Part 8 in my series”On microaggressions, privilege, and systemic racism: A resource for white people”

• The Alt-Right on Campus: What Students Need to Know, (PDF) Southern Poverty Law Center, 2017. ("The Southern Poverty Law Center examines the alt-right, profiles its key figures and exposes its underlying ideologies. We also recommend ways to deconstruct and counter its propaganda, mount peaceful protests, and create alternative events and forums when alt-right speakers are invited or come to your campus." Includes a section on white supremacists.)

• Racist History: The latest from Splinter's Racist History coverage, all in one place and updated daily.. (A collection of brief videos, offering overviews of the impact of various forms of racism on non-white Americans.)

• The Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project is a collaboration of community groups, the University of Washington faculty, undergraduate and graduate students. (This is a rich source of detailed information, including the Seattle's history as "sharply segregated city," links to Seattle activists' oral histories, essays, and resources for teachers. Regardless of where you live, this site is fascinating and thought-provoking.)

• A resource for educators: Learning for Justice (With a focus on educators, students, caregivers, and communities, Learning for Justice "seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people." The organization offers help with classroom resources and professional development, as well as a magazine and publications.)

• Black Voices Series, from The Take's website. (Here is an excellent place to begin your exploration of this site: Meghan Markle and the Problem of Tokenism, a video which also discusses colorism and "color-blindness".)

• ANTIRACIST ALLYSHIP STARTER PACK - an extensive list of "RESOURCES & TOOLS REGARDING RACISM & ANTI/BLACKNESS & How to be a Better Ally,"a Google Docs spreadsheet compiled by Tatum Dorrell, Matt Herndon, and Jourdan Dorrell.

• 15 Informative Podcasts to Learn About Race Relations in America, by Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, Jun. 10, 2020.

• The Melanin Edit.
  "[Y]our skin tone, facial features, and hair texture can determine how you are treated in this world. ... The Melanin Edit [is] a platform in which Allure [magazine] will explore every facet of a melanin-rich life — from the most innovative treatments for hyperpigmentation to the social and emotional realities — all while spreading Black pride. ... The Melanin Edit is here to help ensure that Black skin always feels like the gift that it is — a gift to be recognized, celebrated, and protected."

• MTV Impact (formerly MTV Decoded), with Franchesca Ramsey, a YouTube channel. From the channel description: "stories involving social justice, activism, identity and insights in to how cultural trends affect the world today – specifically young people."

• Retrospective African-American history (broad chronology), "African-American history in the U.S. in general," a listing from Hartford Web Publishing's World History Archives.

• Featuring Henry Louis Gates Jr., The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-part PBS series that "chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent right up to today when America remains a nation deeply divided by race." Accompanying information is available here.

• Of Black America, a seven-part CBS series that aired in 1968. (Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find links for two of the episodes. Also, I’m still learning how to use this site, so my formatting is a bit wonky. The entries listed below are all part of “Of Black America.”)

  • Black History: Lost, Stolen, Strayed - "Black American heritage, a psychiatrist analyzes African-American and white children's drawings, characterizations of [Black people] in film, preparing Black children for public school."

  • The Black Soldier - "History of the military role of African-Americans, from the American Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War...."

  • Black World - "Kinship and degree of cultural interchange between Black America and Black Africa."

  • Body and Soul, parts 1 & 2 - Black athletes and Black musicians.

  • The Heritage of Slavery - "Current attitudes of White and Black Americans toward African-American history are discussed. Explanation of the slave trade, footage shot in Charleston, South Carolina including the Old Slave Mart Museum, interviews with activist Bill Saunders and editor Lerone Bennett Jr."

  • In Search of a Past

  • Portrait in Black and White - Results of a CBS News poll measuring racial attitudes, plus explorations of White racism and changes in White attitudes, as well as Black extremism and Black pride.

• New Disparity Trap Board Game, a board game designed "to inspire positive, instructive conversations about racism." (This crowd-funded game is currently in production. Online information about it appears to be limited. Based solely on the currently-available information, the game has the potential to be a worthwhile resource. I've emailed the creation team for more details.)

• The Black Lives Matter website.

Travel destinations

• The National Civil Rights Museum - At the Lorraine Hotel. (450 Mulberry St., Memphis, TN 38103, 901-521-9699. "Established in 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum is located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Through interactive exhibits, historic collections, dynamic speakers and special events, the museum offers visitors a chance to walk through history and learn more about a tumultuous and inspiring period of change.")

• The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. (740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL 60637, 773-947-0600. For exhibit and contact information, see the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center website.)

• The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is “the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture." Located at 1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560. For exhibit and contact information, see the NMAAHC website.)

• The Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, AL, 334-386-9100. (The Equal Justice Initiative website offers videos and downloadable information about the death penalty, wrongful convictions, the legacy of slavery, lynching, racial segregation, and other topics.)

• The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, Inc., Horace M. Peterson III Building, 1722 E. 17th Terr., Kansas City, MO 64108, (816) 221-1600. Hours: Mon. – Fri. 10 am – 5 pm; Sat. 10 am – 3 pm. (The museum offers research services and houses special collections, oral histories, yearbooks for educational institutions, a reference collection, and rare books relating to local and national Black culture and history. The website includes a digital archive.)

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