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Foundational Resources
This page provides links to dozens of resources available to our community that relate to the major focus areas for BOOM 2023. There are a lot of things listed here, so you may want to use the navigation on the left side of this page (the top if you're on mobile) to jump to a section. You can also return to the top of the page using the "up arrow" icon that appears on the right after you've scrolled down.
Basic Background Information
Books
- Civil Rights Movements, Past and Present by Salem Press (Editor)Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
Videos
- Civil Rights Movement: The Fight For EqualityProduced by Makematic, In Untold: TYK Explainers (Londonderry, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2020), 2 minutes
- The Talk: Race in AmericaDirected by Sam Pollard, Produced by Julie Anderson, Thirteen Productions (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 1 hour 55 minutes
Websites
- 158 Resources to Understand Racism in AmericaSmithsonian Magazine, 2020
Despite the title, this is a readable narrative of the history of racism in the United States that includes many embedded links to additional reading materials. - Historical Foundations of RaceThe National Museum of African American History and Culture
This page includes three articles that discuss the development of the modern idea of race and the ways in which that construct is intertwined with US history. - Racial Equity Tools GlossaryRacial Equity Tools, 2021
This is a list of terms related to the modern fight for racial justice with definitions and excellent sources for further reading.
Cultivating Anti-Racist Pedagogy and Praxes
Books
- Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement by Hasan Kwame Jeffries (Editor)Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Unschooling Racism : Critical Theories, Approaches and Testimonials on Anti Racist Education by Pierre W. OrelusPublication Date: 2020Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Dismantling race in higher education : racism, whiteness and decolonising the academy by Jason Arday, Heidi Safia Mirza, editors.Publication Date: 2018Ebook; Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Intersectionality and Higher Education by W. Carson Byrd (Editor)Publication Date: 2019-05-03Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
Videos
- Antiracism in Higher Education: A Conversation with Ibram X. KendiHarvard Radcliffe Institute, 2020, 1 hour
- Addressing Inequalities in EducationHarvard Radcliffe Institute, 2021, 1 hour
- Confronting racism in higher educationTimes Higher Education, 2020, 1 hour
Challenging Gender-Based Oppression
Books
- They/Them/Their by Eris YoungISBN: 9781784508722Publication Date: 2019-09-19Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Invisible Women by Caroline Criado PerezISBN: 9781683353140Publication Date: 2019-03-12Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Confronting Global Gender Justice by Debra Bergoffen (Editor); Paula Ruth Gilbert (Editor); Tamara Harvey (Editor); Connie L. McNeely (Editor)ISBN: 9780203838594Publication Date: 2010-11-17
- Trans Studies by Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel (Editor); Sarah Tobias (Editor, Contribution by)ISBN: 9780813576435Publication Date: 2016-03-22Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future by Alexandra Brodsky (Editor); Rachel Kauder NalebuffISBN: 9781558619012Publication Date: 2015-09-21Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
Videos
- Black FeministDirected by Zanah Thirus, Narrated by Nadirah Lugg, Produced by Zanah Thirus, Maiya Sinclair (Atlanta, GA: Zanah Thirus Films, 2019), 53 minutes
- The Trans ListDirected by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Produced by Sam McConnell, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Janet Mock (Perfect Day Films, 2016), 58 minutes
- #Me Too, Now What?Produced by Titi Yu, Colleen Dunnegan, Public Square Media, Women in the World Media (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018). Series of five videos: "The Reckoning" (27 minutes), "The Accuser and the Accused" (27 minutes), "Masculinity in Crisis" (26 minutes), "The Culture of Complicity" (26 minutes), and "Is Patriarchy on Its Way Out?" (27 minutes).
