Resources about African American Communities

Resources for Parents

  • Books:

○        Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults

○        31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

  • Podcasts:

○        Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’

○        Fare of the Free Child podcast

○        Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”

  • Articles:

○        How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR

○        Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS

○        Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

  • The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon

 

Articles

 

Videos

 

Podcasts

 

Books

 

Films and TV series

  • 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
    • American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
    • Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
    • Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
    • Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
    • Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
    • Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
    • I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
    • If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
    • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
    • King In The Wilderness  — HBO
    • See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
    • Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
    • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
    • The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent for free
    • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

 

Organizations

 

More resources

 

Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020.