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158 Resources to Understand Racism in America

These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States.

The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project from The New York Times Magazine aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Antiracism and America

This is an ongoing series that sheds light on the structures at the root of racial inequities.

IssueLab: Race and Policing

This special collection includes research from nonprofits, foundations, and university based research centers, who have not only described and documented the issue but who also provide much-needed recommendations for addressing this chronic and tragic problem.

An Outrage

A community discussion guide about the documentary, An Outrage, a film about lynching in the American South.

Project Implicit: Implicit Bias Tests

Take tests to assess your implicit bias, which every human has. Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet.

Racial Justice Resources

Compilation of articles to read compiled by a racial justice educator, lawyer, healer, speaker, and author.

Talking About Race

Learn about why talking about race matters, this history of race, what antiracism is, and how you can begin your lifelong journey. Includes a section called Being Antiracist.

What does it mean to be antiracist?

This handout is from the Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing by Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPC.

Whiteness Project

Whiteness Project is an interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, understand and experience their race.

Empowering Educators to Have Conversations with Students about Race

A series of free resources designed to support educators in helping their students engage in effective, courageous conversations about race and social justice.

Freedom’s Story

Includes overviews, discussion guides, and resources for teaching African American literature and history. This site covers history from 1609 to 2008.

"How do I make sure I'm not raising the next 'Amy Cooper'?"

"EmbraceRace had this conversation with Dr. Jennifer Harvey, from whose CNN article we draw our title, for a conversation about what the parents of White children, in particular, can do to ensure they're not raising white children who are quick to call the police on Black and Indigenous people and people of color."

Multicultural Education vs Anti-Racist Education: The Debate in Canada

"The intention here is to examine some of the writing on multicultural education and anti-racist education to determine the components of each. An analysis will then be made of at least one clear difference between the two approaches-multicultural teaching versus anti-racist teaching."

Raising Race Conscious Children

The primary purpose of Raising Race Conscious Children is to support parents and teachers who are trying to talk about race and diversity with young children. The goal of these conversations is to prepare young people to work toward racial justice.

Teaching Justice – An Educator’s Toolkit

This select list of resources is a recommended starting place for learning the historical context for the calls to defund police, including how the events of this year are located in the larger Black Freedom Struggle.

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants. Our program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias. The anti-bias approach encourages children and young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be agents of change in their own lives. Our Social Justice Standards show how anti-bias education works through the four domains of identity, diversity, justice and action.

The Urgent Need for Anti-Racist Education

Article by Christina Torres is an 8th grade English teacher at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Zinn Education Project: African American Theme

We believe that through taking a more engaging and more honest look at the past, we can help equip students — and all of us — with the analytical tools to make sense of and improve the world today. A people’s history flips the script. When we look at history from the standpoint of the workers and not just the owners, the soldiers and not just the generals, the invaded and not just the invaders, we can begin to see society more fully, more accurately. The more clearly we see the past, the more clearly we’ll see the present — and be equipped to improve it.

Black Futures Lab

Black Futures Lab works with Black people to transform our communities, building Black political power and changing the way that power operates—locally, statewide, and nationally.

Black Lives Matter Tucson

Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

Color of Change

Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. We challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform our world.

NAACP Take Action

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

National Urban League

The National Urban League is a historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization with 90 affiliates serving 300 communities, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than two million people nationwide.

Showing Up for Racial Justice

SURJ’s role as part of a multi-racial movement is to undermine white support for white supremacy and to help build a racially-just society.’

Until Justice Just Is: YWCA

Since 2015, we have invited and inspired countless activists, advocates, and allies to join us in the movement to eliminate racism through our annual Until Justice Just Is campaign (formerly known as Stand Against Racism).

We Need Diverse Books

We Need Diverse Books™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry. Our aim is to help produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.