Together: #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Black Lives Matter is an international human rights movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people.

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while he was handcuffed face down in the street. This, rightly, ignited a wave of protests across the US, and subsequently the world, in support of Black Lives Matter.

For more information on why UnitedKpop have compiled this archive please read our introduction to TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.

This, and other archives we create, will be ever-growing. We also acknowledge the importance of our audience as part of our community, and you too can contribute to this archive and the education of our team and the greater community at the bottom of this page.

ARCHIVE

UNDERSTANDING AND ACTIVISM

DONATION

ESSENTIAL READING

ARTICLES

HISTORY / NON FICTION BOOKS

  • ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’ – Reni Eddo-Lodge
  • ‘So You Want to Talk About Race’ – Ijeoma Oluo
  • ‘Stamped From the Beginning’ by Ibram X. Kendi
  • ‘American Lynching’ by Ashraf H.A. Rushdy
  • ‘Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire’ by Akala

FICTION BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS

  • ‘Noughts & Crosses’ series by Malorie Blackman
  • ‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas
  • ‘The Water Dancer’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • ‘The Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead (based on a true story)
  • ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison
  • ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ by Marlon James
  • ‘Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia E Butler
  • ‘How long until black future month?’ By N K Jemisin
  • ‘Solo’ by Kwame Alexander
  • ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ by Tomi Adeyemi
  • ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison
  • ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ by Jacqueline Woodson
  • ‘Queenie’ by Candice Carty-Williams

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

  • ‘Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X’ by Ilyasah Shabazz (Author) and AG Ford (Illustrator)
  • ‘Viola Desmond won’t be budged!’ by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
  • ‘Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters’ by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author) Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)
  • ‘Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice’ by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator)
  • ‘My Hair is a Garden’ by Cozbi A. Cabrera
  • ‘Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer’ by Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrations)
  • ‘Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History’ by Vashti Harrison
  • ‘Hair Love’ by Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
  • ‘Sulwe’ by Lupita Nyong’o
  • ‘Julian is a Mermaid’ by Jessica Love
  • ‘The Day You Begin’ by Jacqueline Woodson
  • ‘Hidden Figures The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race’ by Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling, Laura Freeman (artist)
  • ‘The Colour of Home’ by Mary Hoffman
  • ‘Mega Magic Hair Swap’ by Rochelle Humes
  • ‘A Kids Book About Racism’ by Jelani Memory

BLACK OWNED BOOKSTORES

ESSENTIAL WATCHING

  • “13th” by Ava DuVernay – On Netflix and also FREE to watch on Youtube
  • ‘When They See Us’ by Ava DuVernay – on Netflix
  • Dear White People – on Netflix
  • The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson – on Netflix
  • Chi-Raq dir. Spike Lee
  • Malcolm X dir. Spike Lee
  • This is England dir. Shane Meadows
  • Noughts and Crosses – BBC

FURTHER ARCHIVES OF READING, WATCHING, LISTENING ETC

KPOP RESOURCES

VOICES TO FOLLOW

BLACK BRANDS TO SUPPORT

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