Bentley Library Racial Justice Initiative

This guide presents books, e-books, audiobooks, DVDs, and streaming films available at the Bentley Library as selected by staff from the Library and the Bentley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center. This list of resources is not exhaustive and is a work-in-progress; items will continue to be added to each section.

ACRL is dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive communities in the Association and in academic and research libraries. This core commitment permeates the work of the Association, cutting across all ACRL sections, committees, interest and discussion groups, and communities of practice. The Association will acknowledge and address historical racial inequities; challenge oppressive systems within academic libraries; value different ways of knowing; and identify and work to eliminate barriers to equitable services, spaces, resources, and scholarship.

ACRL provides resources for learning, advocating, and engaging with colleagues across the field on issues related to EDI and the changing future of academic libraries.

This guide is intended to provide general information about anti-oppression, diversity, and inclusion as well as information and resources for the social justice issues key to current dialogues within the Simmons Community. This guide is by no means an exhaustive list of anti-oppressive initiatives nor does it capture all of the many facets of the larger conversations about the issues listed here. This guide serves as an introduction to these issues and as a starting place for finding information from a variety of sources.

This guide attempts to provide general information and a starting point to learn about anti-oppression, inclusion, and privilege, as well as provide knowledge and resources to key social justice issues.

The Whittemore Library guide attempts to provide general information and a starting point to learn about anti-racism, inclusion, and privilege, as well as provide knowledge and resources.

This guide is intended to provide general information for anti-racist learning and practice specific to anti-Black racism.

This guide will help users learn more about antiracism and how to become antiracism allies and accomplices. It also includes support and self-care resources for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).

This guide is intended to provide general sources and research information about the Black Lives Matter movement and social justice issues to the CSUSM Community.

This guide offers a sample of the resources available at ASU Library and is intended for research as well as personal education.

A guide to resources provided by the Law Library, as well as external information, to support our community in considering racial justice and reconciliation.

Katie Couric travels through the South to explore the controversy over removing confederate monuments.

DeRay McKesson explains the violence of police toward protesters after the Brown shooting. Three women started a movement that asserts the value of black lives and fights against police racial violence and lack of justice. New ways of sharing videos and news with a massive audience has fueled the movement. Distributed by PBS Distribution.

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Where does it hurt? It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this moving talk, she shares what she's learned, reflecting on her time as a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement and offering new thinking on pathways to racial justice.

Racism makes our economy worse -- and not just in ways that harm people of color, says public policy expert Heather C. McGhee. From her research and travels across the US, McGhee shares startling insights into how racism fuels bad policymaking and drains our economic potential -- and offers a crucial rethink on what we can do to create a more prosperous nation for all. "Our fates are linked," she says. "It costs us so much to remain divided."

This feature documentary follows Bryan Stevenson – lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative – through his experiences as a capital defense attorney and advocate for community-based reform. Interweaving watershed moments from Stevenson’s cases with insights from his clients, colleagues and members of his family, the film focuses on Stevenson’s life and career – particularly his indictment of the U.S. criminal-justice system for its role in codifying modern systemic racism – and tracks the intertwined histories of slavery, lynching, segregation and mass incarceration. Offering intimate access to Stevenson as he reflects on the transformative moments in his career, the film chronicles his work in Alabama, the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and home to the Equal Justice Initiative, as well as the early influences that drove him to become an advocate for the poor and the incarcerated. Illuminating the power of memory in cultural change, True Justice instills hope of a brighter American future through the insights of this remarkable pioneer.

Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.

A more equal world starts with you. Citing a formative moment from her own life, equity advocate Nita Mosby Tyler highlights why showing up and fighting for others who face injustices beyond your own lived experience leads to a fairer, more just future for all.

Alabama Library Association Suggested Anti-Racism Resources is a compilation of resources from the American Library Association, social media, and most importantly, Black activists who invested significant amounts of emotional and mental labor to help educate the public. Without them, this would not exist. Special thanks to Chantel Hartman who worked with the Alabama Library Association on this project.

The ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services has created Libraries Respond as a space for us to help keep current events in conversation with libraries' ongoing work in and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) provides a forum for the exchange of ideas by Asian/Pacific American librarians and other librarians. APALA stands in solidarity with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association in condemning increased violence and racism towards Black Americans and people of color.

The Association will acknowledge and address historical racial inequities; challenge oppressive systems within academic libraries; value different ways of knowing; and identify and work to eliminate barriers to equitable services, spaces, resources, and scholarship.

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association serves as an advocate for the development, promotion, and improvement of library services and resources to the nation’s African American community; and provides leadership for the recruitment and professional development of African American librarians.

The Delaware Library Association stands with the Black Lives Matter movement and all those standing against violence, racism, and white supremacy in our country. Our mission is to advocate for, empower, and educate a diverse library community. We unequivocally believe there is no room for racism in the library community that champions inclusivity.

The Maine Library Association stands with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and the American Library Association (ALA) in their condemnation of violence and racism toward Black people and all People of Color. We must listen, amplify the voices of Black people and People of Color, and be better allies. This is what libraries do: listen, convene, and support all our community members.

Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns (REMCo) is a round table for North Carolina Library Association that serves as a voice for ethnic and minority members. REMCo strives to improve service to and in some cases even initiate service for the ethnic communities that we all serve.

Racial justice is not achieved by a workshop, a book, or good intentions, but with ongoing commitments and actions. Ohio’s public libraries provide equitable access to information for all people, regardless of race. OLC links to resources to help libraries respond to current events and social justice issues.

Virginia Library Association selection of the Zoomversation Chat Record of reading, watching, and listening suggestions: (as of June 2020)