Resources for Allies to Learn About Racism &
Support the Black Lives Matter Movement
This list is one of many, and we highly encourage you to visit some of the other organizations that are more directly involved with this movement, such as:
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Show your support through donations or advocacy for these organizations
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Black Lives Matter – https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
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Sign a Petition
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Read and Learn More
Articles
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Environmental Racism
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Racism is Killing the Planet (Sierra Club)
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I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. (WaPo)
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Read Up on the Links Between Racism and the Environment (NYT)
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4 black women leaders on climate, justice, and the green ‘Promised Land’ (Grist)
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Non Fiction Books
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Conversations in Black by Ed Gordon
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They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Aburraqib
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
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How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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Fiction Books
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
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Full Disclosure by Cameron Garrett
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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
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Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
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The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
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The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
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The Deep by Rivers Solomon
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Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi (an anthology)
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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Anti-Racism Book Lists for Kids