Race & Ethnicity Resources

This page provides resources that bring awareness to the challenges that people face based on their race or ethnicity in order to promote communities of equity and justice and to support our students, faculty and staff.

Anderson, M. (2016, October 11). How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning. The Atlantic.

Andrew, S. (2020, June 17). There’s a Growing Call to Defund the Police. Here’s what it means. CNN.

Balko, R. (2020, May 29). White people can compartmentalize police brutality. Black people don't have the luxury. The Washington Post.

Blevity News Team (2020, May 29). We Are Fed Up With Fighting a Pandemic Amid a Pandemic. Blevity.

Coaston, J. (2019, May 28). The Intersectionality Wars. Vox. 

Dominguez, A. (2020, September 25). Who Serves Your Cake? Inside Higher Education 

Edmond, C. (2020, June 2). 5 charts reveal key racial inequality gaps in the US. World Economic Forum.

Elliott, C. (2016). Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups. 

Harriot, M. (2017, April 14). Yes, You Can Measure White Privilege. The Root.

Johnson, T. (2020, June 11). When Black People are in Pain, White People Just Join Book Clubs. The Washington Post.

Kendi, I. (2020, May 12). Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? The Atlantic. 

Kendi, I. X. (2020, June 1). The American Nightmare. The Atlantic.

Martin, C. (2020, June 1). Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about Black Lives Matter Movement. The Bold Italic. 

McCoy, H. (2020, June 12). The Life of a Black Academic: Tired and Terrorized. Inside Higher Education. 

McIntosh, P. (1988). White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. 

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (2021). Asian American and Pacific Islander: Mental Health. (2021).  

Newsround. (2020, July 3). Anti-racism: What does the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ mean? BBC.

Newsround. (2020, June 17). White privilege: What is it and how can it be used to help others? BBC.

NPR. (2020, June 11). Defunding the Police: What Would It Mean for the U.S.?

Parker III, E. (2020, August 20). Do Colleges Need a Chief Diversity Officer? Inside Higher Education.

Ross, L. (2020, November 19). What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In? The New York Times.

Salomon-Fernandez, Y. (2020, June 9). Can the Racial and Economic Justice Movement Help Advance Equity in Higher Education? Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 

Schroeder, R. (2020, June 17) Technology, Truth and Tomorrow. Inside Higher Education.

Serwer, A. (2020, May 8). The Coronavirus was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who was Dying. The Atlantic. 

Shutack, C. (2020, September 21). 103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice. Medium. 

Spiva, Y. W., and Howard, D. (2020, September 16). Fighting Patterns of Inequity. Inside Higher Education.

St. Amour, M. (2020, September 3). Report: Top Difficulties Latinx Students Face. Inside Higher Education.

Sellers, Robert M. (2020, June 3). How Long Must We Wait? What its Like to Be Black and Exhausted in America. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Teaching Tolerance (2020). White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy. Southern Poverty Law Center. - “What does ‘white anti-racist' mean? How can guilt get in the way? And what's all this talk about being ‘colorblind’? Teaching Tolerance asked community activists to share their thoughts on these questions, and others. Their answers shine light on the concepts of comfort, power, privilege and identity.” 

Tesler, M. (2020, June 9). The Floyd Protests have Changed Public Opinion about Race and Policing. Here’s the Data. The Washington Post. 

Tesler, M. (2020, June 5). The Floyd Protests Will Likely Change Public Attitudes about Race and Policing. Here’s Why. The Washington Post. 

Vara-Orta, F. (2018, August 6). Hate in Schools: An In-Depth Look. Education Week.

Vargas, J. (2011, June 22). My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant. The New York Times. 

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Abrams, E. (2017, November). The Human Stories Beyond Mass Incarceration. TED. - “The United States locks up more people than any other country in the world, says documentarian Eve Abrams, and somewhere between one and four percent of those in prison are likely innocent. That's 87,000 brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers -- predominantly African American -- unnecessarily separated from their families, their lives and dreams put on hold. Using audio from her interviews with incarcerated people and their families, Abrams shares touching stories of those impacted by mass incarceration and calls on us all to take a stand and ensure that the justice system works for everyone.” 

