RADIO.COM: A list of resources to combat racial injustice

By RADIO.COM Staff

RADIO.COM is committed to elevating Black voices. As part of our commitment to our audience, we have provided an expansive list of resources that can help better educate, open up the conversation, bring awareness, and contribute to the fight for equality and justice.

Below is our list of resources, including podcasts to listen to, books and articles to educate yourself with, national level petitions to sign, and organizations and potential causes you can donate to.

RADIO.COM is celebrating powerful Black voices in radio, music, sports and pop culture all month long. Check out stories, stations and podcasts that inspire for Black History Month on RADIO.COM.

Podcasts

Articles

—“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
—"My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
—The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
—The Combahee River Collective Statement
—“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
—Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
—“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
—"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

Books

—Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
—Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
—Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
—How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
—I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
—Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
—Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
—Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
—Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
—Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
—So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
—The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
—The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
—The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
—The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
—The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
—Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
—This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
—When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
—White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Films and TV Series

13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — PBS
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Amazon Prime
King In The Wilderness — Hulu
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Amazon Prime
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — PBS
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Resources for Parents and Children

Books
—Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
—31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

Articles
“Can Racism Be Stopped in the Third Grade?” by Lisa Miller | The Cut (May 19, 2020)
PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

Organizations

Programs You Can Donate to That Support Racial Justice

Black Lives Matter — founded in 2013 after Trayvon Martin case

Local Mutual Aid Funds — address homelessness and systemic inequalities by offering community assistance
—COVID-19 Mutual Aid Network- Los Angeles, The Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund
—East of the River Mutual Aid Fund

Bail Funds to Help Out Protestors — collectives driven by volunteers to raise money to free protestors incarcerated on bail; advocate for systemic bail reform
—Minnesota Freedom Fund — now suggesting donors redirect money to other bail funds and organizations in need
—National Bail Fund Network — lists number of bail funds by state and city
—The National Bail Out
—The Bail Project

Bail Funds for Specific Communities
—Black Trans Protesters Emergency Fund
—LGBTQ Fund

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