Ally Action Project Week 16: Continuing Education

Continuing to educate yourself about equality problems, data, and solutions helps you understand the bigger picture, builds empathy, and can show you how to fight for equality. Equality laws like the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and anti-discrimination laws are under attack constantly, so learning more about the original challenges and how the fight has progressed can help to develop critical thinking to build new strategies. It is important to seek out reliable sources and consume antiracist information in whatever forms best fit your habits. We have added a list of curated educational sources to fit various learning methods.

Some recommended books:

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Strength to Love by MLK Jr.

Fredrick Douglass by David W. Blight

Some recommended videos:

James Baldwin https://youtu.be/oFeoS41xe7w

The 13th https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8

The Central Park 5 https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-central-park-five

Some recommended articles:

The 1619 Project https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html

The Law Isn’t Neutral https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/angela-onwuachi-willig-george-floyd-police-brutality.html

The Case for Reparations https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631

Some recommended podcasts:

Code Switch https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

Pod Save the People https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people

Still Processing https://www.nytimes.com/column/still-processing-podcast