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    • 2014 EBD at CCU
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    • 2016 EBD at Manhattanville
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In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed. 
- Ella Baker

Resources

Our statement of solidarity can be found on our homepage, here. 
On this page, we aim to provide a wide range of resources for education and for direct activism (this list is a beginning and is continually being added to)* Please note this list is just a starting point for education and resources. 

Please see the menu below for a general classification of resources or browse through the page (please note there is overlap and intersections between issues).  ​If you have a suggestion for a resource, please feel free to contact us. 

If you are looking for places to donate, some options are here and here and here
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*The Campaign to Support Ella Baker Day does not endorse any of these particular resources 
Resources by Ella Baker Day Speakers
Anti-Racism (inc White Privilege)
Black Studies
Hosted Conversations/Panels
Individuals to Follow on Social Media
Organizations
For Parents & For Children
Podcasts
Policing
Protesting Resources
Schools & Colleges/Universities
Systemic Racism & White Supremacy
TED Talks
 

Resources by Ella Baker Day Speakers

Kenrya Rankin: Book: Anti-Racism: Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas
Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin: Book: How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance 
SoSoon (James Gantt): New Album: "Quarantine"

Anti-Racism (including White Privilege)

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"Amy Cooper, White Privilege and the Murder of Black People" by Tsedale M. Melaku 
"Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life" by Zyahna Bryant 
"The False Promise of Anti-racism Books" by Saida Grundy 
"How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change" by Barack Obama 
"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh 
The White Privilege Conference

Books
​"How to Be An Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi 
"How to Be Less Stupid About Race" by Crystal M. Fleming 
"The Old Man: John Brown at Harper's Ferry" by Truman Nelson 
"Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" by Ibram X. Kendi 

Film:
Tim Wise: On White Privilege 
​
Tim Wise: Speaking on "White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son" (free access)

 

Black Studies


"I Am a Slave" A Video by The Roots 
"A Liberal North Carolina Town Has Unanimously Voted to Give Its Black Residents Reparations" by Anne Branigin 
"Lloyd's of London and Greene King to Make Slave Trade Reparations." by Kevin Rawlinson
Video: Frederick Douglass' Descendants Deliver His 'Fourth of July' Speech
"The 1619 Project" (multiple authors, The New York Times Magazine)
"Black Bookstore Research Guide" by the New York Public Library 

"The Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List" by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center 



 

Hosted Conversations/Panels


"At the Frontlines: Emerging Voices on the Practice and Politics of Criminal Justice Reform" Hosted by UMass Amherest Center for Justice, Law, and Societies, with Kayla Preito-Hodge, Nicole Gonzalez, Nathalie Amazan, Amber Powell, and Toussaint Losier 
Black Education Conference, Hosted by Black on Black Education
"Celebrate Juneteenth with a Night of Poetry and Conversation Featuring Malcolm Tariq", Hosted by Royall House and Slave Quarters
"Defund the Police: A Webinar on Police, Race, and Universities" Hosted by Scholars for Social Justice, with UChicago #carenotcops, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, Adom Getachew, and Davarian Baldwin 
"How Should Abolitionists Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic" with Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Hosted by Haymarket Books 
"The Intersections of Mass Incarceration and Detention" Hosted by Colorlines, Mass Freedom with Dawn Harrington & Jessica Rodriguez
"The People's History of Black People and LA Gay Pride," Moderated by Jasmyne A. Cannick
"Racial Profiling of Black Men During the Pandemic" with Wizdom Powell, Rashawn Ray, Paige Fernandez, Desmond Patton, Courtney Cogburn, and Derrick R. Brooms
"Say Her Name: Racial Profiling of Black Women During the Pandemic" with Wizdom Powell, Amani M. Allen, Ndidiamaka N. Amutah-Onukagha, Chandra L. Ford, Whitney Laster Pirtle, and Paige Fernandez
"Systemic Racism and Health Equity" Hosted by Cornell Center for Health Equity, with Whitney Pirtle, Courtney Cogburn, Rachel Hardeman, and Jamila Michener 
 

