BLACK AUGUST
Speaking Truth to Power: Political Prisoners in the United States, Dhoruba Bin-Wahad
True history of Black August, Mama Ayanna Mashama
BLACK WORKERS
Robin D. G. Kelley discusses Black radical history, liberation, NPR, Febuary 2022
The League of Revolutionary Black Workers: A Historical Study, By A. Muhammad Ahmad
Race to Labor: Can Organized Labor Be an Agent of Social and Economic Justice? By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Institute for Policy Studies, Black Worker Initiative,
Class Struggle and Racial Justice after the union drive at Amazon, June 2021
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Final report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, United States Senate. Also available in other formats here and here.
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Speaking Truth to Power: Political Prisoners in the United States, Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Incarceration Nation: How US Political Prisoners Live in hellish conditions, The Real News Network
Roots of Black Incarceration, Joy James, Boston Review, March 2016
BLACK POLITICS/BLACK RADICAL POLITICS 
Report of the Commission of Inquiry Appointed to Enquire and Report on the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of the Late Dr. Walter Rodney on Thirteenth Day of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty at Georgetown, February 2016
The Struggle Goes On, Walter Rodney
Black Radical Tradition: The making of the Black Radical Tradition, Cedric Robinson
Collection of essays on the Black Radical Tradition
Scholar Robin D. G. Kelley on how today's Abolitionist movement can fundamentally change the country, The Intercept
See writings of Abdul Alkalimat
See writings of Joy James
The Case for Abolition, Ruth Wilson Gilmore & James Kilgore, The Marshall Project
The Malcolm X collection: papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library,
The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University
See a five minute clip of Malcolm X's last speech in 1965
Malcolm X speaks about second amendment and about race, the global struggle against colonialism, black nationalism, his call to register to vote but not in the Democratic party - the Ballot or the Bullet...
"The Negro's Greatest Enemy," published in Current History (September 1923), was Marcus Garvey's most extensive autobiographical statement, and the first to be written for the American public. It was written during his incarceration in the Tombs Prison in New York City.
Ella Baker’s Legacy Runs Deep. Know Her Name, Barbara Ransby
The Future of Black Politics Forum, Boston Review 2012
Origin of Black Politics in America, Chicago Crusader
Where are the African American leaders?, The Conversation
The State of Black Politics: Confused, The Final Call
List of articles on US Politics, Black Agenda Report
See articles written by Michael C. Dawson, Boston Review
African American Intellectual History Society's Black Radical Tradition page
Note: Coming soon will be a listing of books for further reading
COVID PANDEMIC
COVID-19 impact on poverty and inequality, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
COVID-19 impact on poverty and inequality, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
COVID-19 impact on food, housing and employment, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Daily updates on cases at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dashboard of COVID-19 cases worldwide from the World Health Organization (WHO)
Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University
COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University
The Black Plague, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in The New Yorker
REPARATIONS
Congressional Hearings on Reparations (supporting documents), February 2021
Congressional Hearings on Reparations (video and documents), June 2019
United Nations, Human Rights Council debate on race and systemic racism, 2020
United Nations, coverage and index of information for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban, South Africa (2001)
A coalition of organizations and individuals organized for the sole purpose of obtaining reparations for
African descendants in the United States - The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA)
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission
The Case for Reparations, The Atlantic
BLACK HISTORY & ARCHIVES
1619 Project, New York Times,
Slavery and Brutality of American capitalism, the 1619 Project from the New York Times
History of the Abolitionist Movement by History.com
How Slavery Helped Build a World Economy, excerpt from Jubilee: The Emergence of African-
American Culture by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library (National Geographic Books, 2003)
See this link for a web page with bios and related information about Black historians; George Padmore, Eric Williams, Dr. Chancellor Williams and Runoko Rashidi.
