Race & Culture Resource Library
Racial Justice
21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge - Dr. Eddie Moore Jr.
50 Years after the Civil Rights Act: Ongoing Work for Racial Justice in the 21st Century - The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
The 1619 Project - The New York Times
Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
Black Lives Matter Chicago - Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice Reform - Equal Justice Initiative
Fundamentals of Racial Equity - Racial Equity Tools
Here Are Concrete Actions White People Can Take To Fight Racial Injustice - TaLona Holbert
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters - by Ibram X. Kendi
The Hospital Occupation That Changed Public Health Care - Emma Francis-Snyder
The Ideology of Racism: Misusing Science to Justify Racial Discrimination - United Nations
Is Beauty in the Eyes of the Colonizer? - Leah Donella
Racial Equity Glossary - Racial Equity Tools
State of Racial Justice in Chicago Project - UIC Institute for Race and Public Policy
Talking About Race - National Museum of African American History & Culture
Until Justice Just Is Resource Library - Until Justice Just Is
Educator Resources
4 Ways to Incorporate More Asian American Perspectives Into the Curriculum - Don Vu
21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge: Educator Edition- Dr. Eddie Moore Jr.
Equity and Social Justice in Mathematics Education - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Ending Curriculum Violence - Stephanie P. Jones, Learning for Justice
Facing History and Ourselves Educator Resources - Facing History
I Was a Racist Teacher and I Didn't Even Know It - Education Post
Native Knowledge 360° Education Initiative - National Museum of the American Indian
Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth Curriculum Guide - Project Ready
Rethinking Schools Archive - Rethinking Schools Magazine
A Talk to Teachers - James Baldwin
Talking About Race: I Am an Educator - National Museum of African American History & Culture
Teaching Tolerance Classroom Resources -Learning for Justice
What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently - Pirette McKamey
Policing & Criminal Justice
13th - Directed by Ava DuVernay
Chicago Torture Justice Center
Homan Square Revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people - The Guardian
The Illusion of Accuracy: How Body-Worn Camera Footage Can Distort Evidence - The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
New Era of Public Safety: A Guide to Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing - The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Immigration & Diaspora
Conozca sus derechos: Los derechos educativos de los niños inmigrantes - The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Immigration History - The University of Texas at Austin Dept. of History
Immigration Research - Race Forward
Immigrants are not aliens: why we need to change our terminology - IQ Latino
Know Your Rights - National Immigration Law Center
Know Your Rights: The Educational Rights of Immigrant Children - The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Migrant Children Deserve Better - Luz Lopez
'No Soy De Aquí, Ni Soy De Allá' (I'm Not From Here, Or From There) - Marina Peña, LA List
The Stories of Migrants Risking Everything for a Better Life - Time Magazine
Black & African American Voices
10 Messages of Wisdom We Need to Give Black Youth Right Now - Ernest Owens
12 of the Best Black Horror Movies Throughout the Decades - McKenzie Jean-Philippe
123 Black-Owned Bookstores in America That Amplify the Best in Literature - McKenzie Jean-Philippe
As Long as Racism Persists, Sports Will Always Be Political - Zeba Blay
Black Like Who? - Gene Demby
A Black, Queer Reflection on The Civil Rights Movement and the Unfinished Project of Freedom - Carmen Phillips
The Case for Reparations - Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Green Book: Celebrating the Bible of Black Travel - Karen Grigsby Bates
The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619 - Imbram X. Kendi
My Daughter Reminded Me that Black Joy is a Form of Resistance - Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts
Patience is a Dirty Word - Imbram X. Kendi
Queering Black History - by Dominique Hazzard
White Fever Dreams - Roxane Gay
You Said Hope - Jacqueline Woodson
Latin American & Hispanic Voices
The Beauty of Being Bilingual - Natalia Sylvester
'Hispanic,' 'Latino,' Or 'Latinx'? Survey Says - Shereen Marisol Meraji
How DACA Has Transformed The Lives Of Dreamers — And Their Communities - Natalie Escobar
Meet the Young Ecuadorians Behind the First Kichwa-Language Radio Show in the US - Christina Noriega
More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina - Natasha S. Alford
Rainforest Defenders - Open Democracy
Rosa Clemente On Allyship And Confronting Anti-Blackness - Rosa Clemente
The Spectacle of Latinx Colorism - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
What It’s Really Like To Live With Anxiety And Depression In A Latinx Household - Bianca Silva
Where Is the Smithsonian Museum for American Latinos? - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ken Salazar
Asian & Pacific Islander Voices
Are You a Good Desi or a Bad Desi? - Avani Chhaya & Soham Sengupta
Asian Americans Then and Now - Asia Society
Balancing Great Expectations with Mental Health Wellness - Michelle Yang
Finding Asian American Identity in The Difficult Conversations - Katerina Jeng and Krystie Yen
Growing into my Transracial Adoptee Identity - Mei Tomko
How 'Namaste' Flew Away From Us - Kumari Devarajan
Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The End of 'Chop Suey' Fonts - Anne Quito
'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks - Kat Chow
The Most Empowering Movie to Me as an Asian American Isn’t Crazy Rich Asians - Mochi Magazine
The Myth of Asian American Identity - Jay Caspian Kang
One Korean American's Reckoning - Alyssa Jeong Perry
'Perpetual foreigner': Photos explore Asian American belonging in everyday spaces - Dan Q. Tham
The Stories We Tell, and Don’t Tell, About Asian-American Lives - Hua Hsu
You Learn What's Enough - Saqib Rahim
Indigenous & Native American Voices
Changing the Narrative about Native Americans: A Guide for Allies - IllumiNatives
Indigenous Tribes of Chicago - Tara Kenjockety
"A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep"- Interview with Norma Baker-Flying Horse
Project 562 - Matika Wilbur
Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Brought to You By Brown & Indigenous People - Stephanie Cross
Support Chicago’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day Ordinance - American Indian Center Chicago
Tribal Nations & the United States: An Introduction - National Congress of American Indians
Why More People Are Celebrating Indigenous People's’ Day - Malinda Maynor Lowery
Recommended Books
Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People by Helen Zia
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan González
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native American from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Edo-Lodge