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Anti-Racism Research & Resource Guide
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Books (Click on Books for More Information)
Articles
Popular/News Articles
- Smithsonian Launches “Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past” With a Virtual Forum
Written by The Smithsonian | 2021 - New ‘Black Art’ Documentary Is a Moving Tribute to Art Historian David C. Driskell’s Legacy
Written by Maximilíano Durón | ArtNews | 2021 - Bryan Stevenson Believes Art Can Help Us Confront the Traumas of Racism
Written by Angela Dennis | Artsy | 2021 - Game-Changing Artists and Curators of Color Showcased in New Book
Written by Maximilíano Durón | ArtNews | 2021 - This is pop culture's moment of reckoning on matters of race
Written by Brandon Griggs | CNN Entertainment | 2020 - The Designer Changing How We Think About Fashion and Race in America
Written by M.H. Miller | New York Times | 2020
Scholarly/Academic Articles
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Duke Ellington, Jazz Dance, and the African Aesthetic
Written by Allana Radecki | Jazz Education in Research and Practice | 2021 -
Art, Anti-Racism and Health Equity: “Don’t Ask Me Why, Ask Me How!”
Written by Derek M. Griffith and Andrea R. Semlow | Ethnicity and Disease | 2020 -
Filming Black Voices and Stories: Slavery on America's Screens
Written by Brenda E. Stevenson | The journal of the Civil War era | 2018 -
Marxist Materialism and Critical Race Theory: A Comparative Analysis of Media and Cultural Influence on the Formation of Stereotypes and Proliferation of Police Brutality against Black Men
Written by Devair Jeffries and Rhonda Jeffries | Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men | 2017 -
The Being and Becoming of African Diaspora Art
Written by Jaqueline Francis | Journal of American Studies | 2013
Podcasts & Videos
Podcasts
- Art History for All: A Podcast Dedicated to Making Art Accessible | Allyson Healey"Art History for All is dedicated to increasing the accessibility of visual art by discussing how art from throughout human history is relevant to us right now." -From Art History for All website
- Necessary Conversations: Race & Dance | Rhee Gold's DanceLife | 72 min."A special event to discuss racism, racial equality, and racial healing. With a goal to explore, to listen and to learn from each other, we'll broadcast a necessary conversation on race and dance."
- Race, Bias, and the Photo Industry | The Nerdy Photographer | 50 min.A conversation about race, bias, and the photo industry between the Nerdy Photographer and Leighton DaCosta.
Videos
How Art Gives Shape to Cultural Change | Thelma Golden | 12 min.
Why I Turned Chicago's Abandoned Homes into Art | Amanda Williams | 13 min.
Sound of Whiteness | Dr. David Sterling Brown & Dr. Jennifer L. Stoever | 95 min.
Additional Resources
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Anti-Racism Resources in the Art World (Artsy.net)
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Art History: Social justice and anti-racism library resources (UC Berkeley Libraries)
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Black Lives Matter: An Open Letter to Art Educators on Constructing an Anti-Racist Agenda
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Decentering Whiteness in Design History Resources
A bibliography meant to help instructors of design history decenter whiteness in their classes. -
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