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Multimedia Resources

Multimedia Resources

Podcasts:
1619 (New York Times)
About Race
​​​​​​​Code Switch (NPR)

​​​​​​​Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw


Films/TV Series:
13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix (Rating NR Documentary)
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S. (Rated PG 13)
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax (PG 13)


Websites:
1619 by The New York Times
​​​​​​​National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about race web portal
​​​​​​​Guide to Allyship
​​​​​​​Racial Equity Tools
​​​​​​​Racial Equity Glossary


Let's get to the root of racial injustice | Megan Ming Francis | TEDxRainier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCn72iXO9s

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In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out "fix-all" cures to a complex social problem

Megan Ming Francis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington where she specializes in the study of American politics, race, and the development of constitutional law. She is particularly interested in the construction of rights and citizenship, black political activism, and the post-civil war South. Born and raised in Seattle, WA, she was educated at Garfield High School, Rice University in Houston, and Princeton University where she received her M.A. and her Ph.D. in Politics.

In her award winning book, Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State, shows that the battle against lynching and mob violence in the first quarter of the 20th century were pivotal to the development of civil rights and the growth of federal court power. She is inspired by people who fight for justice–even when the end appears nowhere in sight.