We recognize the work and are so grateful for the wisdom offered by the following sources.
We thank them for their contributions.
Action Suggestions for Grown-Ups
Familiarize yourself with and buy children’s books from these 25 Black creators.
Buy a second copy for a friend!
And place your order through a Black-owned bookstore!
Follow and listen to these 25 leaders and activists on social media and support their work:
Watch and/or listen to these 10 videos and podcasts:
Kimberly Jones-- “How Can We Win”
Jay Smooth - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race
How to Raise and Teach Anti-Racist Kids
How to Be An Antiracist: Conversation with Professor Ibram X. Kendi & Jamele Hill
Amber Ruffin Shares a Lifetime of Traumatic Run-Ins with Police
References & Suggested Additional Resources
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“Addressing Racial Injustice with Young Children: Webinar.” Embrace Race, https://www.embracerace.org/resources/something-happened-in-our-town-addressing-racial-injustice-with-young-children. Accessed June 2020.
Atkinson, Yvonne. "The Cadence of Language: An Interview with Julius Lester." Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children’s Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2009. 65-69.
Davis, Heather Greenwood. “Talking to Kids About Race.” National Geographic, 1 June 2020, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/in-the-news/talking-about-race/. Accessed June 2020.
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Gomez, Felicia, Overbey, Mary Margaret, Jones, Joseph, and Amy Beckrich. “A Family Guide to Talking About Race.” American Anthropological Association, http://www.understandingrace. org/resources/pdf/family_guide.pdf. Accessed June 2020.
Hagerman, Margaret Ann. "White racial socialization: Progressive fathers on raising “antiracist” children." Journal of Marriage and Family 79.1 (2017): 60-74.
Hains, Rebecca. “Raising White Children to be Anti-Racist Allies.” Dr. Rebecca Hains, 5 December 2014, https://rebeccahains.com/2014/12/05/raising-white-children-to-be-anti-racist-allies/. Accessed June 2020.
Jackson, Jada. “10 Revolutionary Activists You Should Know About This Black History Month.” Rewire News, 25 February 2020, https://rewire.news/article/2020/02/25/10-revolutionary-activists-you-should-know-about-this-black-history-month/. Accessed June 2020.
Jones, Nikole Hannah. “It’s Time for Reparations.” The New York Times Magazine, 24 June 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/24/magazine/reparations-slavery.html. Accessed June 2020.
Lester, Julius. "Storytelling: A Way to Know Ourselves." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7khbKl9Uc
Lopez, Xavier. "'Something Happened in Our Town’: a children’s book for tough conversations." PBS WHYY, 1 February 2019, https://whyy.org/articles/something-happened-in-our-town-a-childrens-book-for-tough-conversations/?platform=hootsuite. Accessed June 2020.
Lowens, Randy. "How Do You Practice Intersectionalism? An Interview with bell hooks." Black Rose Anarchist Federation/Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra, 14 February 2018, https://blackrosefed.org/intersectionalism-bell-hooks-interview/. Accessed June 2020.
Mendoza-Denton, Rodolfo. “Should We Talk to Young Children About Race?” Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/are-we-born-racist/201104/should-we-talk-young-children-about-race. Accessed June 2020.
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Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola. “KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators.” The Brown Bookshelf: United in Story, 4 June 2020. https://thebrownbookshelf.com/2020/06/04/kidlit-rally-4-black-lives-anti-racist-resources-for-children-families-and-educators/?fbclid=IwAR2rUOw16RoLoGTmThTSSmyqPXgJY2aAPTEIfAjv8lVn2GGDkC8IdgPsXGI. Accessed June 2020.
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