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PBS LearningMedia Resources: Race, Racism, Protests, Civil Rights, Current Events, and more

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These resources from PBS LearningMedia are available to support educators and families while discussing: race, racism, protesting, civil rights, Black history and historical individuals, bias, past and current events, and more. These resources are free and open for all to use. If you have any questions about these tools, please contact: education@wmht.org

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Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of resources. These educational materials are to be used in conjunction with other resources, conversations, and instruction to provide the most complete context for students. These resources are appropriate for middle and high school students, unless otherwise noted. As with all educational materials, please preview these resources prior to utilizing with students to check for appropriateness.

Protests

● Peaceful Protests
● Protest and Politics
● American Experience: Freedom Riders | The Tactic
● Freedom Rides of 1961
● March on Washington | Racial Equity: How Far Have We Come and How Far Do We Still Need to Go?
● The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
● Theatre as Protest
● Protests at the White House
● Youth Explain Why They March
● Art for Change
● Decisions in the Streets
● Whose Streets?

Black History & Historical Individuals

● Reconstruction: America After the Civil War with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
● The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
● Georgia’s Black History Collection
● Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
● Coded Geographies: The Green Book | South Central Civic Action
● Lorraine Hansberry | A Raisin in the Sun: Jim Crow, Home Ownership, and the American Dream
● East Lake Meadows: Redlining | Stereotyping and the Narrative of the Welfare Queen
● The Lowdown
○ How Many Americans Live in Poverty, and What Does That Actually Mean?
○ What You Need to Know About Gentrification
● A New Gilded Age: Income Inequality in the United States Today
● Finding Your Roots: Ruth Simmons | Maya Rudolph | Sean Combs | Valerie Jarrett | Derek Jeter | Courtney B. Vance | Condoleeza Rice | Samuel L. Jackson | John Lewis | Wanda Sykes
● American Icons: Malcom X | Rosa Parks | Muhammed Ali | Sojourner Truth | George Washington Carver | Martin Luther King Jr. | Jackie Robinson
● American Masters: James Baldwin | Maya Angelou | Lorraine Hansberry | August Wilson | Zora Neale Hurston | Bill T. Jones | Sammy Davis Jr. | Ralph Ellison

Race

● What is “Race”?
● Race & Jazz in New Orleans
● Is Race Real?
● America After Ferguson: America and Race
● The Talk: Race in America

Riots of the Past

● The Atlanta Riot
● 1964: Anger in Harlem
● Wilmington, North Carolina, 1898: Prelude to a Riot
● The Harlem Riot
● The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
● The Lowdown: Police, Race, and Unrest in America’s Cities
● Riots & the Birth of Black Television
● Wilmington: A Peaceful City Turned Violent

Bias

● Confronting Bias
● Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias
● Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle: Objectivity and Bias in Journalism
● The Lowdown: How Good Are You at Detecting Bias?
● And Then They Came For Us: Confronting Bias and Hate

Civil Rights

● Civil Rights: Then & Now
● The Supreme Court: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
● Civil Rights
● American Experience: Civil Rights
● The Lowdown: The Unfinished Business from the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Movement
● The Civil Rights Landscape Today for People of Color
● The Economic Impact of Racial Discrimination

Current Events & News

● Frontline
○ How the Deck is Stacked?
○ Investigating the Newark Police Department
○ Perspectives on Police Encounters
○ The Return of School Segregation in Eight Charts
○ Separate and Unequal | School Integration
● Exploring Racial Barriers at NASA
● PBS NewsHour Daily News Story
● Above the Noise
○ Affirmative Action: Should Race Be a Factor in College Admissions?
○ Why are Schools Still So Segregated?
○ How Do Algorithms Predict Criminal Behavior?
● News and Media Literacy

Resources for Adults Working with Young Children

● PBS Parents
○ How to Teach Young Children about Cultural Awareness & Diversity
○ Learning to Appreciate Diversity Through Play
○ Celebrate Family Diversity
○ Talking to Kids: Families Come in All Shapes and Sizes
○ Play Pretend: How to Include Others
○ How to Teach Your Child to Be An “Includer”
○ 7 Ways for Kids to Learn Empathy Through Acting
○ Creating an Emotionally Supportive Home Environment
● PBS NewsHour
○ 6 Books to Read with Your Kids That Celebrate Differences and Diversity
● The Talk
○ It’s Never too Early to Talk to Your Kids About Race
○ How One Parent Talks to His Biracial Kids About Race

Non-PBS Resources

● Teaching Tolerance: Race & Ethnicity
● The Conscious Kid: Black Books Matter: Children’s Books Celebrating Black Boys
● We Need Diverse Books
● The Zinn Education Project: Explore by Time Period | If We Knew Our History
● Social Justice Books: Curated Booklists | See What We See: Children’s and Young Adult Book Reviews | Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books