The President's Commission on Diversity and Inclusion presents this list of resources as a starting point for learning about anti-racism and intersectionality. It is not a comprehensive list, and we will continue to add appropriate resources.
Films and Television
13th, dir. Ava DuVernay
Ali, dir. Michael Mann
All Day and a Night, dir. Joe Robert Cole
American Son, dir. Kenny Leon
Baltimore Rising, documentary, dir. Sonja Sohn
Bessie, dir. Dee Rees
Black Cop, dir. Cory Bowles
Boyz n the Hood, dir. John Singleton
The Butler, dir. Lee Daniels
Coach Carter, dir. Thomas Carter
The Color Purple, dir. Steven Spielberg
Crash, dir. Paul Haggis
Crime + Punishment, documentary, dir. Stephen Maing
Dear White People, film and TV series, dir./creator Justin Simien
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, documentary, dir. David France
Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow
Do the Right Thing, dir. Spike Lee
Dreamgirls, Bill Condon
For Ahkeem, documentary, dir. Landon Van Soest and Jeremy S. Levine
Freedom Writers, dir. Richard LaGravenese
Harriet, Kasi Lemmons
The Hate U Give, dir. George Tillman, Jr.
I Am Not Your Negro, documentary, dir. Raoul Peck
If Beale Street Could Talk, dir. Barry Jenkins
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, dir. George C. Wolfe
The Innocence Files, documentary miniseries
Just Mercy, Destin Daniel Cretton
King in the Wilderness, documentary, dir. Peter Kunhardt
LA92, dir. Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin
Malcolm X, dir. Spike Lee
Monsters and Men, dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
Moonlight, dir. Barry Jenkins
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story, documentary, dir. Daniel H. Birman
Poetic Justice, dir. John Singleton
Queen and Slim, dir. Melina Matsoukas
Race, dir. Stephen Hopkins
Remember the Titans, dir. Boaz Yakin
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, documentary, dir. Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason
Rosewood, dir. John Singleton
See You Yesterday, dir. Stefon Bristol
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker, TV series
Selma, dir. Ava DuVernay
Strong Island, documentary, dir. Yance Ford
Time: The Kalief Browder Story, documentary miniseries, dir. Jenner Furst
When They See Us, dir. Ava DuVernay
Whose Streets?, documentary, Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
Literature
Fiction
Flying Lesson and Other Stories, edited by Ellen Oh
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness
There There, Tommy Orange
Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Alex Haley
Non-Fiction
A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley and Malcolm X
The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision, Barbara Randy
How to Be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy, Layla Saadis
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarnation in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63, Taylor Branch
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment, Angela J. Davis
So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi
Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor, Cyndi Kernahan
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement, Wesley Lowery
Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at the Bar, Rebel on the Bench, Michael D. Davis and Hunter R. Clark
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, Charlene Carruthers
Unbiased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, Jennifer Eberhardt
"Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," Peggy McIntosh
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays, Damon Young
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, Robin DiAngelo
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States, Maya Schenwar, Joe Macar, and Alana Yu-Lan Price
"We're Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholders' Republic", Ibram X. Kendi
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in The Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race, Beverly Daniel Tatum
Music
"A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke
"Alright," Kendrick Lamar
"Baltimore," Prince, feat. Eryn Allen Kane
"Be Free," J. Cole
"Better Days," Victoria Mont, feat. Ariana Grande
"Black Butterfly," Deniece Williams
"Black Man," Stevie Wonder
"Black Man in a White World," Michael Kiwanuka
"Black Rage," Lauryn Hill
"Brotha," Angie Stone
"Brown Skin," Erykah Badu
"Brown Skin Girl," Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, Beyonc, WizKid
"Chains," Usher, feat. Nas and Bibi Bourelly
"Changes," 2Pac
"The Charade," D'Angelo
"Cry No More," Rhiannon Giddens
"Don't Shoot," The Game, feat. Rick Ross, Diddy, etc.
"Fight the Power," Public Enemy
"Freedom," Beyonc, feat. Kendrick Lamar
"Glory," Common, feat. John Legend
"Hands Up," Daye Jack, feat. Killer Mike
"Hell You Talmbout," Janelle Mone
"How Many," Miguel
"I Am Not My Hair," India.Arie, feat.Akon
"Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)," K'naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz Ahmed, Residente
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," Marvin Gaye
"Lift Every Voice and Sing," The Wardlaw Brothers, (or any of the various versions)
"Man in the Mirror," Michael Jackson
"Melanated," Katori Walker
"The Message," Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
"Mississippi Goddam," Nina Simone
"My Power," Nija, Beyonc, Busiswa, Yemi Alade, Tierra Whack, Moonchild Sanelly, DJ Lag
"No Justice No Peace," Z-Ro, feat. Mike Dean
"New Agenda," Janet Jackson
"Q.U.E.E.N.," Janeel Monae, ft. Erykah Badu
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron
"Sad News," Swizz Beats, feat. Scarface
"Sandra's Smile," Blood Orange
"Say It LoudI'm Black and I'm Proud," James Brown
"Scream," Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson
"Sign o' the Times," Prince
"Someday We'll All Be Free," Donny Hathaway
"Spiritual," Jay Z
"Stand Up," Cynthia Erivo
"Stand Up for Love," Destiny's Child
"Strange Fruit," Billie Holiday
"This Is America," Childish Gambino
"To Be Young, Gifted, and Black," Nina Simone
"U.N.I.T.Y.," Queen Latifah
"Umi Says," Mos Def
"What's Going On," Marvin Gaye
"When the Revolution Comes," The Last Poets
"White Privilege II," Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, feat. Jamila Woods
Podcasts
1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times
"The Afro-Latinx Experience Is Essential to Our International Reckoning on Race," Alt.Latino, NPR
Code Switch, NPR
"Seeing White," Scene on Radio
The Link between Health and Racism, TED Talk playlist