Black Lives Matter and Its Social Context
Black Lives Matter: The global network building power to bring justice, healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe #BlackLivesMatter
Cite Black Women Collective: The official page of the Cite Black Women movement #CiteBlackWomen
Black in the Ivory: Retweeting and amplifying Black voices in Academia #BlackintheIvory
The 1619 Project, an ongoing initiative from The New York Times marking the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery
1619, a Podcast from the New York Times on how slavery has transformed America
Intersectionality Matters, a podcast hosted by Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw
On Police Violence and Anti-Black Racism:
Statements from across the social sciences
Association for Black Anthropologists: Statement against police violence and anti-Black racism
Association for Black Sociologists: Statement on Ferguson
American Educational Association: Presidential statement on police killings of Black people
American Political Science Association: Statement condemning systemic racism
American Psychological Association Action Plan for Addressing Inequality
Statement from the American Economic Association executive committee
Anti-Racism Reading and Resource Guides
What is an Anti-Racist Reading List for? by Prof. Lauren Michele Jackson
Anti-Racist Reading List by Prof. Ibram X Kendi
Dismantling Racism: Includes resources related to racism, racial justice, and COVID-19
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
Anti-Racism Resources from UMBC
Anti-Black Racism Resources curated by the UMBC Dresher Center for the Humanities
BLM and Anti-Racist Resources curated by UMBC’s We Believe You student group
Black Lives Matter….Still: Resources curated by UMBC’s Mosaic Center
Learning to be Anti-Racist: Resources from UMBC’s Women’s Center
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This list is not sufficient or definitive, but it is a starting point for reading, learning and conversation.
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