Examining Histories, Legacies, and Stories of Inclusion
Books
- My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King; Barbara ReynoldsCall Number: MH Stacks E185.97.K47 A3 2017Publication Date: 2017-01-17
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizPublication Date: 2014-09-16Ebook; One User at a Time
- To Shape a New World by Tommie Shelby (Editor); Brandon M. Terry (Editor)Call Number: MH Stacks E185.97.K5 T6 2018Publication Date: 2018-02-19
- The Making of Black Lives Matter by Christopher J. LebronCall Number: MH Stacks E185.615 .L393 2017Publication Date: 2017-06-01
- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Creator) et. al.Call Number: E441 .A15 2021Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- The Disability Rights Movement by Doris Fleischer; Frieda ZamesISBN: 9781439907450Publication Date: 2011-06-03
Videos
- A Brief Biography Of Minister And Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King, JrIn Did you know? (Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020), 2 minutes
- Coretta Scott King, Academy Class of 1997, Full InterviewThe Academy of Achievement interviews Coretta Scott King in 1999 and 2004.
- Viral: Antisemitism in Four MutationsDirected by Andrew Goldberg, Narrated by Julianna Margulies, Produced by Diana Robinson, Andrew Goldberg, So Much Film (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 1 hour 22 minutes
- Asian AmericansProduced by S. Leo Chiang, Grace Lee, and Geeta Gandbhir (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020). This series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, and cultural innovation. It is a timely look at the role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. In an era of U.S. expansion, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Eventually barred by anti-Asian laws, they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants.”
- We Need To Talk About Anti-Asian Hate"[A]n in-depth conversation about the complex, often untold story of the Asian American community, the unique struggles they face, and find out how you can help #StopAsianHate."
Audio
- Slavery Wasn't 'Long Ago': A Writer Exposes The Disconnect In How We Tell HistoryTerry Gross interviews Clint Smith on NPR program Fresh Air, June 1, 2021. Transcript available. (35 minutes)
Strategizing for Grassroots Activism & Mobilization
Books
- Stay woke : a people's guide to making all Black lives matter by Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts SmithPublication Date: 2019Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. SinghPublication Date: 2019-08-01Ebook; Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Road Map for Revolutionaries by Elisa Camahort Page; Carolyn Gerin; Jamia WilsonCall Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks JC328.3 .G475 2018ISBN: 9780399581649Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Making All Black Lives Matter by Barbara RansbyPublication Date: 2018-08-28Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors; asha bandeleCall Number: MH Stacks E185.97.K43 A3 2018Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Videos
- Leadership Lessons from Black Lives MatterIn Women's Leadership Online Summit: Leading Change at Work and Beyond (Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2019), 28 minutes
- How to Be An Effective Activist: A Training on Nonviolent ActionNYUWagner, 2017, 17 min
- Stand Up and Fight Back: Tactics and Strategies for Effective Creative ActivismHammer Museum, 2017, 2 hrs. 17 min.
- N'Tanya Lee: Grassroots Organizing Builds PowerBarnard Center for Research on Women, 2019, 9 min.
- Does Grassroots Organizing Still Work?The Atlantic, 2017, 2 mins.
Creating Supportive Strategies for Countering Bias
Books
- Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing SuePublication Date: 2015-01-20Ebook; Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Erasing Institutional Bias by Tiffany Jana; Ashley Diaz MejiasPublication Date: 2018-10-23Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
- Uprooting Bias in the Academy by Linda F. BissonLaura GrindstaffLisceth Brazil-CruzSophie J. Barbu (editors)Publication Date: 2022Ebook, Unlimited Simultaneous Users
Videos
- BiasDirected by Robin Hauser Reynolds, With Robin Hauser Reynolds, Produced by Christie Herring, Robin Hauser Reynolds (Film Platform, 2018), 1 hour 28 minutes
- Antisemitism EducationProduced by The Berkeley Hillel. "This video charts the history of antisemitism from its origins until today. It tackles the hard questions about different and changing forms of antisemitism, persistent anti-Jewish stereotypes, the complex racial position of Jews in contemporary America, and the precise line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism. While the video stands alone as an invaluable tool for antisemitism education, we also provide discussion questions so that it may be a starting point for deeper conversation." 11 minutes.
- 5 Tips For Being An Allychescaleigh, 2014, 3.5 min.
Websites
- Tips for Allies of Transgender PeopleFrom the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
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