Historical Context & Additional Resources
Resources to help us deepen our understanding of racism in America.
Black History & Historical Individuals
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
- Project C: Lessons from the American Civil Rights Movement
- East Lake Meadows: Redlining | Stereotyping and the Narrative of the Welfare Queen
- American Icons: Malcom X | Rosa Parks | Muhammed Ali | Sojourner Truth | George Washington Carver | Martin Luther King Jr. | Jackie Robinson
- American Masters: James Baldwin | Maya Angelou | Lorraine Hansberry | August Wilson | Zora Neale Hurston | Bill T. Jones | Sammy Davis Jr. | Ralph Ellison
Race
- What is “Race”?
- Is Race Real?
- America After Ferguson: America and Race
- Confronting Anti-Black Racism
Racial Bias
- Confronting Bias
- Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias
- Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle: Objectivity and Bias in Journalism
Resources for Adults working with Children
- PBS Parents
- PBS LearningMedia (resources to share with young children)
- Collection: World Cultures Collection
- Video: Same/Different with Abby & Elmo
- Media Gallery: Alike & Different | Daniel Tiger’s Life’s Little Lessons
- Song: Count Me In | Sesame Street
- Song: What I Am | Sesame Street
- Song: You Are Special | Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
- PBS NewsHour
- 6 Books to Read with Your Kids That Celebrate Differences and Diversity
- 13-year old Founder of #1000blackgirlbooks Shares Some of Her Favorite Reads
- The Talk
- It’s Never too Early to Talk to Your Kids About Race
- How One Parent Talks to His Biracial Kids About Race
- NPR
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