TURNING 15 ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM

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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom tells the moving, true story of Lynda Blackmon, one of the youngest participants in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.  Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. to secure the right to vote for African-Americans.Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom tells the moving, true story of Lynda Blackmon, one of the youngest participants in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.  Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. to secure the right to vote for African-Americans.

Resources and ways to engage

 Resources and ways to engage in getting out the vote and direct anti-racism and social justice work.

Books: 

•    Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness  

•    Catlin, Karen. Better Allies. Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces 

•    Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me  

•    Crenshaw, Kimberlee. Seeing Race Again: Countering Colorblindness Across the Disciplines 

•    DeAngelo, Robyn.  White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Race   

•    Kendi, Ibram. How to be an Antiracist 

•    Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric  

•    Tatum, Beverly.  Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?  And Other Conversations About Race  

 

Database: 

•    Harvard University’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Library –  

https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/hksdigitalbookdisplay/publications  

 

Websites/Articles: 

•    Implicit Bias Test – 

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html 

•    Kimberlee Crenshaw on intersectionality – 

https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en  

•    Ted Talk: “How to Overcome Your Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them” 

https://www.ted.com/talks/verna_myers_how_to_overcome_our_biases_walk_boldly_toward_them  

•    1619 The New York Times  

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/podcasts/1619-trailer.html  

 

Voting Resources

Vote.org

Black Voters Matter Fund

When we all vote

Rock the Vote

League of Women Voters

 

Organization Campaigns and Petitions

Black Lives Matter: 2020 Campaign

Color of Change: Active Petitions and Campaigns

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Justice for George Floyd

Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

NAACP: We are Done Dying Campaign 

Equal Justice Initiatve

Showing Up for Racial Justice

Readings and Resources

What a Day: Racism cont'd

The Lies We Tell About Riots

Compilation of anti-racism resources

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Racial Justice Research Document