Individuals to Follow on Social Media


  • Keisha Blain "#Historian, #Professor #Writer @AAIHS @Harvard #Author of 'Set the World on Fire' (2018) & 'Until I Am Free' (2021)"
  • Kimberlé Crenshaw "Executive Director @AAPolicyForum; Professor of Law, Columbia and UCLA; Host @IMKC_podcast"
  • Christian Davenport "Professor, Writer & Activist concerned with Conflict/Violence, Peace (outer/inner), Racism, Popular Culture (film, comics, music), Travel & the (In)finite" 
  • Laurel Eckhouse "assistant professor @DUPoliSci| PhD in political science @UCBerkeley| I study the politics of criminal justice, racial inequality, and data bias" 
  • Megan Ming Francis "a superhero with curls // chaser of mountains // @TMI_LDF research fellow // political scientist @UW// visiting professor @Kennedy_School"
  • Roxane Gay "I want a tiny baby elephant. If you clap, I clap back. I write: Ayiti, Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, World of Wakanda, Hunger, Not That Bad." 
  • Jenn M. Jackson "She/they | Black & Queer | Prof @SUPoliSci| Columnist @TeenVogue| Podcast @ThatBLKCouple| Rep'd @LaurenSpieller| Views=mine | [email protected]"
  • Hakeem Jefferson "Assistant professor of political science @stanfordpolisci. Thought bubbles: Black folks, identity, politics, music, food, beer." 
  • Nikki Jones "sociologist, ethnographer, author Between Good and Ghetto and The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption (June 2018)"
  • Ibram X Kendi "Hist Prof. Dir @AntiracismCtr. @TheAtlantic. @cbs. @NationalBook Award. #1 NYT Bestselling Author. New #AntiracistBaby. #Stamped. #HowToBeAnAntiracist." 
  • Ayobami Laniyonu "Assistant Professor @CrimSL_TO Policing, Race, Urban Inequality, Statistics," and GIS
  • Tsedale M. Melaku "Sociologist | Author of YOU DON’T LOOK LIKE A LAWYER: BLACK WOMEN AND SYSTEMIC GENDERED RACISM | Postdoctoral Research Fellow @IRADAC_GC| #ScholarMama" 
  • ​Jonathan Mummolo "Political scientist @Princeton researching policing, bureaucracy, political behavior. Former reporter @washingtonpost"
  • Allison P. Harris "Political scientist studying law and justice with not so secret dreams of headlining a Broadway variety show. Jersey to the core."
  • Kevin Powell "Civil & Human Rights Activist; Public Speaker; Author of 14 books, including autobiography, The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood"
  • Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve "Prof. @BrownUniversity, Chicanx, Author: "Crook County" & "The Waiting Room" @NAACP #ImageAward Finalist. As seen in NYT & on @CNN, @NPR, @MSNBC, @NBCNews" 
  • ​Vesla Weaver "Prof at Hopkins in Sociology & Political Science. Author of Arresting Citizenship and Creating New Racial Order. Lives in house of Lennox. Boardgamer." 
  • Cornell West "1 of America's most provocative public intellectuals; a champion for racial justice through the traditions of the black Church, progressive politics, & jazz."
  • ​Tim Wise "Antiracism educator. Essays at http://medium.com/@timjwise & http://timwise.org. Books at http://amzn.to/2D4JmK7 If you want class solidarity, fight white supremacy' 
  • Zellie "All Black Everything. Teacher. Blogger. Activist. Brother. Son. Contact: [email protected]"
 

Organizations

African American Policy Forum Twitter
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
​Black Lives Matter Website

Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Community Change  Website 
|  Facebook |  Twitter 
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Crisis Magazine Twitter
Ella Baker Center: Website 
| Facebook |​ Twitter
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | 
Haymarket Books 
Twitter
​NAACP Website



 

