The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Black Trans Femmes in the Arts
The Bail Project
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Black Visions Collective
UndocuBlack Network
African Communities Together
My Block, My Hood, My City
Hope Not Hate
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
Know Your Rights Camp
National Black Arts’ Forward Artist Project Relief Fund
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Sen
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele, Angela Y. Davis (Foreword)
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
>Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States, edited by Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan Price
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock
Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
13th
When They See Us
Just Mercy (available to rent for free in June)
Dear White People (Netflix series)
If Beale Street Could Talk
Fruitvale Station
I Am Not Your Negro
The Violence of white (and non-Black) Apologies by Ciarra Jones
In Racist America, Nothing Ever Changes, by Ciarra Jones
“The White Space” by Elijah Anderson, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2015, Vol. 1(1) 10–21, American Sociological Association
“The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, June 2014
“How White Managers Can Respond to Anti-Black Violence,” by Michael W. Kraus, Yale Insights
“Why CEO Black Lives Matter Communications Are Critical: A DIBs Leader’s Perspective,” by Erin L. Thomas, VP, head of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, Upwork
“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” Medium post by Courtney Martin
Semicolon: Chicago’s only black-woman-owned bookstore and gallery
String Thing Studio: yarn store in Brooklyn
The Lit Bar: bookstore in the Bronx
“George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. What do we tell our children?” by Alia E. Dastagir, USA Today, May 31, 2020
“Talking Race With Young Children,” NPR, April 26, 2019
“Raising White Kids Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race,” NPR All Things Considered, May 31, 2020
Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News, Child Mind Institute
“Framing Brave Conversations About Race and Ethnicity” (PDF), Leading Equity Center
“Teaching About Racism, Violence, Inequity and the Criminal Justice System,” Anti-Defamation League
How-To: Tools and Guides to Defend Black Lives
A list of eight black-led LGBTQ organizations
Activism & Allyship Guide prepared by the Black@ Airbnb Employee Resource Group
A Twitter thread of children’s books that discuss race and racism by @wanderingbritt_
Array 101: a learning companion to Ava DuVernay’s films
Anti-Racist Resource Guide created by Victoria Alexander, M.Ed.
TED talks to help you understand racism in America
“Resources on Environmental Justice, Racism, and Whiteness,” Washington Environmental Council
“An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism” by Arianna Rebolini, BuzzFeed News, May 29, 2020
“Attending a Protest: Surveillance Self Defense,” Electronic Frontier Foundation
Resource guide comprising bail funds, memorial funds, mutual aid, and advice for protesters by Twitter user @botanicaldyke
Talking About Race: a resource portal from the National Museum of African-American History & Culture
The Movement for Black Lives: a series of daily actions to put an “end to the criminalization, incarceration, and killing” of black people.