Black Lives Matter and anti-racism resources

• “Black Feminist Thought” by Dr. 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
• “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
• “The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century”
  by Dr. 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” edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Dr. Ira Katznelson
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
• “Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence” by Dr. Derald Wing Sue 
• “My Grandmother’s Hands” by Resmaa Menakem
• “Between the World and Me” by Ta-nehisi Coates
• “Medical Apartheid” by Harriet A. Washington
• “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Sklott
• “The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity” by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris M.D.
• “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
• “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison 
• “A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota” by Sun Yung Shin

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 2020)
• “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 2011)
• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 2019)
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 2020)
• “The White/Black Hierarchy Institutionalizes White Supremacy in Nursing and Nursing Leadership in the United States” by Dr. Kechinyere C. Iheduru-Anderson | Journal of Professional Nursing (May 2020)
• “Stolen Breaths” by Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH, Eduardo M. Medina, MD, MPH, and Rhea W. Boyd, MD, MPH | The New England Journal of Medicine (June 2020)
• “Exploring Race in Nursing: Teaching Nursing Students about Racial Inequality Using the Historical Lens” by Dr. Carole Bennett, PhD, PMHCS-BC, Dr. Ellen K Hamilton, DNP, RN, Dr. Haresh Rochani, DrPH, MPH, MBBS | American Nurses Association (May 2019)
• “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-nehisi Coates | The Atlantic (June 2014)
• “Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead)” by Holiday Phillips | Forge (May 2020)
• “‘We Can’t Ignore This Issue’: How to Talk With Students About Racism” by Beth McMurtrie | The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 2020)
• “White Supremacy Culture in Organizations” by The Centre for Community Organizations (November 2019)
• “The history of eugenics in the U.S. has made migrant women vulnerable” by Brianna Theobald | The Washington Post (September 2020)

• 1619
• At Liberty
• Code Switch
• Momentum
• Pod Save the People
• Still Processing
• Seeing White
• The Stoop
• Black Girl Podcast
• The Nod
• Uncivil
• Nice White Parents

• “13th” (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• “American Son” (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• “Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975” — Rent
• “Blindspotting” (Carlos López Estrada) — Rent, Hulu (with Cinemax)
• “Clemency” (Chinonye Chukwu) — Rent, Hulu 
• “Dear White People” (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• “Fruitvale Station” (Ryan Coogler) — Rent
• “I Am Not Your Negro” (James Baldwin doc) — Rent, Kanopy
• “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• “Just Mercy” (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Rent, for free in June in the U.S.
• “King In The Wilderness” — HBO
• “See You Yesterday” (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• “Selma” (Ava DuVernay) — Rent, Youtube
• “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” — Rent
• “The Hate U Give” (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu (with Cinemax)
• “When They See Us” (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• “This Free North” (TPT-produced documentary on the Black experience at the University of Minnesota)
• “Jim Crow of the North” (TPT-produced documentary on the racist history of housing in Minnesota)
• “Crime and Punishment” (Stephen Maing) — Hulu
• “No Más Bebés” (PBS-produced documentary on the forced sterilization of immigrant women in California in the 1960s and 1970s)

• All Are Welcome Here | Instagram |Facebook | Twitter
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 
• ACLU Minnesota | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Black Lives Matter | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Black Visions Collective | Instagram | Twitter
• Color of Change| Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• The Coven | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Minneapolis NAACP| Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Minnesota Freedom Fund | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• MPD 150 | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• NAACP | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• No White Saviors | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Reclaim the Block| Instagram  | Facebook | Twitter
• Unicorn Riot (an independent media non-profit) | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Women for Political Change | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

• Angela Davis (Political activist, professor emeritus, author)
• Laverne Cox(LGBTQ+ advocate, actress) | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 
• Blair Imani(Historian, activist, speaker) | Instagram | Twitter 
• Janet Mock(Writer, director) | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 
• Britt Hawthorne(Anti-bias/Anti-racist teacher-educator) | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 
• Tanya Compas (Youth worker & youth engagement specialist) | Instagram | Twitter 
• Jessamyn Stanley (Yoga teacher, writer, body positivity) | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 
• Munroe Bergdorf (Activist, founder, model) | Instagram | Twitter 
• Rachel Cargle (Activist, writer)| Instagram | Twitter
• The Conscious Kid (Parenting & education)|Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Layla F. Saad (Author)|Instagram | Twitter
• Ibram X. Kendi (Prof. & Dir., Center for Antiracist Research)|Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Michele Norris (Journalist, Author, and Founder of The Race Card Project)|Instagram | Twitter
• Brittany Packnett Cunningham (Activist, writer)|Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
• Asma Nizami (local)  
• Dionne (local) 
• Vanessa McDuffie (local) 
• Ashley Paguyo El Shourbagy (local) 

Think: alma maters, professional orgs, religious orgs, anything you’re involved in.

• Rachel Cargle’s draft letter to Academic Institutions

• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
• A Campus Divided at the University of Minnesota | University of Minnesota
• The 1619 Project | The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
• The Race Card Project founded by Michele Norris
• Mpls.St.Paul Magazine: “Where to Support Black-Owned Businesses in the Twin Cities” 
• Free course from Yale University: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
• Live updates on needs for volunteers to purchase, sort, and/or distribute donations: Twin Cities Aid Distribution Locations
• Pepperdine University: Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others
• Fingerprint for Success: What so many get wrong about racism in the workplace
• Drug Rehab Services and Addicted.Org: Black Lives Matter, Substance Abuse, and Addiction Recovery in the United States

• University of Minnesota Office for Equity and Diversity
• University of Minnesota Office for Public Engagement
• Anti-racism Resources for White People 
• The Non-Exhaustive and Imperfect Guide for White Allyship
• How to Support During the Black Lives Matter Movement
• Black Lives Matter Resources (Everlane) 
• What Can You Do? - by Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity