Research Guides: Racism: Black Lives Matter

Online Resources

#BlackLivesMatter: A Longform Reading List
This list consists entirely of longform interviews, essays and articles by black people about the experience of being black in the white supremacy of America, police violence, and the U.S. government’s undeclared war on its black citizens.
The First Time I Realized I Was Black
In "The Souls of Black Folk," W.E.B. Du Bois talks about the first time he realized his skin color made him different. We asked celebrities, CNN anchors and reporters, and others to tell us when they first realized that being black affected how people treated them.

Racial Identity Readings

Dimensions of Blackness by Jas M. Sullivan; Jonathan Winburn; William E. Cross
Publication Date: 2018
African American Identity by Jas M. Sullivan (Editor); Ashraf Esmail (Editor); William E. Cross; Richard D. Harvey; Jelani Mandara; Frank C. Worrell
Publication Date: 2012

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

"Black Lives Matter is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life. We are working to (re)build the Black liberation movement." Visit the Black Lives Matter Minneapolis Facebook Page.

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter

Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities. Their advice on how to participate in ensuring freedom for everybody: join something, start something and "sharpen each other, so that we all can rise."