Black Lives Matter

This list includes several titles from which to learn about systemic racism in America and how we must actively choose to be antiracist. All titles are available electronically.

This short story powerfully demonstrates the internalization of racism and how it manifests itself in ways like microaggressions.

This OCLS OverDrive collection includes e-books and electronic audiobooks on the topic of antiracism with selections for readers of all ages.

This docuseries re-examines the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin, whose death became a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement.

This list includes some great series and documentaries that center Black perspectives and are a strong starting point for understanding these pressing social issues — and how all Americans are affected by them.

This collection, available via Kanopy with your library card, highlights countless stories that document the long history of systemic racism in America.

Told by activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising and a powerful battle cry from a generation fighting, not for their civil rights, but for the right to live.

This New York Times audio series examines how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.

This podcast from NPR, hosted by journalists of color, tackles the subject of race head-on. They explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.

On Pod Save the People, organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with fellow activists Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Dr. Clint Smith. They offer a unique take on the news, with a special focus on overlooked stories and topics that often impact people of color.

This podcast series takes a deep dive into the notion of "whiteness," where it came from, and what it means, especially with regard to the "unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring."

This collection from the Library of Congress contains audio interviews of former slaves. Twenty-three interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom.

This podcast is "where Black Millennials tell the true-life stories you won't see on TV."