Act.TV. (2019, April 16). Systemic Racism Explained. Youtube. - “Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US. From incarceration rates to predatory loans, and trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. Here's a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.” 

Barry, J. (2018). If beale street could talk - "A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit."

Bristol, S. (2019, May 3). See You Yesterday. - “Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas, build makeshift time machines to save C.J.'s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer.” 

Canals, S., Falchuk, B. & Murphy, R. (2018). Pose - “Pose is set in the world of 1987 and "looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the rise of the luxury universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world." 

Chukwu, C. (2019). Clemency. - “As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.” 

Coogler, R. (2013, July 26). Fruitvale Station. - “The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.” 

Crenshaw, K. (2016, October). The Urgency of Intersectionality. TED. – “Now, more than ever, it is important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you are standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you are likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.”

Cretton, D. (2019). Just Mercy – “World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.” 

Dateline. Dateline: The Long Road to Freedom. (2020, June 19). NBC. - “Two Tulsa brothers fight for more than 20 years to prove their innocence after they were wrongfully convicted for separate murders.” 

Dear White People – “At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a group of black students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.”

Dixon, T. M. and Garrison, V. (2017, April). The Trauma of Systemic Racism is Killing Black Women: A First Step Toward Change. TED. - “T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women -- and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million women and girls to prioritize their self-care, lacing up their shoes and walking in the direction of their healthiest, most fulfilled lives.” 

DuVernay, A. (2016). Queen Sugar - “Follows the life of three siblings, who move to Louisiana to claim an inheritance from their recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.” 

DuVernay, A. (2014, December 28). Selma. - “A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.”

DuVernay, A. (2019). When They See Us. – “Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they’re falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.”

DuVernay, A. 13th. – “An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.”

Egbuonu, O. (2020). (In)Visible Portraits. - “(In)Visible Portraits shatters the too-often invisible otherizing of Black women in America and reclaims the true narrative as told in their own words.” 

Estrada, C. (2018, July 27). Blindspotting. - “Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), work as movers and are forced to watch their old neighborhood become a trendy spot in the rapidly gentrifying Bay Area. When a life-altering event causes Collin to miss his mandatory curfew, the two men struggle to maintain their friendship as the changing social landscape exposes their differences. Explores the intersection of race and class set against the backdrop of Oakland.” 

Furst, J., Willoughby Nason, J. & Sandow, N. (2017). TIME: The Kalief Browder Story. - “After his arrest at age 16, Kalief Browder fought the system and prevailed, despite unthinkable circumstances. He became an American hero.” 

Fusion Comedy. (2016, October 5). How Microaggressionos are Like Mostquito Bites. Same Difference. YouTube.

Goff, P. A., Robinson, R., King, B. & Romero, A. D. (2020, June 3). The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the US. TED. – “Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King and Anthony D. Romero discuss dismantling the systems of oppression and racism responsible for tragedies like the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and far too many others -- and explore how the US can start to live up to its ideals.”

Goldenbock, S. (2001). The Angry Eye – “The Angry Eye is a documentary film in which Elliott revises her original experiment with a group of young adults in place of third grade students. The film captures what happens during her diversity training session and how the participants respond to being judged and criticized for their eye color. At the same time, the documentary weaves in interviews from people who have been a part of Elliott's trainings in the past. By the end of the video, viewers will have a new perspective on the issue of racism and other forms of discrimination. 

Houston, R. (2004). Mighty Times: The Children’s March. - “The children of Baltimore, Maryland take to the streets for civil rights in 1963.” 

Kendi, I. X. (2020, June 9). The Difference between Being “Not Racist” and Antiracist. TED. – “Learn how you can actively use this awareness to uproot injustice and inequality in the world -- and replace it with love.”

Kunhardt, P. (2018, January 22). King of the Wilderness. HBO. - King in the Wilderness chronicles the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.” 

