Local and Nationwide Advocacy Groups:
- Racial & Social Justice Department, City of Somerville
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Black Lives Matter
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Wee the People
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Boston
African-American History
- Museum of African American History in Boston
- National Museum of African American History and Culture - Smithsonian
- Resources through the Black History collection of the National Archives
Recommended Viewing:
- 13th (2016)*
- The 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley
- Becoming, a Netflix documentary (2020)*
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975 (2011)
- Ijeoma Oluo | So You Want to Talk About Race
- PBS: Black Culture Connection
- PBS: Racism in America
- Queer Harlem Renaissance: A Prospectus (2019)
- TED Talks playlist: Talks to help you understand racism in America
- When They See Us (2019)*
*Some of these titles are only available through Netflix streaming - if you don't have access to Netflix, you are able to borrow Netflix Rokus from the library! Place a request here.
Podcasts:
- 1619
- About Race
- Code Switch
- Come Through
- The Diversity Gap
- Jemele Hill is Unbothered
- Pod Save the People
- Seeing White
- Some of My Best Friends Are
- Still Processing
- Untying Knots
- While Black
Additional Reading:
- Racial Justice, Racial Equity, and Anti-Racism Reading List from the Harvard Kennedy School
- Antiracism Summer Reading List from the Harvard Kennedy School
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