History
Articles
"How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women" (NYTimes Opinion) by Brent Staples
"Psychiatry, Racism, and the Birth of 'Sesame Street'" by Anne Harrington
The Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and collaborators, at the New York Times, "aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative."
"How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women" (NYTimes Opinion) by Brent Staples
"Psychiatry, Racism, and the Birth of 'Sesame Street'" by Anne Harrington
The Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and collaborators, at the New York Times, "aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative."
Books
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson - a long but very engaging book about The Great Migration
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson; here is the NY Times review
The Autobiography of Malcom X by Malcom X and Alex Haley
Women Race and Class by Angela Davis
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Not strictly a history book, but the author, an evangelical minister, weaves history in for context. Worth reading whatever your religious inclination.
The New Jim Crow: Incarceration in the age of color blindness by Michelle Alexander
An amazing, annotated list of reading materials by Ibram X. Kendi, Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, as a response to Ralph Northam.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson; here is the NY Times review
The Autobiography of Malcom X by Malcom X and Alex Haley
Women Race and Class by Angela Davis
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Not strictly a history book, but the author, an evangelical minister, weaves history in for context. Worth reading whatever your religious inclination.
The New Jim Crow: Incarceration in the age of color blindness by Michelle Alexander
An amazing, annotated list of reading materials by Ibram X. Kendi, Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, as a response to Ralph Northam.
Documentaries
America to Me, dir. Steve James a 10-part series filmed at Oak Park River Forest High School in the Chicago west suburbs.
The 13th, dir. Ava DuVernay - addresses race, the 13th amendment, and the rise of the prison system.
I Am Not Your Negro, dir. Raoul Peck
OJ: Made in America, dir. Ezra Edelman
Malcom X, dir. Spike Lee
The 13th, dir. Ava DuVernay - addresses race, the 13th amendment, and the rise of the prison system.
I Am Not Your Negro, dir. Raoul Peck
OJ: Made in America, dir. Ezra Edelman
Malcom X, dir. Spike Lee
Podcasts
Seeing White Podcast "A 14-part documentary series exploring whiteness in America -- where is came from, what it means, and how it works.'' an excellent series to start with. Individual episodes are about 30 min. You can listen on their website or on iTunes etc. This series is from the Center of Documentary Studies at Duke University. Note, this is not related to the book Seeing White.