Student Resources

• Anti-Racism Resources
• Bill of Responsibilities for Multiracial People of Color With Light Skin & White Passing Privilege - Blog Post
• Black Lives Matter Card - Homepage of resources on petitions, donations & text/call opportunities
• Letters for Black Lives - An Open Letter Project on Anti-Blackness
• How Latinx People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture - Article from Teen Vogue
• 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now - Article, Awaken
• 101 ways to take care of yourself when the world feels overwhelming
• Do The Work: Rachel Cargle (Specifically for allies)
• For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies (Specifically for allies)
• Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot
• No White Saviors (Specifically for allies)
• Physiological & Psychological Impact of Racism and Discrimination for African-Americans
• Racism's Psychological Toll
• Scaffolding Anti-Racism Resources
• The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach
• Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough
• U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism
• Justice in June

In alphabetical order by title

• An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
• The Autobiography of Malcom X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
• Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis
• Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi-Coates
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson
• The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein
• The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
• Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva
• Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzl
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century by Dorothy Roberts
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• How To Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal M Fleming
• How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
• Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
• The Making of Asian America: A History
• The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain by Langston Hughes
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century. by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
• A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Stamped From the Beginning by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America by Peniel E. Joseph
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• We Keep us Safe: Building Secure, Just and Inclusive Communities by Zach Norris
• We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter by Celeste Headlee
• Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Edited by Glory Edim
• West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story? by Suzanne Model
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Cullors
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• White Tears, Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
• White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
• Why I'm No Longer Talking About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (UK-centric)
• The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

• 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
• Uncivil
• The Diversity Gap
• Hear to Slay
• Small Doses with Amanda Seales 
• Still Processing Floodlines 
• The Promise: Life, Death, and Change in the Projects

• 13th Documentary — Netflix
• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
• "How we can make racism a solvable problem- and improve policing" Phillip Atiba Goff. TedTalk 2019 
• 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
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy / Amazon Prime 
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available for free
• King In The Wilderness — HBO
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — 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
• American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - Netflix 
• LA 92 - Netflix 
• Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap 
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story 
• Who Killed Malcom X?

• What To Do Instead of Calling the Police  - A google doc resource guide 
• Calling Someone Other Than the Cops - by Conor Friedersdorf 
• Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding ways not to call the police - By Caroline Loomis Black owned business in the DMV to support 

• Black Owned Bookstores in DC:
  • Charnice Milton Community Bookstore at Busboys and Poets in Anacostia
  • Loyalty Bookstore in Petworth | Antiracist Reading Recommendations
  • Mahogany Books in Anacostia
  • Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe in Pleasant Plains
• DMV Black-Owned Restaurants Open During COVID-19