Videos

Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on Black Americans who have committed the crimes of ... eating, walking or generally "living while Black." In this profound, thought-provoking and often hilarious talk, he reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing -- while challenging us all to level up.

Following the death of George Floyd, Emmanuel Acho knew that he had to do something. So he did what he does best - talk to people. Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on racism, system racism, social injustice, rioting & the hurt Black people are feeling today.

A twelve-minute film featured as a part of Learning for Justice’s “Teaching Hard History” series, The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors offers an introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement on land that is now the United States.

Author and historian Ibram Kendi defines the transformative concept of antiracism to help us more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in our public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs.

Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry speaking on June 15, 1964 at a town hall meeting in NYC on “The Black Revolution and the White Backlash”.

A video of Memory reading his children’s book called, “A Kids Book About Racism”.

Authors Mahogany L. Browne and Jason Reynolds discussing their children’s book Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice, a collection of poems inspiring middle-graders to stay woke and speak out against injustice.

A video that uses an example of two young boys, one Black and one white, to explain systemic racism in America.

An episode from PBS’ series celebrating Black culture, context, and history in which the two hosts, Hallease and Evelyn, explore how Black migration has created icons from James Baldwin to Nipsey Hussle.

A talk from the Vermont Historical Society about the Tenth United States Cavalry Regiment, one of four regular army Black regiments collectively known as the A talk from the Vermont Historical Society about the Tenth United States Cavalry Regiment, one of four regular army Black regiments collectively known as the Buffalo Soldiers, and the response they faced when arriving in various white populations around the northeast.

A video explaining a classroom demonstration that teaches students about privilege.

For people that still don't think microaggressions are a problem: just imagine that instead of being a stupid comment, a microaggression is a mosquito bite.

Almost everyone has school memories of the student — or students — who had to bear the brunt of having a name that others couldn’t, or wouldn’t, correctly pronounce. A name that was different from their peers, or “difficult” for a teacher to say out loud. But the question is, different from what, and why was the pronunciation challenging? A name like Kholoud may raise an eyebrow in the United States, but in many Arabic-speaking countries, the name is much more common.

Shanna B. Tiayon, PhD, tackles the topic of unkindness, using a story as an illustration, and provides three alternatives to guardedness to help viewers navigate unkindness and still be able to choose vulnerability. Buffalo Soldiers, and the response they faced when arriving in various white populations around the northeast.