Resources for Supporting Black Lives Matter

We urgently need to support protesters, organisations on the ground and black communities in the US and around the world. There is no debate about this: Black Lives Matter. We must end police violence and racial injustice. We must bring about police and prison reform. We must help create a world where black lives are not systematically targeted for their demise.

We cannot say this loudly enough: our non-black audience members should educate themselves, speak up and take action. This means donating money to BLM and affiliated causes. It means using your voice to challenge those around you. It means demanding accountability from those in power. It means protesting and it means fighting for justice. If this makes you feel uncomfortable, don’t ignore that feeling. Reflect on it and decide what action you’re going to take going forward.

DONATE TO FUNDS

• Black Lives Matter
• Support Dozens of Community Bail Out Funds
• Black Visions Collective
• Black Socialists in America
• Unicorn Riot
• National Council For Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
• The Okra Project
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Black Youth Project 100
• Emergency Release Fund for Trans People In NYC
• Inquest
• Black Protest Legal Support UK
• Reclaim the Block
• Campaign Zero
• Black Trans Travel Fund

TAKE FURTHER ACTION

• Use this template to contact your representative to push them to change police training to decrease police brutality
• Use this list of petitions to sign demanding justice and accountability
• Use this master list of petitions, bail out funds, resources
• Read this advice when going to a protest
• Read this Virtual Protesting 101
• Act on this list of black businesses to support
• Don’t buy from businesses that support prison labour
• How to check in on your black friends
• Understand what to do if you can't donate right now
• Consult this BLM advice for companies
• Know your rights when being stopped by the police
• 5 points to consider before going to a BLM march in the UK
• 10 steps to non-optical allyship
• Letter to your MP. Freeze exporting all policing and security equipment to the United States
• Protest Etiquette for white folks
• The Black Curriculim
• How to Defund the Police if You Live in New York
• How to financially help BLM with NO MONEY or leaving your house
• Support 1000+ Black artists by buying their music on Bandcamp
• Support Black Femme identifying artists by buying music on Bandcamp

UK GROUPS THAT FIGHT RACISM

• Stop Hate UK.National charity working to challenge all forms of Hate Crime and discrimination
• Black Minds Matter.Connecting black individuals and families with FREE professional mental health resources in the UK
• Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Educational Trust Manchester based Trust which aims to record the history of BAME people in Manchester.
• Football Unites, Racism Divides. Sheffield based charity which uses football and community to fight racism
• BTEG. National charity aiming to end racial inequality through education and employment
• Southall Black Sisters. West London based charity who, among other things, run an advice, advocacy and resource centre in West
  London which provides a comprehensive service to women experiencing violence and abuse and other forms of inequality.
• Runnymede Trust National think-tank leading the debate on racial inequality
• Stephen Lawrence Trust. National charity which aims to get rid of institutional barriers in front of young people
• 100 Black Men of London. London based charity aiming to lift young black people up through education and mentoring
• Access UK. National charity providing career services for marginalised people
• The Amos Bursary .National charity working to reduce the gap in prospects between young black people and young white people
• Generating Genius. London based Charity aiming to open doors to STEM careers for BAME students
• Bristol Hate Crime & Discrimination Services.Bristol based services for fighting discrimination
• The Reach Out Project. London based charity opening up new opportunities for young BAME people
• UK Black Pride.
• Operation Black Vot. National charity which aims to increase the number of BME people who vote in the UK
• The Black Curriculum: a charity that aims to teach children about black history
• BLM Bournemouth
• Race and Health: Researchers looking at the links between health inequality and race
• Kwanda): Grassroots campaign which creates opportunities for BAME people, and uses a democratic system to decide which causes to champion

EDUCATE YOURSELF

Articles

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us”
• What should we do with videos of police brutality?
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• An Antiracist Reading List
• The Case for Reparations
• No More Money for the Police
• Why you should stop saying “all lives matter,” explained in 9 different ways
• Racial Gaslighting 101
• A short thread of long reads about British history, empire and colonialism
• LAPD, FBI collecting protest, looting footage as evidence for future arrests
• Francesca Sobande on the Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain
• University of Exeter Course on British Imperialism
• Yale University Course on African American History]
• Primer on abolishing the police
• The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale - available to DL for free with registration

Books

Non Fiction

• “Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire” by Akala
• “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Alex Haley and Malcom X
• “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
• “Killing Rage: Ending Racism” by bell hooks
• “The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
• “Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging” by Afua Hirsch
• “I Am Not Your Baby Mother” by Candice Brathwaite
• “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X Kendi
• “Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change” by Layla Saad
• “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness” by Michelle Alexander
• “White Tears, Brown Scars” by Ruby Hamad
• PDF of free books written by black activists
• Children's book that discuss race & racism
• An Antiracist Reading List
• Gwendolyn Brooks: Riot (1969)
• Jeffrey Boakye: 'Hold tight: Black Masculinity, Millenials and the Meaning of Grime'
• Jon Stratton & Nabeel Zuberi: 'Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945'
• Dan Hancox: 'Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime'
• Caspar Melville: 'It’s A London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City'
• Brian Belle-Fortune: 'All Crews: Journey Thrrough Jungle'
• Llod Bradley: 'Sounds like London: 100 years of Black Music in the capital'
• Tony Moore:'Policing Notting Hill'

Fiction

• “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
• “The Colour Purple” by Alice Walker
• “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie
• “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith

Video

• ‘Don't Talk To Me About 'All Lives Matter'
• James Baldwin Explains The Riots in 1968
• Tamika Mallory and Stephen Jackson Ppeech at George Floyd rally
• Killer Mike's Emotional Speech at Atlanta Mayor's Press Conference 2020
• “The Color of Fear” (1994)
• “I Am Not Your Negro” (2017)
• “Let It Fall” (2017)
• “13” (2020) .
• Why Blackout Tuesday Perhaps Isn't The One
• "General Revolution"
• After Minneapolis, is the US ‘a failed social experiment’?
• Toni Morrison Beautifully Answers an "Illegitimate" Question on Race
• How to donate if you’re broke : 100% of Zoe Amira video’s ad venue will be donated to organisations in support of BLM
• George the Poet on BBC Newsnight discussing parallels between Black British experience and Black American experience
• Twitter thread for documentaries on understanding racism, prejudice, police brutality, and more
• All Black: 'Jungle Fever'. A documentary looking into the birth of Jungle. BBC2, 1994
• Reggae Britannia : Documentary about reggae’s influence on British music and society. BB4, 2011
• Black’s Britannica : A documentary originally banned from UK broadcast as it was deemed too ‘dangerous’. PBS, 1978
• Dread Beat & Blood : Portrait of dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson. Franco Rosso, 1979. Rent for £1 on BFI
• Nice Up The Dance! A celebration of sound system culture and it’s overriding influence across genres. Farhah, 2017
• Akala - Fire In The Booth (part 1). Charlie Sloth, 2011

Audio

• The End of Policing ‘In Conversation’
• About Race Podcast
• NPR Code Switch
• Why U.S. Needs Black Lives Matter Movement Today
• No Country For Young Women
• The Black Curriculum
• James Baldwin: The Moral Responsibility of the Artist
• Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

WHAT BOILER ROOM IS DOING

• Our Streaming From Isolation broadcasts will now be raising donations directly for Black Lives Matter
• We will be sharing ways to take action, links to funds, reading materials, and videos
• We’ve made a donation split equally across 38 community bail out funds to help support protesters right now across cities in the US