Along with our friends at Ogilvy, we have compiled a list of books, articles, videos, podcasts and learnings to educate yourself and others in honor of Juneteenth.
Books- We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies and the Art of Survival by Jabari Asim
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
- by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- Manchild In the Promised Land by Claude Brown
- Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
- Freedom is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
- Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King Jr.
- From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
- Letters to The Future: Black Women/Radical Writing by Erica Hunt
- One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- We’re On: A June Jordan Reader by Christoph Keller
- Futures of Black Radicalism by Gaye Theresa Johnson
- Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Burning House by Anders Walker
- An Anti-Racist Reading List from The New York Times
- Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
- The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- ELOQUENT RAGE: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Articles
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
- Why You Should Speak Up Even When It’s Not Easy by Kevin Daum
- Three Things You Can Do Now to Take Action an Ally in the Workplace by Katie Burke
- What Your Black Employees and Customers Need to Hear by Jade and Noelle Johnson
- Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge Op-Ed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Working on hard mode: Being Black in Corporate America by Zach Stubblefield
- How to Talk to Your Kids about Racism by CPINDEA from PBS
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cade
- The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice
- So You Want to Learn About Juneteenth? By Derrick Bryson Taylor
- What Students Are Saying About Race and Racism in America
- The Ideology of Racism: Misusing Science to Justify Racial Discrimination
- 158 Resources to Understand Racism in America
- U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism
- The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
Watch
- Jane Elliott’s Anti-racism Experiment – A Class Divided (PBS Frontline)
- When They See Us – The story of 5 teenaged boys falsely accused of rape in Central Park (available on Netflix)
- I Am Not Your Negro – A documentary of James Baldwin’s story about race in modern America (available to stream on Apple iTunes, or Amazon Prime)
- TED Talk: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable by Luvvie Adjayi
- TEDx Talk: Let’s get to the root of racial injustice by Megan Ming Francis
- Free movies about racial injustice curated by The Verge
- Curated list of streaming movies about racism by USA Today
- Curated list of films by NPR
- “Juneteenth: Together We Triumph — A ‘Soul of a Nation’ Special Event.” on ABC. Watch Former President Barack Obama sits for an interview with “GMA’s” Michael Strahan as part of the ABC News special
- Watch Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming on Hulu
- Watch Juneteenth Jamboree on PBS
- Juneteenth: A Day to Reflect on Freedom
- What is Juneteenth by National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Freedom Calling: Interactive Tour with Founding Director Lonnie Bunch III
- 13th - available on Netflix
- When They See Us- available on Netflix
- What is Juneteenth?
Listen
- Race Matters: Webinar Series by Korn Ferry
- Into an American Uprising: White Accountability by Into America
- Legacies of Pain and Resilience: Clinical Implications for Understanding Historical Trauma and Race Webinar
- Addressing Historical Trauma Podcast
- Raising our Black Sons: Perspectives from Mothers Black Boys and Men Podcast
- Police Brutality & Trauma Black Boys and Men Podcast
- Curated list of podcasts by NPR
- Curated list of podcasts by ncpr
- Apple Music Juneteenth 2022 Playlist: The playlist consists of 16 artists spanning various genres, paying homage to the beauty of the Black experience.
- Louder Than a Riot on NPR reveals the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration.
- NATAL: a podcast docuseries about having a baby while Black in the United States.
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Pod for the Cause: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Learn
- Google's course on Unbiasing
- Project READY training on implicit bias and microagressions
- The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond Undoing Racism Conference
- Facebook's Managing Unconscious Bias Training
- Forbes: How to Create Effective Online Diversity Trainings
- A collection of courses on race, inequality and social justice
- Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life and History by the University of Illinois
- Anti-Racism I by the University of Colorado at Boulder
- From Freedom Rides to Ferguson: Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement by Emory University
- Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, Freedom by Rutgers University
- Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
- Financial Literacy In The Black Community
Join
- Join The Juneteenth Yard Sign Campaign: https://juneteenth.com/yardsign_campaign/
- Register Your Company or celebration With The National Juneteenth Register: https://juneteenth.com/registry/
- Join the Junteenth Freedom Festival which includes career fairs, concerts and celebrations https://thejuneteenthfoundation.com/freedomfest/
- Tune into the virtual Juneteenth Unityfest which will feature musical performances, films, stand-up, storytelling, and appearances by civic leaders and pop culture influencers. https://juneteenthunityfest.com/
Act
- 4 Ways You Can Tackle Racial Discrimination In Your Workplace
- 13 Effective Ways To Educate Employees On Diversity
- An inclusion expert and a CEO on how businesses can keep the anti-racist momentum going
- How to have more productive conversations about race in the workplace
- How do I talk about race at work?
- 'Get some courage': How to start the hard conversations about race at your company
- How to challenge discrimination at work
- Taking Steps to Eliminate Racism in the Workplace
- A Question of Color: A Debate on Race in the U.S. Workplace
- 1,000 Cuts: The Toll Of Racism In The Workplace
- Confronting Racism at Work: A Reading List
Donate
Places to donate through Brightfunds:
- NAACP
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
