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We have a shared responsibility to learn, reflect, and help build a more just and equal world. That includes further educating each other on the racial injustices that have plagued this world—and specifically the United States—for centuries. Ogilvy’s Diversity & Inclusion team has compiled a list of resources that can be used to help move us to a place of better understanding.
Below is a list of books, articles, documentaries, podcasts, and more that will be continually updated.
BOOKS
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- An Anti-Racist Reading List from The New York Times
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for children and young adults
- Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
- Freedom is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
- From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Futures of Black Radicalism by Gaye Theresa Johnson
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Letters to The Future: Black Women/Radical Writing by Erica Hunt
- Manchild In the Promised Land by Claude Brown
- One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Burning House by Anders Walker
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies and the Art of Survival by Jabari Asim
- We’re On: A June Jordan Reader by Christoph Keller
- Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King Jr.
- White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
*We have linked to Amazon for accessibility, but recommend checking with your local bookstore.
ARTICLES
- 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
- America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us by Adam Serwer
- Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge Op-Ed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- How to Talk to Your Kids about Racism by CPINDEA from PBS
- How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR
- Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS
- 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
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Why You Should Speak Up Even When It’s Not Easy by Kevin Daum
- Working on hard mode: Being Black in Corporate America by Zach Stubblefield
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cadet
- Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS, AND SPECIALS
- 8:46 – Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special on Race in America available on YouTube.
- 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)
- Jane Elliott’s Anti-racism Experiment – A Class Divided (PBS Frontline)
- TED Talk: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable by Luvvie Adjayi
- When They See Us – The story of 5 teenaged boys falsely accused of rape in Central Park (available on Netflix)
- Where Do We Go From Here – Oprah Winfrey speaks directly with Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America.
PODCASTS
- Black Boys and Men Changing the Narrative – Season One
- Black Boys and Men Changing the Narrative – Season Two
- Fare of the Free Child podcast
- Integrated Schools “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
- Into an American Uprising: White Accountability by Into America
- Legacies of Pain and Resilience: Clinical Implications for Understanding Historical Trauma and Race Webinar
- Parenting Forward "Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt"
- Race Matters: Webinar Series by Korn Ferry
- The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon