Action Guide
Learn how you can be involved. Read, Watch, and Do to help end systemic racism.
READ
Long-Form
The Souls of Black Folk - W. E. B. Du Bois
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo
Black Like Me - John Howard Griffin
Miseducation of The Negro - Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Black Boy - Richard Wright
Dear White America - Tim Wise
The Revolt of the Black Athlete - Harry Edwards
We Matter: Athletes and Activism - Etan Thomas
Articles
Jane Crow: The Life Of Pauli Murray - Kathryn Schulz
The Case For Reparations - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Battle Royale - Ralph Ellison
On the Irrepressible Conflict - William Henry Seward
America’s Original Sin - Annette Gordon-Reed
What this Cruel War Was Over - Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Appropriation of Cultures - Percival Everett
Do You See Me? - Rebecca Enonchong
WATCH
I Am Not Your Negro - Raoul Peck - Netflix
13th - Ava DuVernay - Netflix
Four Little Girls - Spike Lee
Just Mercy - Destin Daniel Cretton
The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Joe Talbot
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip
Dave Chappelle - 8:46
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
What Happened Miss Simone? - Liz Garbus - Netflix
The Two Deaths of Sam Cooke -Kelly Duane de la Vega - Netflix
Chasing Trane - John Scheinfeld - Netflix
Bamboozled - Spike Lee
“Love is the message, the message is death” By Arthur Jafa
The Express: The Ernie Davis Story -Gary Fleder
DO
Donate to Syracuse University“Our Time Has Come” Scholarship
Click on “In Honor Of” and type in “Black Oranges” on your tribute screenResearch your Local Legislative Day
Learn the Voting Rights for Your State / Voter Education
Volunteer with division of elections, NAACP, Urban League and other Fraternal/Sorority Organizations
Mentor - Reach out to your high school/college to teach about voter registration and support the high school organizations in empowering young adults
Participate in your city’s National Night Out
Support a Black Business:
Visit local museums that celebrate the culture of the Black experience in your area or your next vacation in a major city.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture - Washington DC
National Memorial for Peace and Justice - Montgomery, Alabama
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute - Birmingham, Alabama
The Schomburg Center - New York City
Treat Black History as American History
Celebrate Black Traditions and Cultural Events
Learn the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
Black History Month - Challenge your local school district to teach about more than just slavery and the civil rights movement.
Learn and Celebrate Juneteeth
Teach your Children About Race:
Invest in a Black Bank