An online archive of primary materials - documents, photographs, artifacts, and written and oral memories from The African Activist Archive Project
An online archive of photos, videos, and other items at the ANC Archives
2020 ELECTIONS
Joe Biden official campaign site for presidency
Joe Biden plan for Black America "Lift every voice"
Bernie Sander's campaign on the issues
2020 Entrance and Exit Polls at CNN.com
2020 Primary and Caucus Results at CNN.com
Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?, New York Magazine
Was Kamala Harris a Progressive Prosecutor? A Look at Her Time as a DA & California Attorney General, Democracy Now
Biden’s Proposed Cabinet – A Kinder and Gentler Imperialism, The Black Agenda Report
An Electoral Vision for Black Lives, Dissent magazine
Racism has long shaped US presidential elections, The Conversation
WHITE NATIONALISM & WHITE SUPREMACY in the White House:
Trump promised white supremacy. New Republic
This is what white nationalism looks like, The Nation
White nationalism in the White House, Salon
Government by White Nationalism Is Upon Us, Slate
Is Donald Trump Carrying Out the White Nationalism of an Alt-Right Presidency? Truthout
A Complete History Of Donald Trump's Relationship With The White Nationalist Movement, Media Matters
Expert Who Has Studied White Supremacy for Almost 50 Years Explains Why Racists Flock to Trump's Rhetoric. Alternet
Trump promised white supremacy. New Republic
This is what white nationalism looks like, The Nation
White nationalism in the White House, Salon
Government by White Nationalism Is Upon Us, Slate
Is Donald Trump Carrying Out the White Nationalism of an Alt-Right Presidency? Truthout
A Complete History Of Donald Trump's Relationship With The White Nationalist Movement, Media Matters
Expert Who Has Studied White Supremacy for Almost 50 Years Explains Why Racists Flock to Trump's Rhetoric. Alternet
Birtherism and America’s history of white supremacy, Salon
White nationalism explained. New York Times
Donald Trump building a team of racists. New York Magazine
A graphical view of Trump's cabinet picks highlighting lack of diversity and experience
VIDEO: We do not consent to a Donald Trump presidency..., Rosa Clemente
The Party we need by the editors of Jacobin
Keeanga-Taylor Yamahtta's piece also in Jacobin, "No Time for Despair" and "How to build a mass movement"
How can we fight Trump, in The Nation
The Science of Justice: Race, Arrests & Police use of Force (July 2016)
Report from the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office regarding the death of Alton Sterling (July 11th, 2016)
Local news coverage from the Star Tribune of the Philando Castile killing
Coverage of the Freddy Gray trial in the Baltimore Sun.
Court documents of the Freddy Gray trial for Baltimore Police Officers, Caesar Goodson, William Porter, and Edward Nero. Here is Officer Woodson's court transcript.
The Guardian's interactive project, The Counted keeps track of the number of people killed by police and other law enforcement agencies in the United States throughout 2015.
Articles on the various topics covered and uncovered since the police related deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
Report/analysis entitled: "Who leads us" on who are the prosecutors in America by the Women's Donor Network. The site is very informative and interactive.
Justice Department investigation report on police departments in:
The White House page on the President's 21st Century policing
The President's 21st Century Policing Task Force webpage with the interim Task Force Report (March 2015) and final Task Force Report (Note: as of 7/19/15, the DOJ link is inoperable. The link will be provided when operable)
These are documents released in the Sandra Bland case:
RACE
The Party we need by the editors of Jacobin
Keeanga-Taylor Yamahtta's piece also in Jacobin, "No Time for Despair" and "How to build a mass movement"
How can we fight Trump, in The Nation
POLICING IN AMERICA
George Floyd news articles, The Guardian
“Kettling” Protesters in the Bronx; Systemic Police Brutality and Its Costs in the United States, HRW
Latest news on Oscar Grant, Oakland News Now
The Long, Painful History of Police Brutality in the U.S. The Smithsonian
Report from the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office regarding the death of Alton Sterling (July 11th, 2016)
Local news coverage from the Star Tribune of the Philando Castile killing
Coverage of the Freddy Gray trial in the Baltimore Sun.
Court documents of the Freddy Gray trial for Baltimore Police Officers, Caesar Goodson, William Porter, and Edward Nero. Here is Officer Woodson's court transcript.
The Guardian's interactive project, The Counted keeps track of the number of people killed by police and other law enforcement agencies in the United States throughout 2015.
