Suggested Resources – Black lives Matter

Websites: Websites recommended an article in The Independent: https://www.runnymedetrust.org/ https://www.stephenlawrence.org.uk/ https://www.sariweb.org.uk/ https://www.stophateuk.org/ https://twitter.com/ukblm

Videos:  "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)  Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

Podcasts:  History Becomes Her  About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge  The Diversity Gap  Dan Snow’s History Hit (Various episodes with historians)  Unlocking Us with Brene Brown  Ted-Ed – various episodes

Podcasts probably more suitable for Sixth Form students:  1619 (New York Times)  About Race  Code Switch (NPR)  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)  Seeing White

Documentaries/Films:  13th – Netflix/Youtube  I am Not Your Negro – Netflix  Akala Race, Class and Britain’s Modern Myths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atfVUgyEIOI  David Olusoga – Black and British/A House Through Time (Bristol) BBC iPlayer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoC2ioaQUQU&fbclid=IwAR1OOhhtavRQh5s9xw- yanHZuNTvQasjV-VwJtJ-VBpa9s_VsauBfQGIOQs Debate between historians/scholars as to whether statues should be revered or removed.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETnIsBnNRr0&fbclid=IwAR2mg6O1eeC0A- 9DoQ2Y2XcGEm93aNtXw_3-WjmIOkt6_ehKS0S4k9Kbe9Y BBC: The History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi (full series on YouTube)

Reading Lists: Fiction and Non-Fiction (Ages 9-12)  This Book is Anti-Racist – Tiffany Jewell  Let’s Talk About Race – Julius Lester  Let the Children March – Monica Clark-Robinson  All About Families - Usborne  Hidden Figures – Margot Lee Shetterly  Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry – Mildred D. Taylor  Long Way Down – Jason Reynolds  Little It – Alex Wheatle  Young, Gifted and Black – Jamia Wilson  Boy oh Boy – Cliff Leek  Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker – about slavery and the underground railroad aimed at age 11+  Half-Caste and other poems by John Agard – poetry about the tensions brought about by differences in race and culture and aimed at age 11+  The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo – about finding your voice and standing up for what you believe in and aimed at age 12+  Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – a West African inspired fantasy novel and aimed at 12+

Fiction and Non-Fiction (Ages 13-16)  Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – about relocation of a Nigerian teenager to the USA and aimed at possibly at Year 10/11 and above  The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – about Police brutality and aimed at Year 9 and above  I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou – autobiography aimed at GCSE +  Brixton Rock by Alex Wheatle – about a mixed 16 year old boy living in London and aimed at GCSE+  Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor – about a girl growing up in Mississippi at the height of the American Depression and her struggle in a racist society and is aimed age 12+ and used to be taught at GCSE  Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (also the recent BBC TV adaptation although this was after 9pm) – a love story that crosses the cultural divide and the book is aimed at 13+  Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge (suitable for KS4 upwards)  The Hate Race (Australian book but context is relevant) - Maxine Beneba Clarke (suitable for KS 4)

Fiction and Non-Fiction (Ages 16+)  Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult – about prejudice and power and aimed at A Level students  Beloved by Toni Morrison – about the ravages of slavery and is aimed at A Level students  The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead – about slavery and the underground railroad aimed at A Level students  White Teeth by Zadie Smith – a novel about the later lives of war time friends: a Bangladeshi and an Englishman and it is aimed at A Level students  Why I’m No Longer Talking About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge – an essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations and aimed at A Level students  Born a Crime by Trevor Noah – a coming of age story set in South Africa in the era of Apartheid and a collection of 18 personal stories aimed at A Level students  Things fall Apart by Chinua Achebe – a man’s battle to protect his West African community and aimed at A Level students  Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala – a combination of autobiography and political history that confronts issues of race and class in Britain and is aimed at A Level students  The Color Purple by Alice Walker – aimed at A Level due to adult and violent (rape and dv) contentPaul  Small Island by Andrea Levy – Set in post war London about immigrant life and aimed at A Level  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

History Books:  Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - Akala  Black Tudors: The Untold Story – Miranda Kaufmann  Black and British: A Forgotten History – David Olusoga  Fistful of Shells – Toby Green  Legacies of British Slave Ownership – Catherine Hall  The World Wars – David Olusoga  A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn  Malcolm X – Alex Haley