For Parents & For Children


"White Parents Teach Their Children to be Colorblind: Here's Why That's Bad for Everyone" by Megan Underhill 

​Books
"Antiracist Baby" by Ibram X. Kendi, Illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky 
"A Kids Book About Racism" by Jelani Memory 
"Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad" by Ellen Levine, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
"Let the Children March" by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison 
"Freedom in Congo Square" by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
"Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight From Slavery" by Winifred Conkling 
 

Podcasts

1619 (New York Times)
About Race
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
The Combahee River Collective Statement
 

Policing 


"Defund the Police: A Webinar on Police, Race, and Universities" Hosted by Scholars for Social Justice, with UChicago #carenotcops, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, Adom Getachew, and Davarian Baldwin ​
"The Lack of Mobilized Outrage for Police Killing Black Women is an Injurious Erasure" by Treva Lindsey 
"The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad (The Long Blue Line Connecting Police Brutality to Drone Strikes" by Robtel Neajai Pailey and Amy Niang 
"Violence in Minneapolis in Rooted in the History of Racist Policing in America" by Keisha N. Blain 
"When Justice is Not Colorblind" by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, a video posted by American Sociological Association 

Twitter thread on scholarship on race and policing 
​Twitter thread on police violence, data 
​​

Books
"Crook County: Racism and Inustice in America's Largest Criminal Court" by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve 
"The End of Policing" By Alex S. Vitale (e-book version currently free through Verso website)
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect Edited by Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan Price Foreword by Alicia Garza (e-book version currently free through Haymarket Books website)
 

Protesting Resources


​"Bail Funds and Legal Help"
"21 Things to Know about Your Right to Protest and How to do it Safely" by Haley Goldberg
"How to Protest Safely" by Louryn Strampe and Lauren Goode
"How to Take Photos at Protests Safely" by Jess Grey
"Know your Rights: Immigrant Rights" by ACLU
"Know Your Rights" by Student Press Law Center
"Legal Service Providers"
​Power Mapping by Beautiful Trouble 
Rights of Protesters by ACLU
Strategies, Tactics, Tips for organizing and activism by Beautiful Trouble 
"Students' Rights: Speech, Walkouts, and Other Protests" by ACLU
"What To Do If You're Exposed to Tear Gas" by Katie Heaney
 

Schools & Colleges/Universities 


"Collectors, Nightlights, and Allies, Oh My: White Mentors in the Academy" by Marisela Martinez-Cola 
​
Books
"The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972" by Ibram X. Kendi ​
"Diversity Regimes: Why Talk is Not Enough to Fix Racial Inequality at Universities" by James M. Thomas 
"Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice" by Carla Shedd
 

Systemic Racism & White Supremacy


"The 1619 Project" (multiple authors, The New York Times Magazine)
​"Can White Portland's Fragility Handle a Megaquake" by Tiara Darnell 
“The Coronavirus was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying”
 by Adam Serwer 
"Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror" by Equal Justice Initiative 

"White Supremacy has never been fringe" by Gene Demby
 

TED Talks


"An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter" with Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi
"Does Racism Affect How You Vote?" by Nate Silver 
"How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them" by Verna Myers 
"How To Raise a Black Son in America" by Clint Smith 
"How Racism Makes Us Sick" by David R. Williams 
"How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline At a Time" by Baratunde Thurston 
"Racism Has a Cost for Everyone" by Heather C. McGhee
"The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
"The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the US" by Philip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Bernice King, and Anthony D. Romero
"The Urgency of Intersectionality" by Kimberle Crenshaw 
"Understanding Our Roots: White Supremacy is More Than the KKK" by hephzibah v. strmic-pawl 

Here are some mental health resources offered by Sunshine Behavioral Health

Information on mental health issues facing Black communities and resources to address it:*
https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/mental-health-issues-facing-the-black-community/

* Please note that the Support Ella Baker Day campaign has officially reviewed this resources and cannot endorse them in any official capacity 

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