Racial Literacy for Educators and Academics provides resources for k-12, higher-ed, and all educators and academics.

Racial Literacy Curriculum — K-8th Grades

Racial Literacy Roundtables for discussions on academic Racial Literacy work: Columbia University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln

First Encounters With Race and Racism: Teaching Ideas for Classroom Conversations — the lesson is accompanied by a series of short videos, beginning with a simple explanation of implicit bias.

The First Time I Realized I was Black from CNN: “In “The Souls of Black Folk,” W.E.B. Du Bois talks about the first time he realized his skin color made him different. We asked celebrities, CNN anchors and reporters, and others to tell us when they first realized that being black affected how people treated them.”

I Am An Educator, created by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, seeks to support teachers who “care about [their] students’ racial consciousness and want to develop their racial awareness.”

Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Teaching & Learning Classroom Practices for Student Success by Sharroky Hollie 

Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew Kay 

Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference by Howard C. Stevenson 

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School by Monique Morris 

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany M. Jewell 

Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children in School by Carla Shalaby 

We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor 

We Want to do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love 

Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Podcasts about race and racial injustice is a list of podcasts that will teach you the historical context of our current systems. We highly recommend 1619, as well as season 2 of Scene on Radio: Seeing White. (You can also read The 1619 Project here.) 

Revisionist History Podcast season 2, episode 3 of Revisionist History: Miss Buchanan’s Period of Adjustment

Ending Racism: Teaching Difficult Topics in 2020 These resources compiled by School Librarian Dr. Margaret Lincoln make possible a deeper exploration of the history and legacies of racial oppression and enslavement in America.

Welcome to the Learning Plan Builder “Based on the four domains of the Social Justice Standards (Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action), our Learning Plan Builder allows you to select meaningful student texts, choose how you’ll teach them and how you’ll assess student learning. Starting with an essential question that ties into the core social justice domains will help you create a learning plan tailored to your students.” 

Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice is an example of a lesson for use with 6-12 grades