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We’ve pulled together some of our favorite resources for you to aid you in your allyship journey, but don’t stop here!
The New York Times Magazine 1619 Project
“The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.”
“Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space”
Brent Staples penned this piece about what it’s like as a Black man to walk in public spaces.
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I Was Pregnant and in Crisis. All the Doctors and Nurses Saw Was an Incompetent Black Woman”
Tressie McMillan Cottom recalls her experience losing her daughter during labor after being dismissed by her doctors for 3 days.
National Archives
“The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the African American experience, and highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.”
The Black Scholar
“TBS is the first modern Black studies and research journal and is currently the leading such journal in the United States. Founded on the premise that Black writers, scholars, activists and artists could participate in dialogue within its pages, TBS‘s primary mission has been to chronicle, analyze, and debate the conditions and the emancipatory efforts of Black people, across class, nationality, gender, generation, sexuality, and ideology.”