NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE
This online Pilgrim Library "display" includes both library and free public resources related to the history of race and racism, whiteness and privilege, race and education, and race and criminal justice. This "display" will be updated as more resources become available. You are invited to email suggestions and recommendations to library@defiance.edu.
Please note, this guide is intended to provide general information and resources about racial justice. It is not meant as an exhaustive list of anti-oppression & anti-racism initiatives and information but serves as an introduction to the larger conversations facing systemic racism and recurring acts of violence. Users of this website are responsible for independently verifying information. Moreover, the inclusion of linked resources on this site dos not imply endorsement from Defiance College.
Mount, J. [@jane_mount]. (2020, May 21). Ideal bookshelf 1162: Antiracism [Illustration]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdw65UHtwJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Netflix: Black Lives Matter Collection
Learn more about racial injustice and the Black experience in America with this collection of films, series and documentaries.
"There is no such thing as being "not racist," says author and historian Ibram X. Kendi. In this vital conversation, he defines the transformative concept of antiracism to help us more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in our public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs. Learn how you can actively use this awareness to uproot injustice and inequality in the world -- and replace it with love. (This virtual interview, hosted by TED's current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers and speaker development curator Cloe Shasha, was recorded June 9, 2020.)"
Race, Incarceration, and American Values by 
Race on the Brain: What Implicit Bias Gets Wrong About the Struggle for Racial Justice by 
Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority As Victim and Perpetrator by 
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface by 
U. S. Latinos and Criminal Injustice by 
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by 
Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America by 
Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago by 
Ethnicity and Criminal Justice in the Era of Mass Incarceration by 
The Ethics of Policing and Imprisonment by 
Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City by "Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on Black Americans who have committed the crimes of ... eating, walking or generally 'living while Black.' In this profound, thought-provoking and often hilarious talk, he reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing -- while challenging us all to level up."
Organization founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, whose "mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities."
#BlackLivesMatter Library Resource List
A live Google Doc originally started in 2016 that updates every 5 minutes. You can find a variety of resources listed here from teaching resources, podcasts, and others.
Anti-Racism Resources for All Ages
BCALA and the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table: Black Lives Matter Reading List
Black Lives Matter- Free Library of Philadelphia
Black Lives Matter Reading List
A short introduction to being African American and part of the LGBTQ+ community. Relevant resources are linked.
Works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone." The organization's work is "guided by science and grounded in anti-racism."
National Education Association BLM Resources
A list of resources put together by the "We Need Diverse Books" non-profit organization that advocates for changes in the publishing industry.
Between the World and Me by 
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? by 
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by 
How to Be an Antiracist by 
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by 
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century by 
Somewhere We Are Human by 
So You Want to Talk about Race by 
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by 
Stamped from the Beginning by 
Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by 
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by 
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by 
Me and White Supremacy by 
White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism by 
Citizen: An American Lyric by 
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by "'We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't,' says slam poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.
"In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out "fix-all" cures to a complex social problem. Megan Ming Francis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington where she specializes in the study of American politics, race, and the development of constitutional law. She is particularly interested in the construction of rights and citizenship, black political activism, and the post-civil war South. Born and raised in Seattle, WA, she was educated at Garfield High School, Rice University in Houston, and Princeton University where she received her M.A. and her Ph.D. in Politics. Her award-winning book, Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State, shows that the battle against lynching and mob violence in the first quarter of the 20th century was pivotal to the development of civil rights and the growth of federal court power. She is inspired by people who fight for justice–even when the end appears nowhere in sight."
New Framings on Anti-Racism and Resistance: Volume 1 – Anti-Racism and Transgressive Pedagogies by 
New Framings on Anti-Racism and Resistance: Volume 2 – Resistance and the New Futurit by 
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by 
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by 
"Our brains create categories to make sense of the world, recognize patterns and make quick decisions. But this ability to categorize also exacts a heavy toll in the form of unconscious bias. In this powerful talk, psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt explores how our biases unfairly target Black people at all levels of society -- from schools and social media to policing and criminal justice -- and discusses how creating points of friction can help us actively interrupt and address this troubling problem."
Are you prejudiced? Take the implicit association test
Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaborative network of researchers investigating implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings that are largely outside of conscious awareness and control. Project Implicit is the product of a team of scientists whose research produced new ways of understanding attitudes, stereotypes and other hidden biases that influence perception, judgment, and action.
Visit the research or demonstration websites to try out some tests and learn more about the research and yourself!
