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Racial, Political and Economic Injustice, Activism, Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration And Racial, Political and Economic Injustice, Activism, Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice Reform Resource Guide: FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES Available on Netflix: . 13th . American Son . Cop Watchers . Dear White People . LA 92 . Let It Fall . Malcolm X . Seven Seconds . Strong Island . Teach Us All . The Death & Life of Marsha P Johnson . The Innocence Files . TIME: The Kalief Browder Story . Trial By Media S1 Ep 3: 41 Shots . When They See Us . Who Killed Malcolm X? Available on Hulu: . Detroit . If Beale Street Could Talk . Monsters and Men . Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am . Whose Streets? Available on Amazon Prime: . Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution . Central Park Five . Freedom Summer . I Am Not Your Negro . Just Mercy . Selma . The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 . The Uncomfortable Truth Available on HBO: . 3 ½ Minutes Ten Bullets . Baltimore Rising . King in the Wilderness . Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland . Traffic Stop . True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality BOOKS/IMPORTANT TEXTS . The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim- crow?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Ueenlrqgy8&rank=1 . Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and- me?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WKOyXM2lJk&rank=1 . The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ . Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower by Brittany Cooper https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33574165-eloquent- rage?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=TbMljJQytz&rank=1 . Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and Political Thought by Patricia Hill Collins https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353598.Black_Feminist_Thought?ac=1&from_searc h=true&qid=PCXROskGVb&rank=1 . Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108428.Are_Prisons_Obsolete_?ac=1&from_search=tru e&qid=i9WFZrQtZR&rank=1 . Black Women in the Community of Slaves by Angela Davis https://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC46_scans/46.RoleBlackWomenSlaver y.pdf . Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330108-freedom-is-a-constant- struggle?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=s6cUdoy8Mj&rank=1 . Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/635635.Women_Race_and_Class?from_search=true&fr om_srp=true&qid=JeBdlEmQKG&rank=1 . Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25852784- evicted?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cndmvmzAlG&rank=1 . White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43708708-white- fragility?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WW9697r0iU&rank=1 . Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72657.Pedagogy_of_the_Oppressed?ac=1&from_se arch=true&qid=sSs07x5d6p&rank=1 . The Autobiography of Malcolm X edited by Alex Haley https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92057.The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X?from_searc h=true&from_srp=true&qid=mTbJ9f9ujK&rank=1 . Ain’t I a Woman by bell hooks https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman?from_search=true&from _srp=true&qid=Bn2RfpwsuY&rank=1 . Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37415.Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God?ac=1&from_s earch=true&qid=I3apjQo04D&rank=1 . How to Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40265832-how-to-be-an- antiracist?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fxJz4JzzLH&rank=1 . Who Gets to Be Afraid In America? By Dr. Ibram X. Kendi https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/ahmaud- arbery/611539/?fbclid=IwAR3cozm_LyaC4MnF_E8q3ffaF1vBU833NUo8x9VIPwJYNtHE _Fbzipjq_dI . Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32951.Sister_Outsider?from_search=true&from_srp=tru e&qid=Z0c5rbtO7l&rank=1 . White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh http://www.nymbp.org/uploads/2/6/6/0/26609299/whiteprivilege.pdf . Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland by Jonathan Metzl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40697553-dying-of- whiteness?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gpadfh3WTF&rank=1 . The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7093931-the-condemnation-of- blackness?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=fb1cie3V1B&rank=1 . A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and The Assault on Democracy by Russel Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41795430-a-lot-of-people-are- saying?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VA7evoqDEL&rank=1 . So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race . Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Dr. Imani Perry https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43427045- breathe?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bJhQIjSS4J&rank=1 . Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613761- citizen?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9wRXrc7FAx&rank=2 . The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32191706-the-color-of- law?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=0PK8sCLVfY&rank=1 . Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20342617-just- mercy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=vicdR20DcL&rank=1 . From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330220-from-blacklivesmatter-to-black- liberation?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=TWXf1epgEW&rank=1 . How We Get Free: Black Feminism & The Combahee River Collective Statement edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34381451-how-we-get- free?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=EQcF2rV66t&rank=1 . Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114192.Medical_Apartheid?from_search=true&fro m_srp=true&qid=Lv5s2yddWA&rank=1 . America, The House That Slavery Built by Tasha Williams https://psmag.com/news/america-the-house-that-slavery-built BLACK BUSINESSES IN BALTIMORE TO SUPPORT *compiled by Lauren Cohen, digital senior editor at Baltimore Magazine* https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/fooddrink/black-owned-food-businesses-to-support-in- baltimore . Berries By Quicha . Black Yield Institute . Blacksauce Kitchen . Blondie’s Doughnuts . Breaking Bread . Cajou Creamery . Connie’s Chicken and Waffles . Creole Soul Restaurant . Crust by Mack . Dovecote Café . Ekiben . Freakin Sweet Jars . Gangster Vegan Organics . Granny’s Restaurant . Home Maid . Ida B’s Table . Just Call Me Chef . Koba Café . Le Monade . Lemontopia . Love Puddin’ . Magdalena . Midnite Confections Cupcakery . Miss Carter’s Kitchen . Neopol Savory Smokery . Next Phaze Café . Off the Rox . Old Major . Papi Cuisine . Pure Chocolate by Jinji . Refocused Vegan . Serenity Wine Café . Shareef’s Grill . SoBeachy Haitian Cuisine . Sophomore Coffee . Sporty Dog Creations . Strength 2 Love Farm II . Sunnyside Café . Sunset Raw Juice Bar . Taharka Brothers Ice Cream . Taste This Baltimore . Teavolve . Terra Café . The Land of Kush . The Urban Oyster . Union Craft Brewing . Vagrant Coffee . Water for Chocolate . Whitelock Community Farm . With Love Co. BAIL FUNDS/COVID-19 RESPONSE/MUTUAL AID FUNDS/ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT . The Action Network’s Atlanta Solidarity Fund: Atlanta, GA https://actionnetwork.org/groups/atlanta-solidarity-fund . Baltimore Action Legal Team: Baltimore, MD https://www.baltimoreactionlegal.org/ . Bed-Stuy Strong: Brooklyn, NY https://bedstuystrong.com/ . Black Lives Matter: National https://blacklivesmatter.com/ . Black Visions Collective: Minneapolis, MN https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ . Brooklyn Bail Fund: Brooklyn, NY https://brooklynbailfund.org/ . Bukit Bail Fund: Pittsburg, PA https://www.bukitbailfund.org/ . Chicago Community Bond Fund: Chicago, IL https://chicagobond.org/ . Cleveland Pandemic Response: Cleveland, OH https://cleveland.recovers.org/ . Colorado Freedom Fund: Statewide http://www.blackbailout.org/ . Covid-19 Mutual Aid Network-Los Angeles, CA https://www.mutualaidla.org/english . Dallas Bail Fund for Protesters: Dallas, TX https://www.gofundme.com/f/bail-fund-for-justice-for-george-floyd-protesters . Detroit Bail Fund: Detroit, MI https://www.gofundme.com/f/detroits-bail-fund . East of the River Mutual Aid Fund organized by Black Lives Matter DC: https://www.gofundme.com/f/blmcovid . Emergency Release Fund: National https://emergencyreleasefund.com/ . Fundraiser for Breonna Taylor: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor . Houston Bail Fund: Houston, TX https://www.houstonbailfund.com/ . I Run With Maud https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud . Kansas City Community Bail Fund: Kansas City, MS https://www.kccommunitybailfund.com/ . LGBTQ Freedom Fund: National https://www.lgbtqfund.org/ . Louisville Community Bail Fund: Louisville, KY https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/ . Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund: Atlanta, GA https://www.atlantamutualaid.org/ . Mutual Aid NYC: New York, NY https://mutualaid.nyc/ . Nashville Bail Fund: Nashville, TN https://nashvillebailfund.org/ . National Bail Out https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020 . Reclaim the Block: Minneapolis, MN https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/ . SF Community Support: San Francisco, CA https://www.sfcommunitysupport.org/ . STL Mutual Aid: St. Louis, MS https://stlmutualaid.org/ .
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