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Social Justice and Equity: Online Resources

A Resource Guide to Help Those Working to Make the World More Equitable: A compilation of books, materials, and resources that support the needs of students and faculty interested in doing the work to eliminate systemic racism and oppression.

Racial Equity Tools

Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.

 

Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

Pettus, P. (1965). Library of Congress. Retrieved from http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c33090

Library of Congress African American History Resources

Library of Congress. African American History. Digital Collections

The Library of Congress has 22 digital collections pertaining to various aspects of African American history.
This photo of the Law graduating class at Howard University, Washington, D.C. is part of "African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition"

Law graduating class at Howard University

National Archives African American Research

National Archives

There are a plethora of resources for African American Research available on the National Archives website.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

This is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000 individuals have become members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th and newest museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

National museum of African American history and culture

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