In order to promote greater understanding and productive conversations about race and equity, we have gathered this list of resources.
Podcasts
- 1619 (New York Times)
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Books
- “Black Feminist Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins
- “Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain” by Zaretta Hammond
- “How To Be An Antiracist” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
- “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
- “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
- “We Want to Do More Than Survive” by Bettina Love
- “White Fragility” by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Films and TV series to watch:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
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