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Recommended Resources:
Documents:
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” written April 16, 1963 – a response to eight white clergyman from Birmingham. First published in full by The Christian Century. https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
- “A Call to Unity,” the letter that prompted King’s letter, written on April 12, 1963, by 8 white clergymen from Birmingham. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229055408/https://moodle.tiu.edu/pluginfile.php/57183/mod_resource/content/1/StatementAndResponseKingBirmingham1.pdf
Articles and Blogs:
- Wikipedia article on the history of African-Americans in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Chicago
RE Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta:
5 key points and links for corporations involved https://afsc.org/news/5-things-you-need-know-about-cop-city https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/05/cop-city-atlanta-history-timeline/
Also see the Media Kit for Defend the Forest: https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/media-kit/
Summit Day 1: -https://streetsofatlanta.blog/2022/05/02/native-americans-share-concerns-over-fate-of-forest/
Summit Day 2: -https://streetsofatlanta.blog/2022/05/09/native-people-hope-to-end-the-history-of-violence-and-racism-in-the-weelaunee-forest/
Re Intrenchment Creek and re-opening: https://www.wabe.org/path-to-reopening-intrenchment-creek-park-remains-unclear-due-to-land-swap-litigation/
Good description prior to when Tort was killed (he is interviewed here). https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/the-forest-for-the-trees-atlanta-prison-farm
Article re Tort's killing. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/protester-killed-georgia-cop-city-police-shooting
Article re Gangstas to Growers: https://www.goodfoodjobs.com
Books:
-The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the
American Church’s Complicity in Racism, Jemar Tisby’s recent book from 2019, The book was recommended as outstanding and the following chapters were recommended in particular. https://www.amazon.com/Color-Compromise-American-Churchs-Complicity/dp/0310113601/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&&qid=&&sr=
Chapter 7, “Remembering the Complicity in the North”
Chapter 8, “Compromising with Racism during the Civil Rights Movement”
Chapter 10, “Reconsidering Racial Reconciliation in the Age of Black Lives
Matter”
Chapter 11, “The Fierce Urgency of Now”
-A Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stephenson (2015); and the movie of the same name, Just Mercy (2019)
-The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton (2018). A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
-The Colored Waiting Room by Nelson Maldon. (2018) It's a personal narrative that tells the story of the civil rights struggle through Nelson Malden's shared experience, and draws lessons from it for today's new movement for racial justice. We MAY meet him at a Justice Seekers dinner in Montgomery.
-Blessed are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” , C. Jonathan Bass, (2001; updated edition 2021)
-Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents , Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson (2020). Isabel Wilkerson argues that the United States has a caste system that has shaped racism since its inception. The book describes the caste system as a society-wide system of stratification that includes hierarchy, exclusion, inclusion, and purity. and Warmth of Other Suns (same author, 2010 ) Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of Black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.
-White Fragility, Robin Diangelo, (2018). The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. White fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
-How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi (2019) Nonfiction book by American author and historian Ibram X. Kendi, which combines social commentary and memoir. The book discusses concepts of racism and Kendi's proposals for anti-racist individual actions and systemic changes.
Films and series:
-13TH (2017 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature).Explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
-Rustin (Colman Domingo 2024 Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in a Leading Role) The architect of 1963's momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down.
-Bobi Wine: the People's President (2024 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature)Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine uses his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, who's led the country for 35 years, and runs in the 2021 presidential election
-Origin-(2023) Ava DuVernay movie based on the book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. It deals with recent events and attempts to provide a birds-eye view of racism in America as part of a bigger picture related to caste.
-Refuge (2021) https://www.refugemovie.com/ REFUGE is an award-winning feature-length documentary that follows a leader in a white nationalist hate group who finds healing from the people he once hated - a Muslim heart doctor and his town of refugees. Ultimately, REFUGE uncovers what is possible when we leave the security of our tribes and what is at stake for our country if we don’t.
You can watch the "Refuge" Panel Discussion from a showing some of us attended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBO1Wl7mSlk After the conclusion of the film shown at an event hosted by Cook County United Against Hate, Commissioner Britton moderated a panel discussion with State Representative Nabeela Syed, Partners for Our Communities Director of Immigration Programs and Services Liza Gutierrez, Department of Human Rights and Ethics Interim Director Jennifer King, and Children of Abraham Coalition Student Leader Naqi Mamdani. This powerful discussion completed both the lessons of the film and the ways each one of us can be disrupters of hate in our communities.
You can watch the "Refuge" Panel Discussion from a showing some of us attended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBO1Wl7mSlk After the conclusion of the film shown at an event hosted by Cook County United Against Hate, Commissioner Britton moderated a panel discussion with State Representative Nabeela Syed, Partners for Our Communities Director of Immigration Programs and Services Liza Gutierrez, Department of Human Rights and Ethics Interim Director Jennifer King, and Children of Abraham Coalition Student Leader Naqi Mamdani. This powerful discussion completed both the lessons of the film and the ways each one of us can be disrupters of hate in our communities.
