– Hughes, Keith. “Jim Crow and America’s Racism Explained” YouTube, uploaded by Hip Hughes, 16 Jan. 2016, https://youtu.be/2_gOtZ–4WE .
– Spend some time browsing the photos in the following collection from the Library of Congress. Click on the following link and then click on the photos to enlarge: https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/085_disc.html?&loclr=reclnk
– Read The Poetry Foundation’s brief biography of W. E. B. Du Bois available here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-e-b-du-bois
– Read Du Bois’ “My Country ’Tis of Thee” here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43026/my-country-tis-of-thee
– Claude McKay
Read The Poetry Foundation’s brief biography of Claude McKay available here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay opens in new window
Read McKay’s “The Lynching” here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56983/the-lynching opens in new window
Read “If We Must Die” here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die opens in new window
Read “America” here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44691/america-56d223e1ac025 opens in new window
– Ralph Ellison
Use the following link to read Chapter 1 of Ralph Ellison’s novel, Invisible Man. The link takes you to a pdf of the entire novel. Chapter 1 begins on page 12:
https://bpi.edu/ourpages/auto/2010/5/11/36901472/Ralph%20Ellison%20-%20Invisible%20Man%20v3_0.pdf opens in new window
– “We Are Repeating The Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Says Educator Jane Elliott”
Use the following link to listen to NPR’s story, “We Are Repeating The Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Says Educator Jane Elliott.” When you get to the NPR page, click on the blue “3-Minute Listen” banner:
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/08/888846330/we-are-repeating-discrimination-experiment-every-day-educator-says opens in new window
– Dionne Irving
Use the following link to read Dionne Irving’s, “Living With Racial Battle Fatigue: Why Fighting Microaggressions Can Feel Like Treading Water”:
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