Anti-Racism Research, Philanthropy, and Educational Resources

This list of resources is intended to serve as a resource to non-black people (including white people, white passing people and non-black people of color) to deepen anti-racism work, dismantle any prejudices or discriminations in our mindsets and communities, rightfully earn allyship positions, and further our activism for black rights and human rights. Included are resources primarily written/endorsed by black individuals, in order to strengthen and support that specific narrative over any others. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, it is never too late to start now. This is in no way an exhaustive list of resources, and we encourage you to use this as a starting point in contributing to the fight for racial equity. We encourage you to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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ORGANIZATIONS/FUNDRAISERS (Donate if you are able to!) ● I Run With Maud Fund ● Black Visions Collective ● Black Lives Matter ● Black Lives Matter (Boston Chapter) ● Reclaim the Block ● Northstar Health Collective ● Black Lives Matter ● Official George Floyd Memorial Fund ● The Innocence Project ● Boston Bail Funds and Legal Assistance ● National Bail Out ● Louisville Community Bail Fund ● We Love Lake Street ● Black Boston ● Chicago Community Bond Fund ● Atlanta Solidarity Fund ● The Liberty Fund (NY) ● Philadelphia Bail Fund ● The Bail Project ● Take Action Chapel Hill ● Minnesota Freedom Fund ● Brooklyn Community Bail Fund ● Gas Mask Fund ● NAACP Legal Defense Fund ● ACLU ● Know Your Rights Camp ● Fair Fight

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ● Innopsych, Inc.: therapist matching for people of color ● Black Girl Magik Digital Workship and Wellness Form ● Therapy for Black Girls ● AYANA: app for connecting people of color with therapists ● Loveland Foundation: free therapy vouchers for women of color ● Quilt: app with free workshops for women

PETITIONS

● White House Petition — Demand the arrests of Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J Alexander Kueng. ● Justice for Floyd — Demand the officers who killed George Floyd are charged with murder. ● Justice for Breonna Taylor — Demand the arrests of the officers involved, and pay damages to Taylor’s family. ● Justice For Tony McDade — Bring public attention to McDade’s unjust murder at the hands of Tallahassee police. ● Reclaim the Block — Tell Minneapolis City Council to defund the police.

BOOKS ● Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins ● Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis ● Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley ● Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper ● Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon ● The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad ● Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy ● 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 ● We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks ● Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold ● Redefining Realness by Janet Mock ● Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon ● Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde ● So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo ● Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge ● Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward ● They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, And A New Era In America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery ● Beloved by Toni Morrison ● Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond ● The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander ● I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown ● If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin ● Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ● Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates ● Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us (Issues of Our Time) by Claude Steele ● Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde ● The Race Track: Understanding and Challenging Structural Racism by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, George Lipsitz ● On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw by Kimberlé Crenshaw ● Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ● Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis ● Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis ● The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ● The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin ● Skin Again by bell hooks ● 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 ● Colonizing Black Female Bodies Within Patriarchal Capitalism: Feminist and Human Rights Perspectives by bell hooks ● Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks ● The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone ● Race Matters by Cornel West ● At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance - a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L. McGuire ● Biased by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt

PODCASTS ● 1619 (New York Times) ● About Race ● The Trauma of Being Black in America ● 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 ● Still Processing: Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison (from the New York Times) ● Hear To Slay: Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom

ART/ARTISTS/ART ACTIVISM Major Exhibitioning Black Artists ● Faith Ringgold (painter, fiberarts) ● Kara Walker (multimedia, sculptor, large scale silhouettes) ● Alma Thomas (collage, multimedia, paint) ● Betye Saar (object art, sculpture) ● Fred Willson (curator, conceptual art) ● Julia Mehretu (Painter) ● Beauford Delaney (painter) ● Augusta Savage (sculptor) ● Elizabeth Catlett (printmaker) ● Jean-Michel Basquiat (painter) ● Amy Sherlad (from Baltimore, painted Michelle Obama’s portrait) ● Kehinde Wiley (painted Barack Obama’s portrait) ● Jacob Lawrence (papercut/collage) ● Mark Bradford (multimedia, curation, community based arts) ● Jack Whitten (multimedia, assemblage, sculpture) ● Normal Lewis (painter) ● Charles White (painter, drawing) ● Glenn Ligon (neon light artist, painter, drawing) ● Virgil Abloh (Off White, LV)