The Late Late Show with James Corden. (2020, June 4). James Corden Gets a Lesson on White Privilege. Youtube. - “As James Corden shares ways people can help in the fight against racial injustice and inequality in the United States, one of his writers, Olivia Harewood explains how James's inherited privilege is a tool he and other white people can use for good.” 

Lee, S. (1989). Do the Right thing. - On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. 

Leon, Kenny. (2019, November 1). American Son. Netflix. - “An estranged couple reunite in a Florida police station to help find their missing teenage son.” 

Lindsay, D. & Martin, T.J. (2017). LA 92 - “Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.” 

Link Year. (2017, October 14). Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race. Youtube 

McGhee, H. C. (2019, December). Racism has a cost for everyone. TED. - "McGhee shares startling insights into how racism fuels bad policymaking and drains our economic potential -- and offers a crucial rethink on what we can do to create a more prosperous nation for all."

McIntosh, P. (2012). How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion. TED. 

National LGBTQ Task Force. (2016, January 3). Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers. YouTube. 

Nelson, S. (2015, October 23). The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. - “This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.” 

Newsom, J. (2019). The Great American Lie. Films on Demand. - “The Great American Lie examines the roots of systemic inequalities through a unique gender lens. With America facing widening economic inequality and stagnant social mobility, this film takes audiences on an empathy journey, inspiring a path forward.” 

Olsson, G. (2012). The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. - “Examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in American society from 1967 to 1975 as viewed through Swedish journalists and filmmakers. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in America between 1967–1975.”

Peck, R. (2016). I am Not Your Negro. - Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House. 

Peterson, M. (2016, December). Am I Not Human. TED.- For a crime he committed in his early twenties, the courts sentenced Marlon Peterson to 10 years in prison -- and, as he says, a lifetime of irrelevance. While behind bars, Peterson found redemption through a penpal mentorship program with students from Brooklyn. In this brave talk, he reminds us why we should invest in the humanity of those people society would like to disregard and discard.” 

Rose Ph.D, R. (2017, June 27). How Structural Racism WorksBrown University.

Seattle Channel. (2018, July 3). Dr. Robin DiAngelo Discusses ‘White Fragility. YouTube. 

Singleton, J. (1995). Higher Learning. - People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus. 

Sidner, S. The History of Tulsa's 'Black Wall Street' Massacre. CNN.

Stevenson, B. (2020, March). We Need to Talk About Injustice. TED. – “Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.”

Sud, V. (2018). Seven Seconds. - “Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.”  

Thurston, B. (2019, April). How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a TimeTED.  – “Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on black Americans who have committed the crimes of ... eating, walking or generally "living while black." In this profound, thought-provoking and often hilarious talk, he reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing -- while challenging us all to level up.” 

Tillman, G. (2018). The Hate U Give. – “Staff witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s rights.”

Anderson, M. (2016, October 11). How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning. The Atlantic.

Andrew, S. (2020, June 17). There’s a Growing Call to Defund the Police. Here’s what it means. CNN.

Balko, R. (2020, May 29). White people can compartmentalize police brutality. Black people don't have the luxury. The Washington Post.

Blevity News Team (2020, May 29). We Are Fed Up With Fighting a Pandemic Amid a Pandemic. Blevity.

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP). (2017). Show Up: Your Guide to Bystander Intervention.

Coaston, J. (2019, May 28). The Intersectionality Wars. Vox. 

Dominguez, A. (2020, September 25). Who Serves Your Cake? Inside Higher Education 

Edmond, C. (2020, June 2). 5 charts reveal key racial inequality gaps in the US. World Economic Forum.

Elliott, C. (2016). Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups. 

Harriot, M. (2017, April 14). Yes, You Can Measure White Privilege. The Root.

Johnson, T. (2020, June 11). When Black People are in Pain, White People Just Join Book Clubs. The Washington Post.

Kendi, I. (2020, May 12). Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? The Atlantic. 

Kendi, I. X. (2020, June 1). The American Nightmare. The Atlantic.

