselves

• Soledad O’Brien: A MeToo Moment for Journalists of Color

• Caroline Randall Williams, NYT: You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body is a Confederate Monument

• Sylvester Monroe: I’ve Been Reporting on Race for 40 years. Can We Ever Fix What’s Broken?
• A veteran Black journalist looks back on the LA Riots of ’92 — and the anguish of covering today’s protests
• From Beena Sarwar : Here’s a letter I’d like to share with everyone. Greg White on the many knees on our necks, and the need to keep on keeping on…