If you feel inspired to learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement and the history of social and racial justice issues within the U.S., below is a collection of resources to invite deeper conversation and educate allies.
Books
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- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- Good White Racist? Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice by Kerry Connelly
- White Metropolis by Michael Phillips
- Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- A Kids Book About Racism
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Inner Peace: How to Be Calmly Active and Actively Calm by Paramahansa Yogananda
- Where There Is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges by by Paramahansa Yogananda
- Finding The Joy Within you by Sri Daya Mata
- Yoga for Wimps: Poses for the Flexibility Impaired by Miriam Austin
- The Best Meditations on the Planet Deck by Dr. Martin Hart and Skye Alexander
Books about yoga and meditation:
Movies/TV Shows
- Netflix
- 13th (Ava DuVernay)
- American Son (Kenny Leon)
- Dear White People (Justin Simien)
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
- Hulu
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
- via Cinemax
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
- HBO
- Amazon
- Just Mercy
- Selma (Ava DuVernay)
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
- via Cinemax
- Segregated by Design
- A project from Harvard University about implicit bias
Podcasts
- Still Processing, a New York Times culture podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison
- Seeing White, a Scene on the Radio podcast
- School Colors
- Code Switch, an NPR podcast tackling race from all angles
- Jemele Hill is Unbothered, a podcast with award-winning journalist Jemele Hill
- Hear To Slay, “the black feminist podcast of your dreams,” with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Pod Save The People, organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from fellow activists Brittany Packnett, Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Dr. Clint Smith III
- Blackbelt
- The Appeal, a podcast on criminal justice reform hosted by Adam Johnson
- Justice In America, a podcast by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith on criminal justice reform
- Historically Black
- Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi, a podcast episode on antiracism
- Humanity Archive Podcast
- The Black History Buff Podcast
- BBC Witness History
- Black History Year
- Noire Histoir
Athletics
Websites
- Support the Black Alumni Scholarship
- Generation Wealth
- Project Unity
- https://www.goodgoodgood.co/anti-racism-resources
- https://medium.com/wake-up-call/a-detailed-list-of-anti-racism-resources-a34b259a3eea
Resources about mental health:
Embrey Human Rights
- #SMUHumanRights alumna Jessica Pires-Jancose ’18 created a Dallas Resource Guide covering local actions, bail funds, pro bono legal representation, DFW orgs to support, accounts to follow, and more.