Anti-Racism Resources

The African American Museum in Philadelphia is the first institution built by a major United States city to house and interpret the life and work of African Americans.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration.

The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states. Twenty-three interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom.

In her TED Talk, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes the effects that labels can have on how we think about ourselves and others.

Ibram X. Kendi examines how to uproot racism from society—starting with ourselves. Followed by his talk at UC Berkeley, Kendi is joined in conversation by john a. powell of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Lateefah Simon of the Akonadi Foundation.

November 10, 1963--Malcolm X delivers speech "Message to the Grass Roots" at the Northern Grass Roots Leadership Conference
Detroit, Michigan

Even today, many doctors still use race as a medical shortcut; they make important decisions about things like pain tolerance based on a patient's skin color instead of medical observation and measurement. In this searing talk, Roberts lays out the lingering traces of race-based medicine — and invites us to be a part of ending it.

Restoring a section of Green-Wood Cemetery, a team of students and historians discover a window onto black life in nineteenth century New York.

An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.

Black Like Me with Dr. Alex Gee is a podcast that invites you to experience the world through the perspective of one Black man, one conversation, one story, or even one rant at a time.

Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.

Hella Black Podcast is brought to you by Delency Parham and Blake Simons. With each episode we hope to educate and inform our listeners on all things related to Blackness.

IBA profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America.

MarshasPlate is a lively podcast where three friends come together every Thursday to share opinions and perspectives that centers the black perspective.

On Pod Save the People, organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with fellow activists Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Dr. Clint Smith.

Step inside the confession booth of Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, two culture writers for The New York Times. They devour TV, movies, art, music and the internet to find the things that move them. Still Processing is where they try to understand the pleasures and pathologies of America in 2020.

Bestselling author, Luvvie Ajayi, covering all things culture from a critical but humorous lens.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States.

Layla Saad is an author, speaker & teacher on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation & social change.

Not Your Momma's History develops specialized programming about slavery and the African experience within 18th and 19th century America. NYMH also trains staff from all backgrounds on how to talk about slavery with diverse audiences.

No White Saviors is an advocacy campaign led by a majority female, majority African team of professionals based in Kampala, Uganda.

Reni Eddo-Lodge is a British journalist and author, whose writing primarily focuses on feminism and exposing structural racism.