Resources

DEHUMANIZATION, CRIMINALIZATION, & PUNISHMENT OF BLACK CHILDREN EDUCATION GUIDE 

ONLINE READING 

• GET OUT!: BLACK MALE SUSPENSIONS IN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (WOOD, HARRIS III, & HOWARD, 2018) - REPORT ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

• BLACK GIRLS MATTER: PUSHED-OUT, OVERPOLICED, AND UNDERPROTECTED (CRENSHAW, OCEN, & NANDA, 2015) - REPORT ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

• THE ESSENCE OF INNOCENCE: CONSEQUENCES OF DEHUMANIZING BLACK CHILDREN (GOFF ET AL., 2014) - ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLE

• DISCIPLINE DISPARITIES FOR BLACK STUDENTS, BOYS, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, 2018)

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

• BLACK MINDS MATTER: ADDRESSING DISPROPORTIONATE SUSPENSIONS OF BLACK CHILDREN AND YOUTH (2021)

• PUSHOUT: A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS (MORRIS, 2016)

• RACE, REVOLUTION, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION(STOVALL, 2015)

• ANTIBLACKNESS AND BLACK FUTURITY IN RESEARCH ON URBAN COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLING (DUMAS, 2015) 

• CHALLENGING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE OUTCOMES (NOGUERA, 2014)

• RACISM IN EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING (GILLBORN, 2013)

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

• AGYEPONG, T. E. (2018). THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK CHILDREN: RACE, GENDER, AND DELINQUENCY IN CHICAGO’S JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, 1899-1945. CHAPEL HILL, NC: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS.

• FERGUSON, A. A. (2011). BAD BOYS: PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE MAKING OF BLACK MASCULINITY. ANN ARBOR, MI: THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS.

• KAFKA, J. (2013). THE HISTORY OF “ZERO TOLERANCE” IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLING. NEW YORK, NY: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN. 

• MORRIS, M. W. (2016). PUSHOUT: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS. NEW YORK, NY: THE NEW PRESS.

African-American Maternal Health, Birth Work, & Doulas Education & Resource Guide 

Research & Data

• African-American mothers’ persistent excessive maternal death rates

• Black Women's Maternal Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Persistent and Dire Health Disparities 

• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Related Deaths — United States, 2007–2016

• Breastfeeding Indicators, Rates, Disparities, and Improvements

• Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women

• Top Five Reasons We Need A Black Breastfeeding Week

• Who, What, Why: Why do African-American women breastfeed less?

• Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women

• Your Guide to Breastfeeding for African American Women

Instagram Accounts to Follow - Practitioners, Organizations, & Resources 

• @blackdoulaproject

• @nationalblackdoulas

• @blackwomenbirthing

• @blackwomenshealth

• @blackmidwivesalliance

• @blacksistersmidwifery

• @blackbirthworkersrock

• @blackwomenbirthing

• @birthbygrace

• @natalstories

• @iamksealsallers - Black Breastfeeding Week & @theirthapp Founder

• @devoncharise - Doula - Los Angeles, CA

• @t3doulaservices - Atlanta, GA

• @giftedhandsmidwifery - Central & North, GA

• @sanantonionursemidwife - Midwife - San Antonio, TX

• @honoredintuition - Doula - Los Angeles, CA

• @kinksncrowns - Doula - Austin, TX

• @crimson_fig - Midwife - Los Angeles, CA

• @kindredspacela - Los Angeles, CA

• @the_naabb - National Association to Advance Black Birth

• @blackwomendobirthwork

• @sistersong_woc - The National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective

Service Providers & Organizations

• Crimson Fig Midwifery (Los Angeles, CA) 

• Mama Glow (New York)

• Chicago Birth Workers Collective (Chicago, IL)

• Sista Midwife Productions (New Orleans, LA)

• Restoring Our Own Through Transformation 

• National Black Doulas Association 

• Black Mamas Matter

Recommended Online Readings - African American Maternal Health 

• 5 Black Birth Workers You Should Know About

• What Its Like to Be a Midwife or Doula Fighting Black Maternal Mortality 

• 8 Ways We Can Actually Reduce Black Maternal Mortality 

• You're Black and Pregnant. What Should Your Birth Plan Actually Look Like?

• Postpartum Care in America is Shamefully Inadequate. Here's What Needs to Change

• Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why

• Black & Giving Life with Tayo Mbande of Chicago Birthworks

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities Continue in Pregnancy-Related Deaths 

• America is Failing Its Black Mothers

Recommended Youtube Videos

• COVID-19 is Making Black Maternal Morality Worse

• Closing the Maternal Mortality Gap and Improving Outcomes for Mothers

• Why are Black Mothers and Infants More Likely to Die in U.S. from Pregnancy Related Causes?

• City Planning's Role in Black Maternal Mortality

• U.S. Maternal Morality is Much Higher for African Americans 

• The Fight to End Texas' High Maternal Mortality Rate

• Maternal Morality Review Terminology

Recommended Books 

• "Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth" by Julia Chinyere & Alicia D. Bonaparte 

• "Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty" by Dorothy Roberts 

• "The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation" by Daina Ramey Berry

• "Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth" by Dana-Ain Davis

African-American Armed Resistance Education & Resource Guide

Youtube Presentations 

• Deacons for Defense (19 min.) - History and interviews with actual organizational members

• Barbara Hicks on Robert Hicks and Deacons for Defense - Barbara is the daughter of Robert "Bob" Hicks," who was the Founder and President of the Bogalusa, Louisiana chapter of the Deacons for Defense (4 min.)

• This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible - Author Charles Cobb discusses his book (1 hr. 36 min.)

• We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement - Author Dr. Akinyele Umoja speaks on his book (57 min.)

Online Articles

• “Guns Kept People Alive” During the Civil Rights Movement

• Armed Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement

• Guns Made Civil Rights Possible: Breaking Down the Myth of Nonviolent Change

• Armed for Nonviolence

• The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers had the Weapons

• The Secret History of Guns 

• As NRA Membership Wanes, America’s Largest Black Gun Group is Thriving

• “Black Guns Matter” Focuses on Firearms Education to Decrease Violence

Books* 

• "Guns 101: A Beginner's Guide to Buying and Owning Firearms" by David Steier (Safety/Operation)

• "The Gun Guide for People Who Knowing Nothing about Firearms" by Steven Gregersen (Safety/Operation)

• "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible" by Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (History)

• "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement" by Akinyele Omowale Umoja (History)

• "Negroes With Guns" by Robert F. Williams (History)

• "Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms" by Nicholas Johnson (History)

Organizations 

• National African American Gun Association

• Black Gun Owners Association

• Huey P. Newton Gun Club

• Black Arms Gun Club South Florida

*Before purchasing from these amazon links, check with your local Black-owned bookstore to see if they have them in stock. If they do not, consider requesting that they order them.