Contemporary Artists, Creatives, and Makers ● Jen Hewitt @jenhewett (Printmaker, author, surface designer, teacher) ● Avis lashonda @avis.lashonda (embroidery) ● People of Craft (platform for sharing black artists and markers) @peopleofcraftsmanship ● George McCalman (graphic designer, illustrator) @mccalmanco ● Kimberly Drew @museummammy (curator, art world activist, author) ● Loveis Wise (designed, illustrator) @loveiswiseillu ● Lyndy @afroplump etsy (painting, illustration, sewing) ● Cindy Echevarria @cinderblkk (illustrator, artist) linktree to shop, see portfolio ● Kah Yangni @kahyangni (illustrator and muralist) ● Michelle Robinson (Mister Michelle) @mister_michelle (graphics, painter) ● Cristina Martinez @sew_trill (illustrator, painter) ● Calida Garcia Rawles @calidagarciarawles (painter) ● Lanecia Rouse Tinsley @larartstudio (Interdisciplinary artist, speaker + workshop leader) ● Delita Martin @blackboxpress (block print, painting, portraiture) ● Lauren Pierce @laurenpierce_designs (portraiture) ● ruby onyinyechi amanze @ruby_onyinyechi_amanze ● Bisa Butler @bisabutler (fiber art, painter) ● Nikki Cade @nikkicadestudio (painter, designer, illustrator, home goods) ● Morgan Harper Nichols @morganharpernichols ● Jade Purple Brown @jadepurplebrown (Illustration / Graphic Design / Creative Direction) ● Élan Byrd @elanbyrd (multidisciplinary artist and textile designer) ● Kenesha Sneed @tactilematter (graphics, textile art, painter, fashion, creative direction) ● Jena Holliday @spoonfuloffaithstudio (illustration) ● Simone Saunders @simoneelizabethtextiles (textile artist, “painting with thread”) ● Maya Freelon @Maya Freelon (sculpture, dyes, paintings, multimedia, ) ● LINA IRIS VIKTOR @linairisviktor ● Jennée Antoinette @wayfaringwomanceramics (ceramics)

Exhibitions/Black Art Resources ● Select Art Exhibitions in 2019 | Black Art Project ● List of Black Art Sites | Black Artists of DC (BADC) ● 7 Black Artists You Should Know by Miss Rosen | Vice Magazine (Dec 6, 2018) ● 13 Incredible Black Artists, Past And Present, Everybody Should Know by Ida Harris | Blavity News (February 13, 2018)

VIDEOS ● Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48) ● Talks to Help You Understand Racism in America | TED playlist ● “The Trauma of Systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change…” | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison at TEDConference 2017 (15:25) ● "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26) ● “How to Raise a Black Son in America” | Clint Smith at TEDConference 2015 (5:04) ● The 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley (58:57)

FILMS/TV SERIES ● 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen) — Available to rent ● 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix ● Fences (Denzel Washington) — Available to rent ● 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 ● Pariah (Dee Rees) — Available to rent ● Black Panther (Ryan Coogler) — Hulu ● I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin documentary) — Available to rent or on Kanopy ● If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu ● Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent ● King In The Wilderness — HBO ● Moonlight (Barry Jenkins) — Netflix ● BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee) — Hulu ● See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix ● Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent ● LA 92 (T. J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay) — Netflix ● Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee) — 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 ● Get Out (Jordan Peele) — Available to rent ● Becoming (Nadia Hallgren documentary on Michelle Obama) — Netflix ● Let It Fall (documentary about racial tension after Rodney King’s death) — Netflix

ARTICLES/OTHER RESOURCES ● PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month ● “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020) ● “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Atlantic (June 2014) ● 3 Things You Should Not Say To Your Black Colleagues Right Now by Adunola Adeshola | Forbes (June 1, 2020) ● “It’s Bigger than Buildings. America is Burning.” by Jenee Osterheldt | Boston Globe (May 29, 2020) ● “For Black Americans, Using Social Media Means Risking PTSD” by A.T. McWilliams | Slate (June 3, 2020) ● “How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror” opinion piece by Charles M. Blow | New York Times (May 27, 2020) ● “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City” by Nikole Hannah-Jones | New York Times Magazine (June 9, 2016) ● “How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change” by Barack Obama | Medium (June 1, 2020) ● The Death of George Floyd, In Context” by Jelani Cobb | The New Yorker (May 28, 2020) ● “Lynching in America” by the Equal Justice Initiative Report ● 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) ● In Defense of Self Defense: Essays from the Minister of Defense by Huey Newton ● 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) ● 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice ● Anti-Racism Project ● 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

**More great, organized sets of resources here to explore. These lists were referenced and used as resources to build upon this one.

1. Anti-Racist Allyship Starter Pack (compiled by Tatum Dorrell, Matthew Herndon & Jourdan Dorrell) 2. So you want to learn about race and racism.. I do too! (creator unknown) 3. Anti-Racism Resources for White People (compiled by @dehyedration) 4. Resources to Help Black People/Communities (compiled by @dehyedration) 5. Master List of Resources (compiled by @dehyedration) 6. Black History Month Library (compiled by Charles Preston, this is a huge database of free PDFs) 7. Racial Justice Research Document (compiled by Rachel E. Cargle) 8. Anti-Racist Reading and Watching List by Summer Harvey | HerCampus at UVA (May 30, 2020)