Research Guides: Black Lives Matter Resources and Support: History and Related Resources

History and Related Resources

1619 Project
New York Times Magazine, Aug. 14, 2019: An ongoing initiative that aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the center of the narrative.
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
JSTOR, May 31, 2020: Articles, published over the course of JSTOR Daily’s five years try to provide context to help students understand the broader pattern of institutionalized racism.
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
The Root, May 30, 2020: A timeline of events from 1619 to present day in order to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others.
A Decade of Watching Black People Die
NPR Code Switch, May 31, 2020: A non-comprehensive list of names of black folks killed by the police since Eric Garner's death in 2014.
Mapping US Police Killings of Black Americans
Aljazeera, May 31, 2020: A map depicting the disproportionate number of police killings of people of color across the US's 50 states.

Reading Materials

The following materials are available through the Emory University Libraries' online catalog.

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: Online Access
ISBN: 9780525509295
Publication Date: 2019-08-13
"What's the problem with being 'not racist'? It is a claim that signifies neutrality... But there is not neutrality in the racism struggle." - Ibram X. Kendi
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander; Cornel West (Introduction by)
Call Number: Online Access
ISBN: 9781595588197
Publication Date: 2012-01-16
"We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." - Michelle Alexander
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo
Call Number: Online Access
ISBN: 9780807047422
Publication Date: 2018
"To continue reproducing racial inequality, the system only needs for white people to be really nice and carry on... Niceness does not break with white solidarity and white silence." - Robin J. DiAngelo
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Call Number: Online Access
ISBN: 9781608465637
Publication Date: 2016-02-01
"Justice is not a natural part of the lifecycle of the United States, nor is it a product of evolution; it is always the outcome of a struggle" - Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

History and Related Resources

History in HD [@historyhd]. (2019, February 18). MLK in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. [Photograph]. Unsplash.

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History and Related Resources