Anti-racism and Activism: When They Call You a Terrorist

by Baldwin, James

Book - 1993

Personal and provocative, Baldwin's classic of the Civil Rights Movement is just as searing today as it was in 1963. Personal and provocative, Baldwin's classic of the Civil Rights Movement is just as searing today as it was in 1963. Show less

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The Fire This Time

A New Generation Speaks About Race

Book - 2016

This anthology edited by Jesmyn Ward brings together voices like Kiese Laymon, Natasha Trethewey, Claudia Rankine, and Daniel José Older. This anthology edited by Jesmyn Ward brings together voices like Kiese Laymon, Natasha Trethewey, Claudia Rankine, and Daniel José Older. Show less

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When They Call You A Terrorist

A Black Lives Matter Memoir

by Khan-Cullors, Patrisse

Book - 2018

An empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable. An empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable. Show less

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My Grandmother's Hands

Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

by Menakem, Resmaa

Book - 2017

A somatic approach to healing the trauma of white supremacy, with sections addressing that trauma as experienced by Blacks, by whites, and by law enforcement. A somatic approach to healing the trauma of white supremacy, with sections addressing that trauma as experienced by Blacks, by whites, and by law enforcement. Show less

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How to Be An Antiracist

by Kendi, Ibram X.

eBook - 2019

Asks what an antiracist society might look like and how we can get there. Asks what an antiracist society might look like and how we can get there. Show less

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Whose Streets?

Downloadable Video - 2017

Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, "Whose Streets?" is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, "Whose Streets?" is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. Show less

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So You Want to Talk About Race

by Oluo, Ijeoma

Book - 2019

Clear, engaging, and very honest advice for talking about race. Clear, engaging, and very honest advice for talking about race. Show less

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Policing the Black Man

Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

Book - 2017

Essays analyzing the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, racial profiling, implicit bias, mass incarceration, and police brutality. Essays analyzing the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, racial profiling, implicit bias, mass incarceration, and police brutality. Show less

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Taking Bullets

Terrorism and Black Life in Twenty-first Century America : Confronting White Nationalism, Supremacy, Privilege, Plutocracy and Oligarchy : A Poet's Representation and Challenge

by Madhubuti, Haki R.

Book - 2016

An urgent plea for the lives of young Black men and a call to community leaders to challenge mass incarceration, racial profiling, and economic inequality. An urgent plea for the lives of young Black men and a call to community leaders to challenge mass incarceration, racial profiling, and economic inequality. Show less

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Backlash

What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America

by Yancy, George

eBook - 2018

Expands on Yancy’s controversial New York Times op-ed entitled 'Dear White America' and seeks to understand what it was about the article that created so much rage among so many white readers. Expands on Yancy’s controversial New York Times op-ed entitled 'Dear White America' and seeks to understand what it was about the article that created so much rage among so many white readers. Show less

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Tears We Cannot Stop

A Sermon to White America

by Dyson, Michael Eric

Book - 2017

Short, emotional, literary, powerful―Tears We Cannot Stop is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read. Short, emotional, literary, powerful―Tears We Cannot Stop is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read. Show less

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How We Fight White Supremacy

A Field Guide to Black Resistance

Book - 2019

A thoughtful book that gives answers to the question, “well what are you doing about it?” It being white supremacy. A thoughtful book that gives answers to the question, “well what are you doing about it?” It being white supremacy. Show less

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White Fragility

Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

by DiAngelo, Robin J.

Book - 2018

Explores how the way white people react to talking about race enforces white supremacy and prevents dialogue. Explores how the way white people react to talking about race enforces white supremacy and prevents dialogue. Show less

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