Martin, C. (2020, June 1). Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about Black Lives Matter Movement. The Bold Italic. 

McCoy, H. (2020, June 12). The Life of a Black Academic: Tired and Terrorized. Inside Higher Education. 

McIntosh, P. (1988). White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. 

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (2021). Asian American and Pacific Islander: Mental Health. (2021).  

Newsround. (2020, July 3). Anti-racism: What does the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ mean? BBC.

Newsround. (2020, June 17). White privilege: What is it and how can it be used to help others? BBC.

NPR. (2020, June 11). Defunding the Police: What Would It Mean for the U.S.?

Parker III, E. (2020, August 20). Do Colleges Need a Chief Diversity Officer? Inside Higher Education.

Ross, L. (2020, November 19). What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In? The New York Times.

Salomon-Fernandez, Y. (2020, June 9). Can the Racial and Economic Justice Movement Help Advance Equity in Higher Education? Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 

Schroeder, R. (2020, June 17) Technology, Truth and Tomorrow. Inside Higher Education.

Serwer, A. (2020, May 8). The Coronavirus was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who was Dying. The Atlantic. 

Shutack, C. (2020, September 21). 103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice. Medium. 

Spiva, Y. W., and Howard, D. (2020, September 16). Fighting Patterns of Inequity. Inside Higher Education.

St. Amour, M. (2020, September 3). Report: Top Difficulties Latinx Students Face. Inside Higher Education.

Sellers, Robert M. (2020, June 3). How Long Must We Wait? What its Like to Be Black and Exhausted in America. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Teaching Tolerance (2020). White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy. Southern Poverty Law Center. - “What does ‘white anti-racist' mean? How can guilt get in the way? And what's all this talk about being ‘colorblind’? Teaching Tolerance asked community activists to share their thoughts on these questions, and others. Their answers shine light on the concepts of comfort, power, privilege and identity.” 

Tesler, M. (2020, June 9). The Floyd Protests have Changed Public Opinion about Race and Policing. Here’s the Data. The Washington Post. 

Tesler, M. (2020, June 5). The Floyd Protests Will Likely Change Public Attitudes about Race and Policing. Here’s Why. The Washington Post. 

Vara-Orta, F. (2018, August 6). Hate in Schools: An In-Depth Look. Education Week.

Vargas, J. (2011, June 22). My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant. The New York Times. 

Hannah-Jones, N. (Host). 1619New York Times. 

Holmes, A., Thurston, B., Cepeda, R., & Colby, T. (Hosts). (2020). About Race.  

Code Switch. (2020). National Public Radio (NPR).  

Crenshaw, K. (Host). (2020). Intersectionality Matters! Apple Podcasts. 

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast. (2020). Color Lines. 

Joffe-Walt, Chana. (Host). (2020). Nice White Parents. New York Times. - “We know American public schools do not guarantee each child an equal education. Two decades of school reform initiatives have not changed that. But when Chana Joffe-Walt, a reporter, looked at inequality in education, she saw that most reforms focused on whom schools were failing: Black and brown kids. But what about whom the schools are serving? In this five-part series, she turns her attention to what is arguably the most powerful force in our schools: white parents.” 

Pod For The Cause. (2020). The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights.  

Mckessen, D. (Host). (2020). Pod Save the People. Crooked Media. 

Biewen, J. (Host). (2020). Seeing White. Scene on Radio.  

Adeyemi, T. (2018). Children of blood and bone (Vol. 1). Henry Holt and Company (BYR). 

Adichie, C. (2013). Americanah: A Novel. Knopf.  

Anderon, C. (2018). One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy. Bloomsbury Publishing.  

Arnold, J. (2020, June 23). Raising Our HandsBenBella Books. 

Alexander, M. (2020). The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press.

Anderson, C. (2016). White rage: The unspoken truth of our racial divide. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 

Anderson, E. (2000). Code of the street: Decency, violence, and the moral life of the inner city. WW Norton & Company. 

Angelou, M. (2009, April 21). I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsPenguin Random House LLC. 

