Black Lives Matter and Anti-Racist Resources
Updated: Jan 17, 2022
This document is intended to serve as a resource to people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
GET INVOLVED
Donate:
Justice Reform:
Equal Justice Initiative | Instagram | Facebook | Donate
Southern Poverty Law Center | Instagram | Facebook | Donate
Campaign Zero | Email Template | Donate
Legal Defense:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Instagram | Donate
Know Your Rights Camp | Donate
Minnesota Freedom Fund | Donate
Civil Liberties:
ACLU | Call for Justice for George Floyd | Protestors’ Rights | Actions Site | Donate
Black Lives Matter | Instagram | Petition | Donate
Antiracism Center | Instagram | Donate
Color of Change | Active Campaigns | Donate
National Police Accountability Project | Donate
Emergency Release Fund | Donate
Minnesota-Based Community:
Black Visions Collective | Donate
Communities United Against Police Brutality | Volunteer
Take Action Minnesota | Actions | Donate
Petitions:
Change.org | Justice for Breonna Taylor Petition | Justice for George Floyd Petition | Justice for Tony McDade | Justice for David McAtee | Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
GET INFORMED
Resources for parents to raise anti-racist children:
Books:
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
Podcasts:
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Fare of the Free Child podcast
Articles:
PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
Articles:
“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
The Combahee River Collective Statement
“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Videos:
"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
Podcasts:
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Books:
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
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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 Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
America's Racial Contract is Showing, The Atlantic, May 8, 2020
The Multiple Unfolding Crisis for African-Americans in Minneapolis, The New Yorker, May 27, 2020
These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protests to Your Kids, New York Times, June 2, 2020
Social Change: Everyone Has a Role to Play (#UseYourPrivilege, #UnlearnRacism), Medium, May 31, 2020
Several Anti Racist Books Are Selling Out. Here's What Else Black Booksellers and Publishers Say You Should Read., Time, June 2, 2020
Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests, The New Yorker, June 1, 2020
Films and TV series:
13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
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 for free on Amazon Prime Video
King In The Wilderness — HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
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
Hello Privilege It’s Me Chelsea - Netflix
Organizations:
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
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: 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
SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
More anti-racism resources to check out:
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
“Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
Mental Health & Healing for Black Communities:
Spaces for healing for the black community.
Black-Owned Businesses to Support Long Term:
Support your local African-American community by grabbing takeout from the restaurants in your area.
Black-Owned Women's Businesses
San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants & Pop-Ups
Seattle Restaurants and Businesses
Minneapolis & St. Paul Restaurants
Portland Cafes/Restaurants/Markets
*** I compiled these Anti-Racism resources from numerous individuals shared through various social media channels.
