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Educational Content for Combating Racism and Social Injustice
This page is a compilation of creative and educational resources about race and racism; initiatives from the creative community aimed at fostering positive and systemic change; and a spotlight on Black creators. Thank you to our partner, The Copyright Alliance, for being an ongoing advocate for change; please find the list of resources below.
To Watch:
- The Revolutionary Art Of Spike Lee’s New Netflix Film, Emory Douglas x Da 5 Bloods
- Free to Watch Now: Films by Black Creators (Belcourt)
- Netflix Makes Documentary “13th” Available for Free (YouTube)
- Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu Spotlight Black Stories with Film Collection (AJC)
- Spotlighting Black Cinema: Important Films About the Black Experience (Fandango)
- What to watch to learn about institutional racism (PBS)
- 12 Free Documentaries And Shows About Black History And Racism In America (kpbs)
- Justice Now: A BET News Special (BET)
- Justice Now: A BET Town Hall (BET)
To Read:
- Olympia’s Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity (by ARS member artist Lorraine O’Grady)
- Celebrating Blackness on Juneteenth (by Kai D. Wright)
- Black-Owned Galleries to Support Across the US (Artsy)
- The most powerful art from the #BlackLivesMatter movement, three years in (Washington Post)
- Meet the artists behind the powerful Black Lives Matter artwork being shared across social media (Insider)
- 14 Anti-Racism Educators & Activists To Follow And Support Online
- 13 Eye-Opening Essays and Articles from Black Writers You Should Read to Understand America’s Problems with Race (Business Insider)
- What to read to learn about institutional racism (PBS)
- Momentum – A Medium blog about the fight against anti-Black racism (Medium)
- Beyoncé launches website highlighting Black creators and businesses
- In Self-Portraits, 27 Black Photographers Reflect Themselves and America (The New York Times)
- An Architectural Designer Made a List of 200 Black Creatives You Should Follow (Curbed)
To Listen:
- Let’s talk about race: museums and the battle against white privilege (The Art Newspaper)
- Okay, Now Listen (Netflix)
- Spotify Podcasts About Race & Injustice in the U.S. (Elite Daily)
- TED Talks to help you understand racism in America (Ted)
- What to listen to learn about institutional racism (PBS)
- Code Switch (NPR)
- 1619 (The New York Times)
- The Diversity Gap
In our effort to educate through the power of art, read about some of the Black artists in our ARS family in our latest article The Power of Art: ARS Members to Know.
