REFLECTING & REVISING
In June 2020 Librarians in the Flaxman Library asked themselves "how can we help uplift resources for the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-racism self-education?" As protests and movements erupted across the United States in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other black people by the police, a remarkable boom in grass-roots information sharing happened. Instagram posts, Google Documents, and Twitter threads - valuable information about racial justice were being distributed everywhere. Seeking to capture and share as much as possible, the librarians created the original Anti-racism + Black Lives Matter Virtual Pop-Up Library (2020).
Over time, more links were added as new resources were discovered. This created a repository that had many useful items, but became less helpful to the average viewer due to its organization. We also reflected on the implications of combining Anti-racism and Black Lives Matter categorically. While anti-racism is a necessary aid to the Black Lives Matter movement, we felt it was important to more clearly disentangle the two concepts and prioritize the work of Black Lives Matter in this resource list. After reflecting and revising, we are re-releasing this guide in time for Black Heritage Month 2021, in the hopes that it is more useful to our community as we continue our collective work towards racial justice. We still welcome any feedback, suggested additions, or other comments about this guide to flaxman@saic.edu.
This list was last updated on 1/29/21. You can also checkout the original Anti-Racism + Black Lives Matter Virtual Pop-Up Library (2020) or the sub-collection of resources for Juneteenth 2020.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Making of Black Lives Matter by 
Making All Black Lives Matter by 
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by 
They Can't Kill Us All by 
When They Call You a Terrorist by 
Unapologetic by 
How to Be an Antiracist by 
Antiracism by 
So You Want to Talk about Race by GOING DEEPER
Reading lists, Google Documents, and other collections of works on the topic of Anti-Racism to dig deeper and learn more.
EXAMINING ACADEMIA / ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS
Activist Scholarship by ZINES
WELLNESS RESOURCES BEYOND SAIC FOR BLACK FOLKS
To see a list of wellness and support resources beyond SAIC for Latinx, Indigenous, Undocumented, and LGBTQ+ folks, see our Post-Election Information guide's Wellness + Support page.
Going There by 
Horace Pippin, American Modern by 
Posing Modernity by PHYSICAL RESOURCES
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 a Documentary in 9 Chapters by --NON-FICTION--
The Assassination of Fred Hampton by 
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by 
Black Feminist Thought by 
Black Skin, White Masks by 
The Condemnation of Blackness by 
To Describe a Life by 
Elizabeth Catlett by 
Eloquent Rage by 
The Fire Next Time by 
How We Get Free by 
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to World War I by 
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The Rise of Black Artists by 
The Light of Truth by 
Mainstreaming Black Power by 
Sister Outsider by 
The Souls of Black Folk by 
A Testament of Hope by 
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour by 
You Look Beautiful Like That by --FICTION--
The Blacker the Berry ... by 
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by 
The Bluest Eye by 
The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen by 
The Street ; The Narrows by 
Their Eyes Were Watching God by 