Berrey, E. (2015). The Enigma of Diversity: The language of race and the limits of racial justice. University of Chicago Press. 

Boggs, G. (2012, May). The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century. University of California Press. 

Bonilla-Silva, E. (2006). Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 

Bray, R. L. (1999). Unafraid of the dark: a memoir. Anchor. 

Brown-Long, C., & Mauger, B. (2020). Free Cyntoia: My search for redemption in the American prison system. Simon & Schuster.  

Butler, P. (2009). Let's get free: a hip-hop theory of justice. The New Press. 

Coates, T. N. (2015). Between the world and me. Text publishing.

Cooper, Brittney. (2020). Eloquent Rage. Macmillan.

Coster, N. (2021). What’s Mine and Yours. Grand Central Publishing. 

Cuyjet, M. J., Howard-Hamilton, M. F., & Cooper, D. L. (Eds.). (2012). Multiculturalism on campus: Theory, models, and practices for understanding diversity and creating inclusion. Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Davis, A., Barat, F. & West, C. (2015). Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. Haymarket Books. 

Davis, A. (1983). Women, Race & Class. Vintage. 

DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Beacon Press.

Erigha, M. (2019). The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry. NYU Press. 

Fanon, F. (2007). The wretched of the earth. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 

Feagin, J. R. (2014). Racist America: Roots, current realities, and future reparations. Routledge. 

Gladwell, M. (2019). Talking to strangers: What we should know about the people we don’t know. Penguin UK.

Golash-Boza, T. M. (2016). Race & racisms: A critical approach. Oxford University Press.

Grann, D. (2017). Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. Doubleday.  

Hill Collins, P. (1990). Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment. Psychology Press. 

Hurston, Z. (2018). Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo. Amistad.

Isenberg, N. (2017). White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in AmericaPenguin Random House. 

Jana, T. (2016). Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships Across Differences. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Katznelson, Ira. (2005). When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in the Twentieth-Century AmericaW. W. Norton & Company. 

Keller, C., Levi, J. & Griffiths, R. (2017). We’re On: A June Jordan Reader. Alice James Books. 

Kendi, I. (2021). Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019. Random House Books. 

Khan-Cullors, P. (2018). When They Call You a Terrorist: A black lives matter memoir. St. Martin's Press. 

Laymon, K. (2018). Heavy: An American MemoirBloomsbury Publishing. 

Lorde, A. (2007, August 1). Sister OutsiderPenguin Random House. 

Mock, J. (2014, December 2). Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much MoreAtria Books.  

Moraga, C. (1981). This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of ColorPersephone Press 

Morris, M. (2016). Pushout: The criminalization of Black girls in schools. The New Press. 

Morrison, T. (2007, May 8). The Bluest Eye. Penguin Random House 

Neale Hurston, Z. (1937, September 18). Their Eyes Were Watching God. J.B. Lippincott & Co. 

Noah, T. (2016). Born a Crime: Stories from a South African childhood. Hachette UK.  

Oliver, M. L., Shapiro, T. M., & Shapiro, T. (2006). Black wealth, white wealth: A new perspective on racial inequality. Taylor & Francis. 

Oluo, I. (2019). So You Want to Talk About Race. Seal Press.

Pinkney, A. (1969). Black Americans. Ethnic Groups in American Life Series. Pearson. 

Ransby, B. (2003). Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement. The University of North Carolina Press. 

Reid, K. (2019). Such a Fun Age. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 

Reynolds, J. & Kendi, I. (2020). Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. Little, Brown and Company.  

Ritchie, A. (2017, August 1). Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Beacon Press. 

Saad, L. (2020, January 28). Me and White Supremacy. Sourcebooks. 

Shukla, N. (2016, September 22). The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America. Little, Brown and Company. 

Stevenson, B. (2019). Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption. Spiegel & Grau.               

Tatum, B. D. (2017). Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?: And other conversations about race. Basic Books.

Taylor, K. Y. (Ed.). (2017). How we get free: Black feminism and the Combahee River Collective. Haymarket Books.

