Anti-Racism: Web Resources

"An audio series from The Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery."

"February is African American History Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society."

"The Avoice Web site is designed to capture and preserve the rich history of political and legislative contributions of blacks for future generations. This virtual online library is a central source of information about historical and contemporary African American policy issues important to researchers, academics, educators and students."

A selection of primary sources from ProQuest.

List of African American history websites put together by the National Archives.

A selection of Learning Lab collections pertaining to Black History from the Smithsonian.

"BlackPast.org, an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. These materials include an online encyclopedia of over 4,000 entries, the complete transcript of more than 300 speeches by African Americans, other people of African ancestry, and those concerned about race, given between 1789 and 2016, over 140 full text primary documents, bibliographies, timelines and six gateway pages with links to digital archive collections, African and African American museums and research centers, genealogical research websites, and more than 200 other website resources on African American and global African history."

"The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale."

"On May 12, 2009, the U. S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing The Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-19). The law directed the Library of Congress (LOC) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to conduct a national survey of existing oral history collections with relevance to the Civil Rights movement to obtain justice, freedom and equality for African Americans and to record and make widely accessible new interviews with people who participated in the struggle. The project was initiated in 2010 with the survey and with interviews beginning in 2011."

A look at the Civil Rights Movement from The History Channel.

"COLORLINES is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice."

"Three spiritually grounded and accomplished Black men generously invited United Methodists across the Greater NW Area to “listen in” to their conversation in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the uprising of protests, both peaceful and violent that have followed. The Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber facilitated a rich dialogue with Rev. Steve Baber and Dr. Daymond Glenn."

A list of resources compiled by Jon Greenberg on July 10, 2015.

"This special section presents research that will surprise many Pacific Northwesterners. Included are maps, photos, documents, and newspaper articles that follow the history of segregation in Seattle from 1900 until today."

"In Tuscaloosa today, nearly one in three black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened."

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Jemar Tisby
Author and Historian
January 22, 2020

"Note 1: This article is continually updated to ensure each item is accurate and needed today.
Note 2: Achieving racial justice is a marathon, not a sprint. Our work to fix what we broke and left broken isn’t done until Black folks tell us it’s done."

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

"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 Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large."

"This video provides a crash course in how to identify and overcome white fragility in order to a) improve our racial literacy, b) become better allies, and c) amplify black and brown voices in the interest of achieving equality and justice for people of color."

"Just what is going on with white people? Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring. Some of this feels new, but in truth it’s an old story.
Why? Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?
Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017. The series editor is Loretta Williams."

"Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. We are here to provide tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation."

This YouTube playlist includes 23 TED Talks on racism and how to eliminate it.

"“Transforming Historical Harms” is the product of Eastern Mennonite University’s Coming to the Table, an organization providing leadership, resources and a supportive environment for those who seek to acknowledge and heal the wounds of racism. The “Transforming Historical Harms” manual provides a framework for addressing historical harms generally as well as those with roots in the U.S. practice of slavery. The framework looks at past and contemporary injustice through the lens of trauma, identifies the means by which historical trauma is transmitted across generations, and provides an integrated, comprehensive four-stage approach to transforming historical harms."

A definition of racism by the group Dismantling Racism Works.

""What Is Systemic Racism?" is an 8-part video series that shows how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society: Wealth Gap, Employment, Housing Discrimination, Government Surveillance, Incarceration, Drug Arrests, Immigration Arrests, Infant Mortality… yes, systemic racism is really a thing."

"Becoming aware of privilege should not be viewed as a burden or source of guilt, but rather, an opportunity to learn and be responsible so that we may work toward a more just and inclusive world."

"We serve schools, universities & communities with inspiring educator preparation, classroom content, media, and youth programs."

Anti-Racism book lists for children readers, age 0-18.

A recommendation and sampling of diversity & inclusion statements to include in your syllabus.

"This site hosts a series of free, online professional development modules for school and public youth services librarians, library administrators, and others interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy. The primary focus of the Project READY curriculum is on improving relationships with, services to, and resources for youth of color and Native youth."

"The United States is in the midst of racial turmoil — and it affects teachers and learners at every level of education."

Advice Guide from The Chronicle of Higher Education on inclusive classrooms and teaching practices.