As we witness the recent events happening in the United States and Canada, we stand in solidarity with our community against racism. Over the last few days people have been searching for answers, particularly, many non-Black people are wondering what they can do amidst this tumultuous time. One of the best things people can do is educate themselves on the issues and history of anti-Black racism, civil rights, and anti-racism.
This is a non-exhaustive list of online resources available through the University of Alberta Library, that may aid you in educating yourself on these tough topics. We at the library are continuously working towards inclusivity, so we are also taking this time to listen, learn and do better.
Statement: U of A Stands in Solidarity Against Racism
ebooks
- White people and Black Lives Matter : ignorance, empathy, and justice by Johanna C. Luttrell
- A space for race : decoding racism, multiculturalism, and post-colonialism in the quest for belonging in Canada and beyond by Kathy Hogarth and Wendy L. Fletcher
- Good white people : the problem with middle-class white anti-racism by Shannon Sullivan
- White Fragility: why it’s so hard for White people to talk about racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Black Lives Matter : from a moment to a movement by Laurie Collier Hillstrom
- Race and social change : a quest, a study, a call to action by Max Klau
- #1960now photographs of civil rights activists and black lives matter protests by Sheila Pree Bright
- Violence against black bodies : an intersectional analysis of how black lives continue to matter edited by Sandra E. Weissinger, Dwayne A. Mack, and Elwood Watson
- The making of Black lives matter : a brief history of an idea Christopher J. Lebron
- The struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter by Amanda Nell Edgar and Andre E. Johnson
- Making all Black lives matter : reimagining freedom in the twenty-first century by Barbara Ransby
- The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- A perilous path : talking race, inequality, and the law by Sherrilyn Ifill, Loretta Lynch, Bryan Stevenson, and Anthony C. Thompson
- Systemic racism : a theory of oppression by Joe R. Feagin
- You don’t look like a lawyer : black women and systemic gendered racism by Tsedale M. Melaku
- Inequality and African-American health : how racial disparities create sickness by Shirley A. Hill
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