Inspiration & Resources in and around the Williams College and Williamstown
Academic & Williams College Curated Resources
- Anti-Racist & Racial Bias information by academic focus (Division 1, Division 2, Division 3)
- Williams College CLIA: Resources For Anti-Racism Research & Advocacy Work
- Williams College CLIA: Summer 2020 Online Tech and Training Resources (mostly free)
- Williams College Library's available resources on racism & anti racism (last update June 2020)
- Black Williams: A Written History by the Black Student Union (BSU)
- Black at Williams: an Instagram project
Racism and the Legacy of Enslavement in and around Williamstown, MA
- On the Books, Unenforceable: Restrictive Covenant an Echo of Williamstown's Racist Legacy
- Higher Education and Slavery in Western Massachusetts (PDF)
- Ephraim Williams' Bill of Sale for an Enslaved Person
- Slavery and the North Berkshires (Berkshire Eagle article from local historian)
- The Underground Railroad in North Berkshire County (local historian blog)
Podcasts & Ted Talks
- NPR Podcast: Code Switch
- Ted Talk: The Urgency of Intersectionality
- Ted Talk: The Danger of a Single Story
- Ted Talk: Are You Biased? I Am
Netflix Documentaries
- 13th: Discussion Guide 1
- 13th: Discussion Guide 2
- Mass Incarceration Facilitation Guide
- When They See Us Guide 1
- When They See Us Guide 2
Implicit Bias Tests
Organizations & Fundraising
- Organizations to Donate To (#1 in the link)
- Organizations to Donate To Part 2 & Petitions
- Black-Owned Businesses
- Virtual Fundraising
Facilitation
- General Dialogue Facilitation
- Group Development Activities
- Self-Reflection Activities
- Discussion about Race
- Facilitation Techniques(PDF
LITERATURE & MEDIA
Williams College Library's available collection on racism & anti racism PDF
NONFICTION:
- How To Be Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi (Amazon / Bookshop)
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson (Amazon / Bookshop)
- Raising Our Hands: How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Frontlines by Jenna Arnold out June 23, 2020 (Amazon / Bookshop)
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele (Amazon / Bookshop)
- How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal M Fleming (Amazon / Bookshop)
- So You Wanna Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Amazon / Bookshop)
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Amazon / Bookshop)
- White Tears, Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad (Amazon / Bookshop)
- The End of Policing: How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative by Alex S. Vitale (Amazon / Bookshop)
- Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals have Reinviented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class by (Amazon/Bookshop)
CURATED BOOK LISTS
- Massive Reading List
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31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance (webpage)
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‘No reader is too young to start’: anti-racist books for all children and teens (webpage)
- Six Graphic Novels That Tackle Racism (webpage)
- CommonSense.org: Books About Racism and Social Justice (webpage)
- Recommended antiracist literature for Middle School/High School/Young Adult Community (PDF)