Social Justice, Racial Equity, Gender & LGBTQ+
Resources for Celebrating Black History and Civil Rights
Websites
- Black History– History.com
- Teaching for Change – Anti-Bias Ed, BLM at School, Civil Rights, Zinn Project Ed
- Lessons from Teaching for Change with DC Educators
- Black History Month Resource Guide– extensive list of resources
- Black History Month Resource #2 – continuation from Center for Racial Justice in Ed.
- African American History Primary Sources
- The Underground Railroad– National Geographic
- Separate is NOT Equal–Smithsonian
- Resources for Talking About Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids
- A Racial Justice Guide to the Winter Holiday Season– Center for Racial Justice in Ed.
- King Country Resources for diverse communities
- Biography.com – Profiles of celebrated black Americans
- The History Makers – Biographies
- African American Inventors (link posted soon)
- The Undefeated 44 slide show
- The Undefeated with photographs read by Kwame Alexander (turn on sound lower left)
- Biography.com – Black History Month
- The Most SEARCHED Black History slide show with summaries in 2020 (and in poster form)
- W. E. B. DuBois – Library of Congress
- Jacob Lawrence
Very Best Tween and Teen Book Recommendations
The Brown Bookshelf is a wonderful resource for books, blogs, and a multitude of resources run by a group of authors and illustrators who came together to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers.
Project Lit can be found on Instagram and FaceBook and Twitter. Project Lit is used by most of the SPS Librarians as a great reference point. At Whitman, Project Lit choices are often found on our Wildcats Read books and in our ELA book clubs. We Need Diverse Books Book Resources
We Need Diverse Books Resources for Race, Equity and Inclusion
Additional Resources
- Black Lives Matter Principles – slide show
- What is Cultural Appropriation?
- Anti-Racist List from the Whitman Library
- Anti Racist Novels from the Whitman Library
- Racial Equity Staff Reading List from the Whitman Library
- Anti-Racist Resources from the Whitman Library
- SPS Racial Equity Booklists for all ages
- Black Lives Matter Website
- Black Lives Matter Comics for Young People
- Black Lives Matter Comics Reading List from American Library Association
- Not All Clowns Are Killer But They Might Be Racist – article about history of clowns & racism
If you haven’t seen the Confluence Project yet, headed up by Maya Lin, take a look. This is outstanding work. Confluence connects you to the history, living cultures and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. River Sites
SPS LGBTQ2+ Pride Resources
Find fantastic book recommendations for Asian American Pacific Islander authors with AAPI protagonists.
SPS Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- SPL.org Latino Heritage Month Books
- Great Books for middle grade with LatinX main characters
- LatinX books from Social Justice Books, Teaching for Change
- LatinX books for YA