Racial justice Resources

Articles

• No More Money for the Police By Philip V. McHarris and Thenjiwe McHarris (Mr. McHarris is a doctoral candidate focusing on race, housing and policing. Ms. McHarris is a strategist with the Movement for Black Lives.)
• America, This is Your Chance By Michelle Alexander
• A Moment of National Shame - And Hope By John Allen
• Police Reforms You Should Always Oppose By Mariame Kaba, Prison Culture (2014)
• The Only Solution is to Defund the Police By Alex S. Vitale (2020)
• James Baldwin’s Journey By Ronnie Almonte (2017)
• The Uncompromising Anti-Capitalism of Martin Luther King Jr. By Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., Ph.D. (2014)

Websites

• https://blacklivesmatter.com/
• https://thejusticecollaborative.com/
• https://m4bl.org/defund-the-police/​

Reading List

• “A good place to start if you are new to racial justice history and advocacy is Ibram X. Kendi’s trio of books, “How to Be an Antiracist” “Stamped From the Beginning” and “Stamped,” his young adult book co-authored with Jason Reynolds.
• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s book “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” and Ava Duvernay’s film “13th"are especially relevant now.
• Andrea Ritchie’s book “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color” is essential reading, given the comparatively little attention that police killings of black women typically receive.
• Paul Butler’s book “Chokehold” is an excellent exploration of police violence against black men — past and present. The documentary “Whose Streets?,” depicting the aftermath of Michael Brown’s murder and the uprisings in Ferguson, Mo., will open your eyes to the tragedies and triumphs of that period, as well as “blatant racism and hypocrisy on display from the powers that be,” in the words of a writer in Rolling Stone magazine.” - From Michelle Alexander’s article America, This is Your Chance