Explore the menus below for a curated list of resources
Books
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System by Cyntoia Brown-Long
Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Davis
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
Black-Owned Book Stores
African American Literature Book Club
Black-Owned Bookstores to Support Right Now (and Always)
The Black-Owned Bookstores You Should Be Supporting Right Now
Black-Owned Bookstores to Support Now
Articles
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack:
What Is White Privilege, Really? by Cory Collins:
Is Prison Necessary? by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Recognizing And Dismantling Your Anti-Blackness by Janice Gassam
From Police to Parole, Black and White Americans Differ Widely in Their Views of Criminal Justice by John Gramlich
The Racist History Of Policing In America by Emmanuel Perilla
In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying by Adam Serwer
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Why Seeing Yourself Represented on Screen Is So Important by Kimberley Lawson
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi:
Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety and Security in Our Communities
Colorblindness: the New Racism? by Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
Color-Blindness Is Counterproductive by Adia Harvey Wingfield
Movies, Documentaries, and Shows
The Hate U Give directed by George Tillman Jr.
Teach Us All directed by Sonia Lowman
When They See Us directed by Ava DuVernay
13th directed by Ava DuVernay
Podcasts
1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
About Race by Anna Holmes
Code Switch: Race. In Your Face by Shereen Marisol Meraji
Intersectionality Matters! by Kimberle Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Youtube Videos
Let’s get to the root of racial injustice
The Urgency of Intersectionality
We Need To Talk About An Injustice
Public Address On Revolution: Revolution Now
From Reform to Abolition: The Future of the U.S. Prison System
Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives
How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion Peggy McIntosh
Webinars
Educate Yourself: Online Racial Equity Workshops
Data and Informational Resources
Do the Work by Rachel Cargle
Bail Funds
Organization Funds
Petitions
Charge the cops who shot Jacob Blake
Donate
Books
Don’t Call Us Dead: Danez Smith (poetry)
Welcome To Braggsville: A Novel by T. Geronimo Johnson
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahhtta Taylor
That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole
The Lonely Letters by Ashon Crawley
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love by Kathleen Collins
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Ordinary Light by Tracy K. Smith
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Art
Films/TV shows
Dear White People created by Justin Simien
Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
Get Out directed by Jordan Peele
BlacKkKlansman directed by Spike Lee
If Beale Street Could Talk directed by Barry Jenkins
Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler
Boyz n the Hood directed by John Singleton
WA Therapy Fund Ashley Mcgirt (founder)
The Loveland Foundation Rachel Cargle (therapy and mental health)
Anti-Racism, Racial Justice, and Abolition Resources by Sujata Tejwani, Sujata Strategies
Scaffold Anti-Racist Resources Anna Stamborski, M. Div Candidate (2022); Nikki Zimmermann, M. Div candidate (2021); Bailie Gregory, M. Div, M.S. Ed.
Anti-racism resources for white people Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020.
Anti-racism Resource Guide Tasha K
Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others
Black Men Matter – Examining Mental Health Issues Among Black Men – A Guide To Freedom
Organizations to follow on social media
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook