The focus of this resource is on dismantling anti-black racism.
WEBSITES WITH TEACHING MATERIALS
Edliberation
Teaching for Black Lives
Black Lives Matter at School
Teaching Tolerance
HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES
Teaching Tolerance: Race and Ethnicity
Teaching Tolerance: Racism and Police Violence
Facing History and Ourselves: Reflecting on George Floyd’s Death and Police Violence Towards Black Americans
PBS NewsHour: Death of George Floyd Sets Off Massive Protests
Zinn Education Project: Two Thumbs Up: Movies to Use (and Avoid) When Teaching Civil Rights
Teaching Tolerance: Teaching Hard History or Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Hard History
Digital Database African American Women Writers of the 19th Century from Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience from Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Abolition of the Slave Trade from Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Teaching Materials and Resources Related to Teaching for Black Lives compiled by ReThinking Schools (May 2018)
SOCIAL JUSTICE MATH AND SCIENCE RESOURCES
Social Justice Mathematics and Science Curricular Resources for K-12 Teachers compiled by Dr. Kari Kokka
TEACHING RESOURCES ABOUT RACISM
For Younger Children
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Why Conversations about Racism Belong in the Classroom (USC Rossier School of Education)
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Black Lives Matter Instructional Library, with Embedded Read-Aloud Children’s Books (June 2020)
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All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color by Katie Kissinger (2013)
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Social Justice Books: Booklists
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Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books (Louise Derman-Sparks, 2016)
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Little Heros of Color: 50 Who Made a BIG Difference by David Heredia (2019)
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Art Therapy for Social Justice: Radical Intersections by Savneet Talwar (2019)
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Black Books Matter: Children’s Books Celebrating Black Boys (The Conscious Kid Library & Moms of Black Boys United)
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Q&A: How to Talk to Kids About Black Lives and Police Violence (Anya Kamenetz, NPR, June 2020)
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KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators (Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, June 2020)
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Virtual Storytime: Dreamland With Aaliyah (Facebook Page)
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How to Talk to Kids About Race (The Atlantic, Oct. 2018)
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Engaging Young People in Conversation About Racism and Race (Anti-Defamation League)
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Resources for Teachers (Los Angeles United School District)
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15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest (Sarah Schwartz, June 2020)
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Confronting Racism at an Early Age (Jill Anderson, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Aug. 2017)
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Teaching Young Children About Bias, Diversity, and Social Justice (Jinnie Spiegler, Edutopia, June 2016)
For Middle and High School
For Educators Instructing Future Educators
SYLLABI
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus (Catherine Halley, May 2020)
COMPILATIONS OF ANTI-RACIST/#BlackLivesMatter RESOURCES
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources (Document Created by Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann & Bailie Gregory, updated June 2020)
Anti-Racism Resources (Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein, May 2020)
Critical Racial and Social Justice Resources (Robin DiAngelo PhD)
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Research Roundup (Written by Katrina Michie, Oct. 2019?)
#BlackLivesMatter Resources (Curated by Tia C. Madkins, June 2020)
Education and Criminalization: Do #BlackLivesMatter in Schools? (Compiled by Subini Annamma, June 2020)
Compilation of Educational Resources, Books to Read, Books to Teach and Organizations to Follow (USC Rossier School of Education)
Uprooting Whiteness [Supremacy & Domination] (Compilation Resource Constructed by William Frey)
Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Staff, June 2020)
This Is Not a Riot: A Comprehensive List of Reading and Viewing Materials Broken Into 12 Sections (Credit to scholars, writers, and designers affiliated with MutualAid.NYC)
FACEBOOK GROUPS
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CRESST Critical Resources for Elementary Social Studies Teachers (Private)
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We are a collective of teachers, methods instructors, and researchers interested in building a robust set of resources for a critical social studies education in the elementary grades that specifically addresses issues of equity and justice. We advocate for the inclusion of people and topics that are too often misrepresented or left out of textbooks and standards for young children. We emphasize student choice and voice in classroom activities and opportunities for students to tackle real world problems. We aim to build classroom communities that are inclusive and democratic with students' lives and questions at the center.
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People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (Page)
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South Jersey Women for Progressive Change
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Facebook Group (Private)
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Facebook Page
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SJWPC is an action network for intersectional grassroots advocacy and activism, open to all who identify as female or were assigned female at birth. Together with our local, state, and national communities, we strive to be an agent of progressive change. Formed after the 2016 election, this group gives progressive women in South Jersey a place to connect to take action. For now, the space is for those who have experienced life as a girl or woman, including trans and non-binary people.
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Stand Up for Black People Challenge
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So you want to see positive change for Black people right? You are now officially challenged to Stand Up for Black People. This group was created for people, of all backgrounds, to share how they are uplifting the Black community, standing up against systemic hate and racism, and doing so in a non-violent, positive manner. Only uplifting and action-oriented commentary will be permitted.
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Teaching on Days After: Dialogue & Resources for Educating Toward Justice (Private)
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This group will share resources and offer a space for dialogue about teaching on days after injustice, traumas, and tragedies, on an international, national, or local scale. How do we as educators respond to these major events in our classrooms?
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
Twitter Thread of Resources for All Parents to Discuss Race, Racial Violence, adn Social Justice with their Kids (Creator Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, EdD @TheParentScoop)
Video Interview with Ibrahim X. Kendi on How to Raise Kids to be Anti-Racist and Talk to Them About Racism (CBS Morning Show, June 2020)
Article 100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child to Advance Racial Justice (Raising Race- Conscious Children, June 2016)
20-Minute Podcast Talking Race with Young Children (NPR, Apr. 2019)
Book Raising White Kids -- Bringing up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Article Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Research Roundup (Written by Katrina Michie, Oct. 2019?)
Resource Black Lives Matter Instructional Library, with Embedded Read-Aloud Children’s Books
Resource EmbraceRace Collection of Resources: Children’s Books
VIDEO RESOURCES
10 Documentaries to Watch About Race Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain Things for You (Ben Clay, June 2020)
Interview with Ibrahim X. Kendi on How to Raise Kids to be Anti-Racist and Talk to Them About Racism (CBS Morning Show, June 2020)
How to Talk to Kids About Race (The Atlantic, Oct. 2018)
Systemic Racism Explained
Dr. Bettina Love Explains the Difference Between Allies and Co-Conspirators in the Fight for Justice (C-SPAN, March 2019)
The Color of Fear:
Life of Privilege Explained in an $100 Race (LinkYear, Oct. 2017?)
How to Talk to Kids About Race (The Atlantic, Oct. 2018)
PODCASTS
1619 (New York Times)
About Race
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Seeing White
The Diversity Gap
ANTIRACISM RESOURCES FOR WHITE PEOPLE
Showing Up for Racial Justice (Organization)
White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy (Teaching Tolerance Q&A with Diane Flinn, Georgette Norman, Sejal Patel, and Yvette Robles)
Uprooting Whiteness [Supremacy & Domination] (Compilation Resource Constructed by William Frey)
What's My Complicity: Talking White Fragility with Robin DiAngelo (Teaching Tolerance Interview, Summer 2019)
Constructive White Conversations: A Growing Anti-Racist Community (Resource Hub, 2020)
Divided No Longer: Calling out White Supremacy, Understanding It, and Dismantling It (Blog/Resource Hub by Karen Gaffney)
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge (Dr. Eddie Moore)
Me & White Supremacy: a 28-Day Challenge to Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Workbook by Layla Saad)
People’s Institute for Survival And Beyond (PISAB) (Organization)
Anti-Racist Alliance (Organization)
Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice: Moving from Actor, to Ally, to Accomplice (Resource Hub)
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Research Roundup (Written by Katrina Michie, Oct. 2019)
“Let’s Talk: Discussing Whiteness” (Teaching Tolerance Webinar Series)
KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators (Resource Hub, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, June 2020)
Articles:
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (Connit Shutack, Aug. 2017)
Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life (Zyahna Bryant, June 2020)
Another Day, Another Hashtag. White People, You Gotta Get to Work NOW (Luvvie Ajayi, Sept. 2016)
Doing the Work: White People Must Invest in Anti-Racism (Jenn Jackson, Dec. 2017)
For White People Who Must Take Action When ‘Good Intentions’ are Not Enough (Jamila Lyiscott, Aug. 2017)
100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating for People of Color (Kesiena Boom, Apr. 2018)
11 Things White People Need to Realize About Race (Emma Gray/Jessica Samakow, July 2015)
5 Ways White People Can Fight White Supremacy (Michael Harriot, Oct. 2017)
For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies (Country Ariel, Aug. 2017)
SCHOLARSHIP
Ahmed, Sara. 2005. The Politics of Bad Feeling. Australasian Journal of Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, 1, pp. 72-85.
Alexander, M. (2010). The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. New York, NY: New Press.
Anderson, C. (2017). White rage: The unspoken truth of our racial divide. New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
Baldwin, J. (1993). The fire next time. New York, NY: Vintage International.
Bonilla-Silva, E. (2016) Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America (5th Ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Burrell, T. (2010). Brainwashed: Challenging the myth of Black inferiority. Carlsbad, CA: Smiley Books.
Coates, T. (2015). Between the world and me. New York, NY: Spiegel and Grau.
Davis, A. Y. (1983). Women, race & class. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
Dyson, M. E. (2017). Tears we cannot stop: A sermon to white America. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.
Eberhardt, J. L. (2020). Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do. London, United Kingdom: Penguin Books.
Hill, M. L. (2017). Nobody: Casualties of America’s war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond. New York, NY: Atria Books
hooks, b. (2000). Where we stand: Class matters. New York, NY: Routledge.
Kendi, I. X. (2017). Stamped from the beginning: The definitive history of racist ideas in America. New York, NY: Nation Books.
Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist. New York, NY: One World.
King, M.L. (1963). Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Retrieved from: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-birmingham-jail/552461/
Love, B. (2019). We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Menakem, R. (2017). My grandmother's hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies. Las Vegas, NV: Central Recovery Press.
Moore, E., Michael, A., Penick-Parks, M. W., Singleton, G. E., & Hackman, H. (2018). The guide for White women who teach Black boys: Understanding, connecting, respecting. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Morris, M. W., Conteh, M., & Harris-Perry, M. (2018). Pushout: The criminalization of Black girls in schools. New York, NY: The New Press.
Oluo, I. (2019). So you want to talk about race. New York, NY: Seal Press.
Roberts, D. E. (1997). Killing the black body: Race, reproduction, and the meaning of liberty. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
Saad, L. F. (2020). Me and white supremacy: Combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks.
Sturkey, W. (2019). Hattiesburg: An American city in black and white. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Tatum, B. D. (2017). "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Washington, H. A. (2008). Medical apartheid: The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present. New York, NY: Anchor Books, a division of Random House.
Watts-Jones T. D. (2010). Location of self: opening the door to dialogue on intersectionality in the therapy process. Family process, 49(3), 405–420. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01330.x
West, C. (1994). Race matters. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
Wiencek, H. (2000). The Hairstons: An American family in black and white. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin.
ORGANIZATIONS/PROJECTS
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Anti-Racist of Alliance
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Assata’s Daughters
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Assata’s Daughters is a Black woman-led, young person-directed organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition. AD organizes young Black people in Chicago by providing them with political education, leadership development, mentorship, and revolutionary services.
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The Black Youth Project
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The Black Youth Project will examine the attitudes, resources, and culture of the young, urban black millennial, exploring how these factors and others influence their decision-making, norms, and behavior in critical domains such as sex, health, and politics.
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Color of Change
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Color of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. By designing strategies powerful enough to fight racism and injustice—in politics and culture, in the workplace and the economy, in criminal justice and community life, and wherever they exist—we are changing both the written and unwritten rules of society.
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COLORLINES
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COLORLINES is a daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation. COLORLINES is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice.
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The Conscious Kid
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The Conscious Kid is an education, research and policy organization dedicated to reducing bias and promoting positive identity development in youth. We partner with organizations, children’s museums, schools, and families across the country to promote access to children’s books centering underrepresented and oppressed groups.
