In this living document, IBEW 1245 is collecting a variety of resources for union members who wish to educate themselves and broaden their understanding of systemic racism in America. This list is ever-growing and by no means intended to be comprehensive.
WATCH:
- 13th (Netflix)
- American Son (Netflix)
- If Beale St. Could Talk (Hulu)
- King in the Wilderness (HBO)
- See You Yesterday (Netflix)
- The Hate You Give (Hulu)
- When They See Us (Netflix)
- Selma (Google Play)
- I am Not Your Negro (YouTube)
- Whose Streets? (Hulu)
- LA 92 (Netflix)
- Teach Us All (Netflix)
- Rep. John Lewis: “We Must…Vote Like We Never, Ever Voted Before” (YouTube)
LISTEN:
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters!
- Momentum: A Race Forward
- Pod for the Cause
- Pod Save The People
- Seeing White
- World House
READ:
- How To Be Anti-Racist by Dr. Ibram Kendi
- White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- All Labor Has Dignity, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
- A Letter From A Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward Baptist
- The Color of Money by Mehrsa Baradaran
- Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
- Locking Up Our Own by James Forman
- Stamped by Dr. Ibram Kendi
- Strength to Love by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
- A Brief History of Labor, Race and Solidarity by the AFL-CIO
- Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins
- Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
- The Color of Politics by Michael Goldfield
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
STUDY:
- John Lewis’ ‘Good Trouble’ Handbook: Your Guide to Protecting the Vote (free manual)
- American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr. (free online course/discussion)
- The Great Unlearn (fee-based self-paced curriculum)
Special thanks to Local 1245 Office Manager and EWMC leader Tonya Alston, Organizer Eileen Purcell, California Labor Federation’s Alex Catsoulis, Business Manager Tom Dalzell and others for contributing to this list. If you have suggestions for additions to this list, please email RGB1@ibew1245.com.