Now is the time to learn, support, and take action. Please use these resources to actively confront racism.
Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation
Dallas TRHT is a community-driven organization whose mission is “to create a radically inclusive city by addressing race and racism through narrative change, relationship building and equitable policies and practices.” Support their organization here, check out their reading materials on local history, and watch a lecture on the history of race in Dallas.
Pan-African Connection Bookstore, Art Gallery, and Resource Center
Pan-African Connection in Dallas seeks to “provide and create educational programs and content that inspire, and provide a transformation in the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of the African diaspora community.” Visit their online store.
“Where to Support Black-Owned Food and Drink Businesses in Dallas”
D Magazine compiled a list of Black-owned restaurants in Dallas.
Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc. is a global organization that seeks to improve lives by “combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy.”
This Minnesota-based group has a vision for “casting forward the dreams of our Black radical Ancestors we weave them with the imaginations of future generations. From our visions, we grow Black futurities that are healing and liberated.”
Antiracism for Kids Reading List
Interabang Books compiled this list of books for young readers that “contain the voices of those that can speak from their knowledge and experiences to hopefully help all of us better understand and to inspire us to be agents of change.”
Black Resistance and Resilience: Collected Works from Not Even Past
Browse a compilation of previous articles, podcasts, and other resources published by Not Even Past from the department of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
This initiative from The New York Times Magazine explores the legacy of slavery in America.
Talking About Race from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
The NMAAHC provides “tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation” about race.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
This impactful book by Michelle Alexander “spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by [Alexander’s] unforgettable argument that ‘we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.’”