-I am Not your Negro-(2016) In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
-Selma (2014) In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated with President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
-The Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change (2007) https://www.avila.edu/avila-archives/sisters-of-selma/Martin Luther King, Jr., these women spoke on behalf of the silenced when many church leaders were reluctant to address the treatment of blacks in the United States. This documentary, Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change, is a powerful retelling of the nuns' courage and dedication in serving the dear neighbor.
-The Hate You Give -The Hate U Give (2017) is a critically acclaimed coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of racism and police brutality. It follows 16-year-old Starr Carter as she navigates two contrasting worlds: the poor Black neighborhood where she lives and the white prep school where she studies.
The Butler -2013 Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House
The Help -2011 In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the Black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families. Only Aibileen (Viola Davis), the housekeeper of Skeeter's best friend, will talk at first. But as the pair continue the collaboration, more women decide to come forward, and as it turns out, they have quite a lot to say.
-Upstream, Downriver. (2022) https://www.newday.com/films/upstream-downriver Upstream, Downriver takes viewers into the heart of the battle for water justice. Powerful stories with frontline community activists are interwoven with historical context about landmark regulations that significantly reduced water pollution in the U.S. but failed to serve disadvantaged communities that are hardest hit by today’s climate crisis.
Videos, Podcasts and Sound recordings:
- On Being Podcast with Krista Tippett in which Bryan Stephenson is interviewed,
“Finding the Courage for What’s Redemptive” – this is a terrific introduction to
Stephenson’s work and voice, including with the Equal Rights Initiative, the National
Memorial for Peace and Justice with On Being – “hope is our superpower…”https://onbeing.org/programs/bryan-stevenson-finding-the-courage-for-whats-redemptive/
-The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice are both run by the Equal Justice Initiative (located in Montgomery) – their website has extensive reports and videos to learn more. Here’s a link to several videos and three reports:https://eji.org/videos/ Slavery in America https://eji.org/reports/slavery-in-america/?_gl=1*16hy6yp*_ga*MjA0OTM2NDA3MS4xNjkwNzcxMjgx*_ga_XWJ7160MR9*MTY5MDc3MTI4MS4xLjEuMTY5MDc3MTU0Mi4yNC4wLjA., Lynching in America https://eji.org/reports/lynching-in-america/?_gl=1*1ac0pz1*_ga*MjA0OTM2NDA3MS4xNjkwNzcxMjgx*_ga_XWJ7160MR9*MTY5MDc3MTI4MS4xLjEuMTY5MDc3MTYzMC4zOS4wLjA. and Segregation in America. https://eji.org/reports/segregation-in-america/?_gl=1*1mcqewj*_ga*MjA0OTM2NDA3MS4xNjkwNzcxMjgx*_ga_XWJ7160MR9*MTY5MDc3MTI4MS4xLjEuMTY5MDc3MTY1MC4xOS4wLjA.
See https://eji.org/reports/reconstruction-in-america-overview/ re Reconstruction in America video
Re Selma: Tabernacle Baptist Church https://www.wmf.org/video/voices-alabama-tabernacle-baptist-church
Re Covington, GA.: Sound recording: Emogene Williams, 1st Person Project. The First Person Project at the University of Georgia's Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies is an oral history series that collects personal narratives and documents the experiences of everyday Georgians in the 20th and 21st centuries.. https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/0_iy5rpdx4/41288751
Bethlehem Baptist Church in Covington, GA.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JDAe9bLe_v8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_NnvudC90Eo
Re Emory Twin Memorials and History of Slavery and Dispossession
https://twinmemorials.emory.edu
Other Resources:
Anti Racism Daily: Subscribe here http://subscribe.the-ard.com?grsf=5ins8e Founded by entrepreneur, author and magician Nicole Cardoza, the Anti-Racism Daily has scaled to a trusted platform providing targeted, tangible ways for readers across the country to rally for racial equity. Further description here. https://subscribe.the-ard.com/about
The Zinn Project: The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people's history in classroom across the country. Since 2008, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula. https://www.zinnedproject.org/search?_theme=racism-racial-identity&_keywords=RACE . https://www.zinnedproject.org/search?_theme=civil-rights-movements&_keywords=RACE
https://socialjusticeresourcecenter.org/ The mission of the Social Justice Resource Center is to link faith to action by providing information and resources on the social issues of our time. The site includes facts and figures, resources such as publications, films and websites, calendars of events, biographies, prayers and quotes, as well as specific action ideas. Sign up for the newsletter to keep up to date.
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