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5 facts about blacks in the U.S.
Pew Research Center, 2/22/18
Black America and the Class Divide
New York Times, 2/1/16
The Cities Where African Americans Are Doing the Best Economically 2018
Forbes, 1/15/18
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys
New York Times, 3/19/18
How Black Americans See Discrimination
NPR, 10/25/17
No progress for African Americans on homeownership, unemployment and incarceration in 50 years
Washington Post, 2/26/18
Only one-third of African Americans say they have confidence in the police.
Washington Post, 3/27/18
Racial Conflict
CQ Researcher report, 1/8/16
Why Teaching Black Lives Matter Matters
Teaching Tolerance, Issue 56, Summer 2017
Encyclopedias
Black Women in America
by
Darlene Clark Hine (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195156775
Publication Date: 2005-05-19
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
ISBN: 0028658167
Publication Date: 2005-12-16
Black Lives Matter Movement
Black Lives Matter
A report published by the Black Lives Matter Global Network on their 4-year anniversary
Beyond the hastags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the online struggle for offline justice
Center for Media & Social Impact, American University
Black Lives Matter and America's Long History of Resisting Civil Rights Protesters
Washington Post, 4/19/2016
The Matter of Black Lives
New Yorker, 3/14/2016
The New Jim Crow
by
Michelle Alexander
ISBN: 9781595585301
Publication Date: 2010-02-09
Policing the Black Man
by
Angela J. Davis (Editor)
ISBN: 9781101871270
Publication Date: 2017-07-11
When They Call You a Terrorist
by
Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandela
ISBN: 9781250171085
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Statistics & Analysis
The Status of Black Women in the United States in 2017
A report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research
50 years after the Kerner Commission
Report from the Economic Policy Institute, 2/26/18
Economic Policy Institute: African Americans
Facts for Features: National African-American (Black) History Month
Statistics and report from the U.S. Census Bureau, February 2018
NPR Report: Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of African Americans
Based on a survey conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, October 2017
Pew Research Center: African Americans
Black Americans
African Americans in White Suburbia
by
Ernest McGowen
ISBN: 9780700624188
Publication Date: 2017-06-09
Between the World and Me
by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
ISBN: 9780812993547
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Black Faces, White Spaces
by
Carolyn Finney
ISBN: 9781469614489
Publication Date: 2014-06-01
Black Mayors, White Majorities
by
Ravi K. Perry
ISBN: 9780803245365
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Chocolate Cities
by
Marcus Anthony Hunter; Zandria Robinson
ISBN: 9780520966178
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
by
Brittney Cooper
ISBN: 9781250112576
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
The Fire This Time
by
Jesmyn Ward (Editor)
ISBN: 9781501126345
Publication Date: 2016-08-02
In the News
CNN: African Americans
Ebony
The Economist: African-American issues
The Independent: African Americans
The Nation: African Americans
New York Times: Black Culture and History
NPR: African-Americans
Politico: African-Americans
Media
40 Years Later: Our People
Documentary.
Afraid of the Dark: Exploring Black Masculinity
Documentary.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Documentary series.
Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class
Documentary.
America after Charleston
PBS Panel Discussion.
America after Ferguson
PBS Panel Discussion.
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
PBS series, website includes classroom resources
Black Ballerina
Documentary.
The Colour of Beauty
Documentary.
I am a man: black masculinity in America
Documentary.
I am not your negro
Documentary.
Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower
Documentary.
NPR: In Black America
Podcast.
Profiled
Documentary.
Slavery by Another Name
Documentary.
Helpful websites & organizations
100 Black Men of America
Largest network of African American male mentors in the nation
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Color of Change
An online racial justice organization
Million Hoodies
Aims to build next generation human rights leaders to end anti-black racism and systemic violence
NAACP
The NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization
National Black Justice Coalition
Dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS
National Museum of African American History & Culture
National Urban League
Works to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights
Trayvon Martin Foundation
Works to spread awareness about gun violence and to support families who have lost a child to gun violence
Find Articles
History
Making Black History
by
Jeffrey Snyder
ISBN: 9780820351841
Publication Date: 2018-04-01
Strategies of Segregation
by
David G. García
ISBN: 9780520969179
Publication Date: 2018-01-05
The Black Panther Party in a City near You
by
Judson Jeffries (Editor)
ISBN: 9780820351995
Publication Date: 2018-02-01
Growing up with the Country
by
Kendra Taira Field
ISBN: 9780300180527
Publication Date: 2018-01-09
Two Weeks Every Summer
by
Tobin Miller Shearer
ISBN: 9781501707452
Publication Date: 2017-04-11
The Half Has Never Been Told
by
Edward E. Baptist
ISBN: 9780465002962
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
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