Resources
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Books
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14 Antiracist Books for Kids and Teens Recommended by BIPOC | Reviews by Wirecutter (nytimes.com)
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism in Hardcover by bell hooks
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
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Bury my heart at Wounded Knee; an Indian history of the American West by Brown, Dee Alexander
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How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Byran Stevenson
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Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock
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Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity By Michele Norris
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X, Alex Haley
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The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America by Andrew W. Kahrl
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
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The Hundred Years’ War: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Film
Documentaries
Fresno Community Projects/Initiatives
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Community Land Use Academy (Every Neighborhood Partnership)
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Fresno Driving Tours (Every Neighborhood Partnership)
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Downtown Academy (Downtown Fresno Partnership)
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Central California Curriculum (Fresno County Historical Society)
National Organizations
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African American Policy Forum (AAPF)
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (Las Americas)
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Black Lives Matter (BLM)
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The Black Youth Project (BYP)
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Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
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The National (NAACP)
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The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)
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Septima Project
