Society, Race, and Resistance - African American

 

AAC&U Selects Ten Institutions as Sites for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers

http://www.educationdive.com/press-release/20170816-aacu-selects-ten-institutions-as-sites-for-truth-racial-healing-transf

AAC&U is the "leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education."

 

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Newark

https://www.aclu-nj.org

The ACLU of New Jersey is located in Newark. They "implement legal, legislative, public education programs in conjunction with large numbers of volunteers to advance the ACLU's goals of liberty and justice for all."

973-642-2084

 

Anti-Oppression: Anti-Racism

https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-racism

Resources with "strategies, theories, actions, and practices that challenge and counter racism, inequalities, prejudices, and discrimination based on race," compiled by Simmons College librarians dedicated to social justice.  Among the informative topics are white privilege and white fragility.  The community education and support articles and referrals for people of color are also excellent.

 

Black Caucus on Twitter

https://twitter.com/CBCFInc

Congressional Black Caucus on Twitter. Tweets from caucus chair, Karen Bass @RepKarenBass, and other caucus members.  

 

Black Lives Matter

http://blacklivesmatter.com

"#BlackLivesMatter is an online forum intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti-Black racism, to spark dialogue among Black people, and to facilitate the types of connections necessary to encourage social action and engagement."

 

The B.R.O.T.H.E.R. Project

http://www.aaogc.org/our-programs

The B.R.O.T.H.E.R. (Brothers Reaching Out Through Health Education and Risk Reduction) Project is an innovative HIV Prevention & Education program designed for African-American/Latino men who have sex with men, whether gay-identified or not, who are at high risk for HIV infection.

• ADDRESS: 877 Broad Street, Suite 211, Newark, NJ 07102
• PHONE: 973-639-0700 Hours: 10am-5pm (Mon-Fri)
• EMAIL: aaogcnewark@gmail.com 

 

Case for Reparations

http://tinyurl.com/ze6jvo7

From The Atlantic, an article by Ta-Nehisi Coates on the case for reparations for African Americans.  He writes, "Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole."

 

CensusScope

http://www.censusscope.org

"CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan. With eye-catching graphics and exportable trend data, CensusScope is designed for both generalists and specialists."  With charts and trends, maps, rankings, and also a section about racial segregation.

 

Civil and Human Rights

https://civilrights.org

10 Actions you can do to stand up for human and civil rights.

 

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Online

http://www.cbcfinc.org 

Programs, policy, news, and views about current events.

 

Everyday Racism: resources

https://www.everyday-democracy.org/resources/racial-equity

"We need to face racism head-on in order to have healthy communities and a strong country. Racism and gaps among racial and ethnic groups affect education, housing, health care, the justice system and job opportunities."

 

A Five-Step Toolkit for Dealing with White Supremacists in the Age of Trump

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2017/08/14/five-step-toolkit-dealing-white-supremacists-era-trump

Defusing someone intent on harming others.

 

Frontline: The Two Nations of Black America

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race 

Especially exciting for its 1997 interviews with Julian Bond, Eldridge Cleaver, Angela Davis, Jesse Jackson, Cornel West, and others -- this site also delineates economics with charts, graphs, and analysis.

 

Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

https://www.splcenter.org/intelligence-report

Tracking by the Southern Poverty Law Center of the activities of hate groups and militia.

 

Just Facts - Racial Issues

http://www.justfacts.com/racialissues.asp

Well-cited facts about a variety of topics around race, including "discrimination, affirmative action, education, crime, politics, and more."

 

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

http://www.naacp.org 

Home page of the oldest organization advocating African American progress.

 

National Black United Fund, Inc

 http://www.nbuf.org

"The purpose of the new organization was to promote charitable fundraising in the black community for black empowerment and social change."

17 Academy Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Phone: 1-800-223-0866, 973-643-5122

 

National Urban League

http://www.nul.org 

Fighting for economic, social, and educational rights.

 

Newark Anti Violence Coalition

https://www.facebook.com/NewarkAntiViolenceCoalition

Facebook page for The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition: "A diversified collective of activists, community leaders and residents who are on the move to politicize and awaken the consciousness of Newark, one community, one home and one mind at a time."

 

People’s Organization For Progress  (POP)

http://njpop.org

“Is an independent, grassroots, community based, politically progressive association of citizens working for racial, social and economic justice and greater unity in the community.”

 

Pew Research Center (African Americans)

http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/african-americans

Topics that relate to the African American population with subtopics, in race relations, science, politics, social trends, and more.

 

Race and Policing 

http://tinyurl.com/jjcd65y

Research on racial profiling from nonprofits, foundations, and university based research centers.

 

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

https://www.splcenter.org

Civil rights lawyers Morris Dees and Joseph Levin Jr. founded the SPLC in 1971 to ensure that the promise of the civil rights movement became a reality for all.

 

Ten Ways to Fight Hate: a Community Response, by SPLC

https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide

Act, join forces, support victims, speak up, educate yourself, create alternatives, pressure leaders, stay engaged, teach acceptance, and dig deeper--add to what you know about these responses.

 

Urban League Essex County

http://www.ulec.org

"For 99 years, the Urban League of Essex County has served disadvantaged individuals and families - working to improve lives by giving help, hope and the tools needed to access America’s social and economic opportunities."

 

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