Below is a list of links to get started learning about the Black Lives Matter movement, including context and background information, details and philosophy of the movement, and resources for activists and the classroom.
- Black Lives Matter
The website for the national movement, including mission statements, social media feeds, contact information, and ways to get involved.
- The Black Lives Matter Reference Guide (Medium)
Malcolm Teller's 2016 compilation of links and resources, which cover Black Lives Matter (direct commentary on the actual movement itself and the flashpoints that involve it, such as Ferguson and Baltimore, as well as its underlying philosophical and intellectual foundations), and related topics (commentary from throughout America’s history on what it means to be black in America).
- Black Lives Matter Syllabus
“Black Lives Matter” is an interdisciplinary seminar at New York University designed and taught by Frank Roberts.Site includes syallabi from the class, news, videos, assigned readings and discussion points.
- Baltimore Uprising - a digital repository that seeks to preserve and make accessible original content that was captured and created by individual community members, grassroots organizations, and witnesses to the protests that followed the death of Freddie Gray on April 19, 2015.
- Documenting Ferguson - Documenting Ferguson is a freely available resource that seeks to preserve and make accessible the digital media captured and created by community members following the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014.
- Mapping Police Violence - View visualizations, download the data and create your own. Scroll to the bottom of the landing page to see when the site was last updated.
