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The 1619 Project
by Essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true. Essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones Read More »

America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us
by Adam Serwer

The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others. Read More »

Why Diversity Matters
by Vivian Hunt, Dennis Layton, and Sara Prince

New research makes it increasingly clear that companies with more diverse workforces perform better financially. Read More »

How to be an Ally in the Office
by Natalie Stevens

https://medium.com/taking-note/how-to-be-an-ally-in-the-office-4d49535370c8 Read More »

Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes

A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes… Read More »

The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police… Read More »

Say Her Name
by Zetta Elliott

Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the… Read More »

This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons On How to Wake Up, Take Action, And Do The Work
by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand

Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist lens and voice to move the world toward equity and liberation. “In a racist… Read More »

Raising White Kids
by Jennifer Harvey

Raising White Kids is a book for families, educators, and communities who want to equip their children to be active and able participants in a society that is becoming one of the most racially diverse in the world while remaining full of racial tensions.  Living in a racially unjust and… Read More »