Combatting racism and injustice against Black people requires both thought and action. To help inform changes in your own life, read, listen to, watch, and discuss the work of scholars, faculty, and students from the Northeastern community.
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Explore these additional resources, recommended by deans of Northeastern colleges. You can find additional materials in the Northeastern libraries’ diversity guide. This guide will be updated on an ongoing basis with recommendations from students, faculty, and staff.
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Books
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, Patricia Hill Collins
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, adrienne maree brown
Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism, Derrick Bell
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, Layla F. Saad
My Life, My Love, My Legacy, Coretta Scott King
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Toni Morrison
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women, Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Women, Race, & Class, Angela Y. Davis
Articles
“6 Ways Asian Americans Can Tackle Anti-Black Racism in Their Families,” Kim Tran
“11 Things To Do Besides Say ‘This Has To Stop’ In The Wake Of Police Brutality”, Brittany Wong
“How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change”, Barack Obama
“How to Tell the Difference Between Real Solidarity and ‘Ally Theater’”, Mia McKenzie
“Talking to Kids About George Floyd”, Harold S. Koplewicz
“The Case for Reparations”, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Collections
21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge, YWCA Greater Cleveland
Anti-Racism Resources for White People, Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
Anti-Racist Pedagogy Guide, University of Southern California
Watch
13th (Netflix), Ava DuVernay
Freedom Riders (Amazon), Stanley Nelson
“How we can make racism a solvable problem—and improve policing” (TED), Phillip Atiba Goff
Just Mercy (YouTube), Destin Daniel Cretton
“Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: The Syndrome Passed on Through Generations”, Dr. Joy DeGruy
When They See Us (Netflix), Ava DuVernay
Listen
It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
“Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility” (episode from Good Ancestor)
Small Doses with Amanda Seales
Turning the Lens: Seeing White (mini series from Scene on Radio)
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