HISTORY/IMPORTANT BLACK THINKERS

Historical Context Articles

Timeline of anti-black violence and legislation (1619-present, not exhaustive--IMPORTANT ​ STARTING PLACE!) ​ https://www.theroot.com/a-timeline-of-events-that-led-to-the-2020-fed-up-rising-1843780800

Brief history of slavery, slave patrols, and policing in America: https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing

Slave patrols were the first police: https://lawenforcementmuseum.org/2019/07/10/slave-patrols-an-early-form-of-american-policing /

How the US formed its first police force: https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/

Why is not just about a free bad apples: https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/6/2/21276799/george-floyd-protest-criminal-justice-paul-but ler

The connection between slave patrols, Jim Crow, and modern profiling: https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-sto ps-112816

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: https://www.joydegruy.com/post-traumatic-slave-syndrome

"May 31, 1920: Tulsa Massacre" on the ZinnEducationProject Teaching American History website: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tulsa-race-riot/ ​

Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/05/31/615546965/meet-the-last-surviving-witness -to-the-tulsa-race-riot-of-1921

Tulsa Race Riot and the massacre of Black Wall Street: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-wall-street-and-the-tulsa-race-massacre

GRAPHIC illustrated telling of Tulsa Massacre: https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/hbo-2019/the-massacre-of-black-wall-street/3217

The history behind the phrase, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864818368/the-history-behind-when-the-looting-starts-the-shoot ing-starts

What the 1960’s protests can tell us about modern protests: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-the-1960s-can-teach-us-about-modern-day-protests

Use of neck restraints by Minneapolis over the last five years: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minneapolis-police-rendered-44-people-unconscious- neck-restraints-five-years-n1220416

Historical context for looting as a form of protest: https://thenewinquiry.com/in-defense-of-looting

More about looting: https://soletstalkabout.com/2020/05/28/how-to-respond-to-riots-never-solve-anything

Kimberle’ Crenshaw (EXPERT ON RACE LAW!) on : https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race- -discrimination

Audre Lorde’s speech about how to use anger: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1981-audre-lorde-uses-anger-women-respo nding-/

Black Lives Matter, on stage (theatre focus) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/28/black-lives-matter-onstage

Current Events

Basics of what is happening now: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52854037

Understanding the vital connection between Amy Cooper and : https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-28/george-floyd-central-park-familiar-terror- they-inspire

Use of the word "violence" and where the violence originates by Rebecca Solnit: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/01/george-floyd-riots-violence-damage-pr operty-police-brutality

State sanctioned violence vs protestor violence and how framing matters: https://www.vox.com/2020/5/30/21275507/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-police-violence

Breonna Tyler was shot in her own home as she slept, where is her outrage? https://medium.com/@rscott14/where-is-the-outrage-for-breonna-taylor-f2f7ed762e79

Amy Siskind’s The List (Started in November of 2016, it chronicles authoritarian changes in ​ US politics that include civil rights): https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-185/

Black activist teen, Nupol Kiazolu, you should know about: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-185/https:/www.teenvogue.com/story/nupol-kiazolu-of- black-lives-matter-of-greater-new-york-explains-her-journey-into-

Black Women Writers Reading List (trans inclusive): https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/black-feminist-perspectives-on-covid-19-a-readi ng-list

African American Museum of History and Culture release about race: https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-releas es-talking-about-race-web

Reparations (how they differ from charity)

Basics of reparations https://fee.org/articles/the-case-for-voluntary-reparations/

Reparations doesn’t just mean money, it means REPAIR: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/reparations-definition-2020-candidat es/590863/

What reparations could look like: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/what-might-reparations-look-like-nonprofit-activists-outline- one-path/

Reparations happening NOW at the local level: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/31/slavery-reparations-seem-impossi ble-many-places-theyre-already-happening/?arc404=true

The role of philanthropy in funding black-led movements and how funding “interventions” is not the same: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/dear-philanthropy-these-are-the-fires-of-anti-black-racism

Defunding

That does defunding the police mean, and how is it different from reform? https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/defund-police-protest/

Online Databases

MPD 150 (resources on the 150 year history of MN police dept): https://www.mpd150.com/resources/

Videos

Trevor Noah on connecting the events of COVID, Amy Cooper, and George Floyd: https://youtu.be/v4amCfVbA_c

Press conference by the friends of George Floyd: https://youtu.be/z_zoLiFqqNM

Tamika Mallory Press Conference: https://youtu.be/2wxAhGhHZMI

Jim Crow documentary (PBS): https://youtu.be/XWQfDbbQv9E

SELF-EDUCATION

Books by black authors for white people

So You Want to Talk About Race, by ​ BUY: sealpress.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/ ​ READ: peterboroughtownlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Chapter-from-So-you-want-to-talk-abo ut-race-by-Ijeoma-Oluo.pdf

How to be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi ​ BUY: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525509288?aff=NPR ​

Another great list of books by black authors: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/black-lives-matter-reading-list

Read to your young siblings, relatives, and more! a kids book about racism, by Jelani Memory ​ BUY: https://akidsbookabout.com/products/a-kids-book-about-racism ​ LISTEN/READ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE ​

POD CASTS

Seeing White Pod cast (How to unpack whiteness as a white person) https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/

Additional Resources for Being an Anti-Racist Ally

Me and White Supremacy (Good place to start): http://laylafsaad.com/meandwhitesupremacy

HUUUGE blog that contains a compilation of resources for white folks: https://www.conspireforchange.org

There’s not such thing as “not racist” (only racist or anti-racist): https://www.npr.org/2019/08/15/751070344/theres-no-such-thing-as-not-racist-in-ibram-x-kendis -how-to-be-an-anitracist

75 things you can DO to interrupt racism, no matter where you live: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e 0234

Your black friends are not okay (how white people can avoid adding to hurt): https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9841376/black-trauma-george-floyd-dear-white-peop le

How to support the Movement: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/support-the-black-lives-matter-movement

How to be a better white ally (from donations to reading materials): https://witanddelight.com/2020/05/how-white-people-can-be-better-allies-to-the-black-communit y/

How to Take Action (self-work and community work)

26 Actions to take outside of protesting: https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/docs/beyondthestreets_final

Great resource on how to be an actor, ally, and accomplice for CHANGE: https://www.whiteaccomplices.org

How to end police brutality in your community (a multilayered approach): https://populardemocracy.org/news/15-things-your-city-can-do-right-now-end-police-brutality https://ideas.ted.com/how-you-can-be-an-ally-in-the-fight-for-racial-justice https://medium.com/@surj_action/5-ways-white-people-can-take-action-in-response-to-white-an d-state-sanctioned-violence-2bb907ba5277 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/white-people-can-hold-each-other-accountable-to-stop-instituti onal-racism https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/28/black-lives-matter-onstage

Protest Etiquette Black perspective on what to consider BEFORE coming to a protest: https://wearyourvoicemag.com/white-people-blacklivesmatter-protests/

IF you go, LISTEN to black-leadership: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/protesters-violence-george-floyd

Ithaca Teen shares how to be a white ally: https://www.14850.com/053114039-white-ally-nina/

Local Organizations to Support

Don’t Shoot Portland, a community action plan: www.dontshootpdx.org ​

Momentum Alliance, a youth-of-color led social justice organization: momentumalliance.org ​

Portland African American Leadership Forum, supporting civic participation and leadership: ​ paalf.org

Urban League of Portland, one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service orgs: ulpdx.org ​

Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs, serving the Black community in Oregon: oaba.us ​

Color of Change, a national organization demanding justice for the recent murders: ​ https://colorofchange.org/campaigns/active/