Resources
We believe that educating ourselves about our collective past is key to justice-centered actions in the present.
If you are interested in digging deeper, please check out the resources that we have compiled below.
Books
Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi
Podcasts, Films + Alternate Media
Podcasts:
1619 - from the NY Times 1619 Project
Reconstruction with Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion - from Slate
The History of American Slavery - from Slate
Seizing Freedom - hosted by Dr. Kidada Williams
Films:
When They See Us - available on Netflix
Amend: The Fight for America - about the impact of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, available on Netflix
Articles
Writing Victims’ Personhoods and People into the History of Lynching - Kidada Williams
A History of Tolerance for Violence Has Laid the Groundwork for Injustice Today - Jennifer Rae Williams (on how the history of lynching is tied to mass incarceration)
For Educators, Teens + Kids
Youth:
Ghost Boys - Jewell Parker Rhodes
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You - Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
Educators:
Podcast: Teaching Hard History - from Teaching Tolerance; Seasons 1-2 on American Slavery, Season 3 on the Civil Rights Movement
Teaching Tolerance - for classroom resources, lesson plans, texts, and professional development with a social justice and anti-bias approach