Resources
Below are recommended resources from the moderator and panelists to continue the discussion and deepen our understanding of the role racism plays in our society. For books, we recommend searching your local library [ Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield] or ordering from a Black-owned independent bookstore.
Additional resources will be added as the series continues.
| Type | Genre | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Documentary | Education | School Interrupted by The Future of America's Past |
| Podcast | Education | Nice White Parents from the New York Times |
| Article | Education | Getting Real: A Comprehensive Plan To Increase Teachers of Color by Rodney Robinson |
| Research | Education | Educational Equity in a Generation by Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell |
| Book | History | Richmond's Unhealed History by Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell |
| Documentary | History | Reconstruction: America After The Civil War |
| Documentary | Racism | The Talk: Race In America |
| Article | Racism | 11 Terms You Should Know To Better Understand Structural Racism by The Aspen Institute |
| Book | Racism | Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community by Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Book | Racism | So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo |
| Book | Racism | How to be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi |
| Book | Racism | White Fragility by Robin Diangelo |
| Book | Racism | White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Dr. Carol Anderson |
| Website | Racism | Movement for Black Lives |
| Documentary | Health | A Public Calamity by The Future of America's Past |
| Book | Health | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington |
| Book | Health | Making a Place for Themselves: The Black Hospital Movement 1920-1945 by Vanessa Northington Gamble |
| Podcast | Policing | Cops See It Differently by This American Life |
| Podcast | Policing | American Police by Throughline |
| Book | Policing | Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson |
| Book | Policing | Are Prisons Obsolete? by Dr. Angela Davis |
| Book | Policing | The End of Policing by Alex Vitale |
| Book | Policing | The New Jim Crow: Colorblindness in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Michelle Alexander |
| Podcast | Policing | Caughtby WNYC Studios |
| Website | Policing | Performing Statistics |
| Website | Policing | Dignity In Schools |
| Website | Policing | Youth First Initiative |
| Website | Policing | RISE for Youth |
