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CONNECT WITH JAMON JORDAN

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Walking tours and virtual tours ongoing.  Black Scroll Network History & Tours with Jamon Jordan  https://blackscrollnetwork.weebly.com/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamon.jordan

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Instagram:  https://instagram.com/jamonblackscroll?utm_medium=copy_link

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RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

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• The King Center www.thekingcenter.org Six Principles of Nonviolence

• Baratunde Thurston’s website  www.Baratunde.com 

• Black Scroll Network History & Tours with Jamon Jordan  https://blackscrollnetwork.weebly.com/

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LEARN ABOUT ANTI-RACISM

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Levels of White Engagement in Anti-Racism - Illustration challenging anti-black Racism provided by Tawana Petty @combsthepoet

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Executive Summary - American Association of Physical Anthropologists Statement on Race and Racism

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Podcast Episode - "Scene on Radio: Seeing White" (podcast) Season 2 Episode 2 "How Race Was Made"

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ARTICLES - RECOMMENDED READING

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Britannica.com article: "The History Of The Idea Of Race"

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Article featuring Activist, Bree Newsome: https://www.biography.com/activist/bree-newsome

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Article with ideas for actions white people can take as allies for racial justice:  https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

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Article written by Jamon Jordan: Rebellions Work: We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/black-lives/2020/08/26/history-resistance-rebellions-work

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Article teaching about Juneteenth - CNBC - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/what-is-juneteenth-holidays-history-explained.html

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Article teaching about Juneteenth: Long form Journalistic Project - 1619 Project - The New York Times (Subscription needed)  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html 

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Article - Esquire - A Brief History on the Destruction of Black Neighborhoods

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a32719786/george-floyd-protests-riots-black-comminity-destruction-history/ 

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Article - BET - Not Just Tulsa

https://www.bet.com/news/national/2019/12/17/not-just-tulsa--five-other-race-massacres-that-devastated-black.html 

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Scientific American article: The Concept of “Race” Is a Lie

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RECOMMENDED VIDEOS TO WATCH

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• The Dangers  of Whitewashing Black History https://www.ted.com/talks/david_ikard_the_dangers_of_whitewashing_black_history?language=en

• Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism https://hiddencolorsfilm.com/

  • https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=967072617049236​

• Enslaved – Samuel Jackson Traces His Ancestry (6-Part Series)  https://www.epix.com/series/enslaved

• PBS African Americans Many Rivers to Cross- Henry Louis Gates  (Documentary) https://www.pbs.org/show/african-americans-many-rivers-cross/

• A Great and Mighty Walk - John Henrik Clarke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njdQzyQnHeg

• Netflix - “13th” - Ava DuVernay - Ava DuVernay’s 13th explores the history of mass incarceration in America. In a series of interviews, lawyers and journalists describe how Black people were arrested for minor crimes after the Civil War as another form of enslavement. This film is one of the most powerful documentaries on the list— you should definitely watch it if you haven’t seen it already.

• Video teaching about Juneteenth - PBS - Henry Louis Gates -https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/

 

RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ

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• How to be an Anti-Racist - Ibram X  Kendi

• The Miseducation of the Negro - Carter G. Woodson

• Caste:The Origin of Our Discontent - Isabel Wilkerson

• Towards Humanity: Shifting the Culture of Anti-Racism Organizing - Tawana Petty

• The Invention of the White Race, Volume 1: Racial Oppression and Social Control - Theodore W. Allen

• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies - Resmaa Menakem

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RECOMMENDED AUTHORS

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• James Baldwin

• Toni Morrison

• August Wilson

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FACEBOOK LINKS

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Hidden Colors 3: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=967072617049236

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Facebook Group: I AM Black History Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/537009703853236