Racial Justice Resources
Find a variety of resources below to help you learn about equity and racial justice.
Project Implicit: Social Attitudes invites you to find out your implicit associations about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other topics!
Short Videos
Systemic Racism Explained (3 min)
Racism and Police Violence Explained (4 min)
Students Learn a Powerful Lesson About Privilege (2 min)
What Does It Mean to be Anti-Racist? [11 min]
What Does Defunding the Police Mean for Schools? [9 min]
Marley Dias Talks Institutional Racism (2 min)
A Conversation About Growing Up Black (5 min)
Bullying Jr. (3 min)
Being a bystander
Race and Redlining: Housing Segregation (6 min)
**contains one instance of explicit language in opener**
Kids Talk About Race (4 min)
Kids Talk About Segregation (3 min)
How to Raise a Black Son in America (5 min)
An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter (15 min)
Is Boston a Racist City? (8 min)
How Racial Bias Works (14 min)
The Fight for Civil Rights: An Interview with Congressman John Lewis (23 min)
The Power of the Afro Pick (3 min)
A Conversation with My Black Son (5 min)
What It Means to Be Policed in America (13 min)
A Conversation with Police on Race (7 min)
A Conversation with Native Americans on Race (7 min)
A Conversation with White People on Race (5 min)
A Conversation with Latinos on Race (6 min)
A Conversation with Black Women on Race (6 min)
The History of Affirmative Action (2 min)
How Coronavirus Racism Infected My High School (3 min)
How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time (16 min)
The Symbols of Systemic Racism (7 min)
The Path to Ending Systemic Racism (1 hr)
Short Video Series
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? In these films, nine American citizens describe their struggle to belong in a nation that both embraces and rejects them. (1 min each)
Millions of racist objects sit in the homes of everyday Americans. Here are some of your stories about reconciling, reclaiming and reinterpreting racist objects. (3 videos, 2 min each). Also available at The New York Times.
Includes 28 short videos on "Understanding Bias," "Experiencing Bias," and "Addressing Bias."
Includes 8 short videos by Race Forward on the Wealth Gap, Employment, Housing Discrimination, Government Surveillance, Incarceration, Drug Arrests, Immigration Policy, and Infant Mortality.
A series of short videos from Americans - watch whole episodes, selections from the Black History Month Collection, or submit your own based on their prompts (listed under "How Does it Work?").
Television and Film
In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom.
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
America to Me examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education in the ten-part unscripted documentary series.
Justice for All explores how the death of George Floyd ignited a movement demanding an end to the painful history of systemic racism and brutality in police departments across the country.
A two-part special featuring Oprah Winfrey speaking with black thought leaders, activists and artists on the country's direction.
The show will talk to kids about racism, the recent nationwide protests, embracing diversity and being more empathetic and understanding.
Podcasts
An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.
"That my ex does not grapple with race; he does not care to read, think or talk about it, and he wondered why I did. "
Explore how race impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story.
Article Series
The 1619 Project aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. Supplement pdf.
An article series exploring the history of race and institutional racism in the United States. pdf of article or database version
Short Articles from New York Times Upfront
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Making Amends for Slavery? Based on the 1619 project.
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George Floyd's Death Sparks Massive Nationwide Protests
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The Jim Crow North. Based on the 1619 project
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The Long Shadow of Blackface
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South Africa: Land of Inequality. Post-apartheid South Africa.
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Shining a Spotlight on Lynching. National museum and memorial.
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Monumental Battle. The controversy around monuments to Confederate leaders.
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A Painful Legacy. Slavery's legacy lives on in college campus names.
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Heritage or Hate? The history of the Confederate flag.
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Your Hair, Your Right? Hairstyles and your rights regarding school, athletic, and work policies.
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6 Myths about Slavery.
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The Right to Love. The Supreme Court "Loving v. Virginia" about inter-racial marriage.
Books
Borrow ebooks and audiobooks for free through the public library (C/W MARS or Boston Public Library). Read with Kindle/Kindle app, or the Libby. Email ktarr@cpsge.org for more information. More book suggestions here.
Born a Crime is the compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Audiobook read by the author. Young reader's edition available.
How to Be an Antiracist will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.
White Fragility explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.