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Race: The Power of an Illusion DocumentaryThree-part documentary by California Newsreel about racialization in America.

The Reconstruction Era Video SeriesFacing History has produced the video series available on this website to serve as an introduction for learning and teaching about the Reconstruction era of American history. Featuring interviews with scholars of the Reconstruction era, these 7 videos can be used independently but are best watched in sequence as they offer a narrative history of the Reconstruction.

Race and Racism in AmericaWatch a collection of films and specials that highlight and add context to the many aspects of race and racism in our country.

How racism makes us sickWhy does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. In this eye-opening talk, Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system -- and offers hopeful examples of programs across the US that are working to dismantle discrimination.

The lie that invented racismTo understand and eradicate racist thinking, start at the beginning. That's what journalist and documentarian John Biewen did, leading to a trove of surprising and thought-provoking information on the "origins" of race. He shares his findings, supplying answers to fundamental questions about racism -- and lays out an exemplary path for practicing effective allyship.

Stop the cycle of Intergenerational Trauma. You MatterIn her talk, Jabrea will discuss the three steps in self-transparency that can improve mental health among our youth.

The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change...T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Bla...

Understanding Racial TraumaRacial trauma, or race-based traumatic stress, is the collective effect racism has on an individual's mental and physical health.Learn more about this story ...

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The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their powerMultidisciplinary artist and TED Fellow Paul Rucker is unstitching the legacy of systemic racism in the United States. A collector of artifacts connected to the history of slavery -- from branding irons and shackles to postcards depicting lynchings -- Rucker couldn't find an undamaged Ku Klux Klan robe for his collection, so he began making his own. The result: striking garments in non-traditional fabrics like kente cloth, camouflage and silk that confront the normalization of systemic racism in the US. "If we as a people collectively look at these objects and realize that they are part of our history, we can find a way to where they have no more power over us," Rucker says. (This talk contains graphic images.)

Racism has a cost for everyoneRacism makes our economy worse -- and not just in ways that harm people of color, says public policy expert Heather C. McGhee. From her research and travels across the US, McGhee shares startling insights into how racism fuels bad policymaking and drains our economic potential -- and offers a crucial rethink on what we can do to create a more prosperous nation for all. "Our fates are linked," she says. "It costs us so much to remain divided."

Freedom Riders | American Experience | PBSThe powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.

Roads to Memphis | American Experience | PBSOn April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society.

Freedom Summer | American Experience | PBSA historic effort in the summer of 1964 to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.

The Chinese Exclusion Act | American Experience | PBSThe 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.

The Eugenics Crusade | American Experience | PBSThe Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

The Abolitionists | American Experience | PBSRadicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called by many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union.

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