Articles on the various topics covered and uncovered since the police related deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
- Exactly How Often Do Police Shoot Unarmed Black Men in Mother Jones
- The Black Protest Tradition and the path forward in The Black Scholar
- Prosecutor manipulates Grand Jury Process to Shield Officer in Truthout
- Yes, Black America fears the police. Here's why in Propublica
- Life without Parole by The Marshall Project
Report/analysis entitled: "Who leads us" on who are the prosecutors in America by the Women's Donor Network. The site is very informative and interactive.
Justice Department investigation report on police departments in:
The White House page on the President's 21st Century policing
The President's 21st Century Policing Task Force webpage with the interim Task Force Report (March 2015) and final Task Force Report (Note: as of 7/19/15, the DOJ link is inoperable. The link will be provided when operable)
These are documents released in the Sandra Bland case:
- Custodial Death report (4 pages)
- Autopsy Report (11 pages)
- Preliminary Toxicology Report (1 page)
RACE
The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power, Jared Ball
US Census Bureau Quick Fact Facts on Blacks/African Americans
Center for American Progress series on systemic racism
June 2016, "On view of Race and Inequality; Blacks and Whites are worlds apart" from the Pew Research Center
By the Urban Institute: The Moynihan Report is revisited and Housing Discrimination against Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
National Urban League's, 2020 State of Black America Report, 2019 State of Black America Report, and 2018 State of Black America Report.
VOTING
Vote Suppression analysis, The Brennan Center
Voter Suppression news articles, The Guardian
50 years of the Voting Rights Act, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Supreme Court decision on Voting Rights Act, June 2013
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies response to Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act.
The Brennan Center for Justice (at NYU School of Law) has a page with various links to op-ed, blog posts, media coverage, fact sheets, etc., regarding the Voting Rights Act.
The Democrats dependence on the Black vote, Washington Post
How Black Voters could determine the 2016 elections, Washington Post
POVERTY
Supreme Court decision on Voting Rights Act, June 2013
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies response to Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act.
The Brennan Center for Justice (at NYU School of Law) has a page with various links to op-ed, blog posts, media coverage, fact sheets, etc., regarding the Voting Rights Act.
The Democrats dependence on the Black vote, Washington Post
How Black Voters could determine the 2016 elections, Washington Post
POVERTY
The Urban Institute's section on poverty
The Economic Policy Institute has an Inequality & Poverty page.
The Nation's This week in Poverty series.
Official poverty page at the Census Bureau.
2019 Income and Poverty in the United States, report and summary
The Economic Policy Institute has an Inequality & Poverty page.
The Nation's This week in Poverty series.
Official poverty page at the Census Bureau.
2019 Income and Poverty in the United States, report and summary
Changes in Poverty Rates and Areas 2005-2019, issued December 2020
2015 Income and Poverty in the United States report and summary
2014 Income and Poverty in the United States report
The Pew Research Center put together a data portrait in their look at poverty.
Mapping Poverty in America in the New York Times.
2014 Income and Poverty in the United States report
The Pew Research Center put together a data portrait in their look at poverty.
Mapping Poverty in America in the New York Times.
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA)
Whitehouse website page for Affordable Care Act (ACA) and healthcare reform that contains information about the new law, myths versus facts, and information on how to find healthcare plans.
House Republican Playbook – a GOP strategic plan to highlight problems with the Affordable Care Act.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' report on ACA.
FLINT WATER CRISIS
The Detroit Free Press section on the Flint Water Crisis
The Guardian's section on the Flint Water Crisis
A story published in The Final Call about recent work of their prison ministry.
Reporting on the Flint Water Crisis by NewsOne
risk (Nov.2013)
Whitehouse website page for Affordable Care Act (ACA) and healthcare reform that contains information about the new law, myths versus facts, and information on how to find healthcare plans.
House Republican Playbook – a GOP strategic plan to highlight problems with the Affordable Care Act.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' report on ACA.
FLINT WATER CRISIS
The Detroit Free Press section on the Flint Water Crisis
The Guardian's section on the Flint Water Crisis
A story published in The Final Call about recent work of their prison ministry.
Reporting on the Flint Water Crisis by NewsOne
risk (Nov.2013)
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