Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by 
The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by 
Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity by 
#Charlottesville: White Supremacy, Populism, and Resistance by 
America on Fire: the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s by 
As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by 
Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century by 
The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea by 
Image source: "BLM Protest, Grand Rapids MI 5/30/20" by Aelin Elliott is licensed under CC BY 2.0
For the month of June 2020, the full feature film, Just Mercy, is free to stream across many platforms - such as YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime, and more. Use the link below to go to the film's website where you can stream it.
Resources for Teaching the History and Sociology of Racism, Police Relations, and Anti-Government Protests, put together by Assistant Professor for Sociology Brad Powell
Blackformation, a local group supporting BLM.
African American and Black-Owned Businesses and Organizations in the Tri-Cities (Google Doc)
DEI Presents Blackformation - Links from the presentation (Google Doc)
Winters, Mary-Frances. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2020.
Mbembe, Achille. Necropolitics. Duke University Press Books, 2019.
Yusoff, Kathryn. A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None. University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
A special thanks to the librarians at Bellevue College whose Black Lives Matter research guide much of this content comes from.
509-542-4887 library@columbiabasin.edu 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA. 99301