Thomas, A. (2017). The hate u give. cbt Verlag.

Toldson, I. (2019). No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People. Brill | Sense.

Ward, J. (2013). Men We Reaped: A Memoir. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 

Washington, H. A. (2006). Medical apartheid: The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present. Doubleday Books. 

Wilkerson, I. (2011, October 4). The Warmth of Other SunsPenguin Random House. 

Wise, T. (2011). White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privaleged Son. Soft Skull Press. 

Wood, J. (2019). Black Minds Matter: Realizing Brilliance, Dignity, and Morality of Black Males in Education. Montezuma Publishing.

Woodson, C. G. (2006). The mis-education of the Negro. Africa World Press. 

Yoo, P. (2021). From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American MovementW.W. Norton & Co. 

Yoshino, K. (2006, January 17). Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights. Penguin Random House, LLC. 

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Adeyemi, T. (2018). Children of Blood and Bone  (Vol. 1). Henry Holt and Company (BYR). 

Austin, N. (2018, February 15). Teaching Your Child About Black History. PBS. 

Baldwin, J. The Fire Next Time Teacher’s Guide. Penguin Random House. 

BLM at School. Black Lives Matter at School. - “Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education.  We encourage all educators, students, parents, unions, and community organizations to join our annual week of action during the first week of February each year.” 

Chaet, A. (2020, June 6). CNN and Sesame Street Town Hall on Racism Part 1 & 2. How to Explain Racism to Kids. CNN.

Common Sense Media. (2021). Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults. - “The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.” 

Embrace Race. (2020). 20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good. - “Parents and other caregivers are seeking resources to help them hold children through the current, terrible wave of racialized violence, which is exacerbated by the tensions and vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As scholars, writers, and parents who use books to connect with our children and spark conversations with them, we’ve developed this book list to help engage the broad range of emotions and needs of diverse children in our multiracial society.” 

Glass, K. (2020, June 29). Black Families Were Hit Hard by the Pandemic. The Effects on Children May Be Lasting. New York Times.

Hannah-Jones, N. & Pulitzer Center Education (2020, May 29). Lesson Plan: Exploring “The Idea of America.” Pulitzer Center. 

Harvey, J. (Guest). (2020, May 21). Integrated Schools: Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey. Simplecast. 

Martin, M. (2020, June 4)How White Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Race. NPR. 

Michie, K. (2020, October 13). Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup. Pretty Good.

NEA EdJustice (2020). Racial Justice is Education Justice. National Education Association (NEA). - “Our education system is intended to uphold equal opportunity, but too often it also entrenches racial disparities by its design. We are engaging educators, students and allies to foster real dialogue around issues of racial justice in education, to examine policies and practices in our school systems and our communities, and to mobilize and take action for education justice.” 

NEA EdJustice (2020). Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide. National Education Association (NEA). 

Pulitzer Center Education (2020, May 28). Activities to Extend Student Engagement. Pulitzer Center. 

Pulitzer Center Education (2020, March 31). Index of Terms and Historical Events. Pulitzer Center. 

Pulitzer Center Education (2020, June 1). Reading Guide: Quotes, Key Terms and Questions. Pulitzer Center. 

Pulitzer Center Education (2020). The 1619 Project Curriculum. The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date. Here you will find reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring The 1619 Project into your classroom.” 

Richards, A. (Host). (2020). Fare of the Free Child. Raising Free People. 

Teaching Tolerance (2020). A Framework for Teaching American Slavery. Southern Poverty Law Center. - “Most students leave high school without an adequate understanding of the role slavery played in the development of the United States—or how its legacies still influence us today. In an effort to remedy this, we developed a comprehensive guide for teaching and learning this critical topic at all grade levels.” 

Teaching Tolerance (2020). Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5. Southern Poverty Law Center. 

Teaching Tolerance (2020). Teaching Hard History: Grades 6-12. Southern Poverty Law Center. 

Teaching Tolerance (2020). Teaching Hard History: Professional Development. Southern Poverty Law Center. 

Zinn Education Project. (2020). Teaching Materials.