June 19, 2020
Juneteenth marks the day the last enslaved people in the United States learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas. That day came two and a half years after President Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery on January 1, 1863.
The Public Justice Center will be closed on Juneteenth (June 19, 2020) for a day of celebration, reflection, and learning. We have compiled this list of Juneteenth events and resources on structural racism, white supremacy, and antiracism so that you can join us.
Baltimore Racial Justice Action (BRJA) Presents Juneteenth: History & Celebration
The event on June 18 was recorded and will be posted on BRJA’s Facebook page on June 19.
How to Build an Anti-Racist Movement
June 19, 2:00 to 2:45 p.m.
Virtual Event
Bina Venkataraman, Editorial Page Editor, The Boston Globe
Ibram X. Kendi, Director, BU Center for Antiracist Research
June 19, 4:00 p.m.
Federal Hill Park, 300 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Led by Organizing Black with BMore Youth Coalition
Juneteenth: A Day of Remembrance with Sweet Honey in the Rock
June 19, 8:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Special guests include Bryan Stevenson, Danny Glover, Gina Belafonte, Sonia Sanchez, Debbie Allen, Christian McBride, Aloe Blacc, William Barber III, Kiki Shepard, Jenifer Lewis, Jordan Waré, and Sophia Dawson.
Movement for Black Lives: Six Nineteen
June 19- June 21
Search for opportunities to take action from home, in your community, or in Washington, D.C. or join Black Lives Matter DC for Six Nineteen events.
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources (mapped to stages of white identity development)
Compiled by Anna Stamborski, M. Div Candidate (2022), Nikki Zimmermann, M. Div candidate (2021), and Bailie Gregory, M. Div, M.S. Ed.
From Center for Assessment and Policy Development, MP Associates, and World Trust Educational Services
From National Museum of African American History & Culture
This List of Books, Films and Podcasts About Racism Is A Start, Not A Panacea
From NPR’s Code Switch
Understanding racism and inequality in America
By Washington Post Staff
By New York Times Magazine
How Did We Get Here? 163 years of The Atlantic’s writing on race and racism in America
By Gillian B. White
By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Primer on White Supremacy Culture in the Office
By Dena Robinson
Mapping Our Social Change Roles in Times of Crisis
By Deepa Iyer
Where Is the Outrage for Breonna Taylor?
By Renee Nishawn Scott
From Scene on Radio
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ and 11 Other Social Justice Films Available to Stream Online for Free
From Rolling Stone
11 movies that confront American racism
From Vox
Stream on Netflix
Stream on Amazon
Stream on Kanopy (with a public library card), YouTube, Google Play
African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
From Open Yale Courses
By Ibram X. Kendi
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
By Robin Diangelo
So You Want to Talk About Race
By Ijeoma Oluo
By Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Speak for Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress
By D. Watkins
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By Richard Rothstein
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
By Paul Kivel and Howard Zinn