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The Conciliation Project
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Based in Richmond, Virginia, The Conciliation Project produces original plays that inspire, inform, and include everyone in a conversation around race. Their mission is to promote, through active and challenging dramatic work, open and honest dialogue about racism and oppression in America in order to repair its damaging legacy.
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Dr. Barbara Love
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Coach, Author and Educator, Dr. Barbara Love offers a framework, liberatory consciousness “to maintain an awareness of the dynamics of oppression characterizing society without giving in to despair and hopelessness about that condition and enabling us to practice intentionality about changing systems of oppression”.
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Dr. Kira Banks
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Psychologist and Educator, Dr. Banks has created a series called Raising Equity, which explores what it means to intentionally raise children with “an equity mindset”, knowledge and an understanding of systemic inequalities.
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Dream Defenders
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The Dream Defenders was founded in April 2012 after the tragic killing of 17-year old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Today, the Dream Defenders is organizing Black and Brown youth to build power in our communities to advance a new vision we have for the state. Our agenda is called the Freedom Papers. Through it, we are advancing our vision of safety and security -- away from prisons, deportation, and war -- and towards healthcare, housing, jobs, and movement for all.
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EMBRACERACE
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Co-founded by Andrew Grant-Thomas & Melissa Giraud, EmbraceRace is multiracial community of parents, teachers, experts, and other caring adults who support each other to meet the challenges that race poses to our children, families, and communities. There are a lot of great resources, particularly webinars on talking to kids about race and racism and an incredible list of books for both kids and caregivers.
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Emmett Till Memory Project
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The Emmett Till Memory Project is your complete guide to the legacy of Till’s murder. The app takes users to the most important sites in the Mississippi Delta and beyond. By telling Till’s story from the perspective of each site, the app encourages users to wrestle with different versions of Till’s story and think critically about how it has been passed on.
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NJ Cultural Competence Training Center
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For all mental health professionals in NJ there are cultural training centers in the Northern, and Central and Southern regions that provide trainings and address organizational cultural competency, funded by DMHAS
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PISAB- The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
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PISAB is a national and international collective of anti-racist, multicultural community organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social transformation. Through Undoing Racism®/Community Organizing Workshops, technical assistance and consultations, The People’s Institute helps individuals, communities, organizations and institutions move beyond addressing the symptoms of racism to undoing the causes of racism so as to create a more just and equitable society.
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Rutgers University Cultivating Inclusion and Transformational Excellence Learning Communities (CITE)
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Rutgers University is committed to fostering a campus climate where every student, faculty, staff member, alumni, and visitor feels welcomed, affirmed, included, and valued. To realize this vision, all members of the campus community must be engaged in this important work. In the spirit of cultivating this environment, the Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement offers a yearlong sustained dialogue program for faculty and staff.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
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The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.
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SURJ - Showing Up for Racial Justice
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SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability..
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Truthout
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Truthout is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing for progressive and transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis.
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Volunteer Counseling Services
WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, AND WEBINARS
PEOPLE TO FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM
Rachel Cargle @rachel.cargle
Brittany Packnett Cunningham @mspackyetii
From Privilege to Progress @privtoprog
Michelle Saahene @michellesaahene
Melissa DePino @thewildsister
PEOPLE TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER
Brittany Packnett Cunningham @MsPackyetti
DeRay McKesson @deray
Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII
Sam Sinyangwe @samswey
Treva Lindsey @divafeminist
Ibram Kendi @DrIbram
Derecka Purnell @dereckapurnell
Heather McGhee @hmcghee
Bernice King @berniceking
William Barber @RevDrBarber
Bree Newsome Bass @BreeNewsome
Nikole Hannah Jones @nhannahjones
Johnetta Elzie @Nettaaaaaaaa
Opal Tometi @opalayo
Alicia Garza @aliciagarza
BLACK OWNED BOOKSTORES
https://afrotech.com/10-black-owned-online-bookstores-to-support-while-at-home
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g32782756/black-owned-bookstores/
https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php