Social Movements
"Our faith is built on loving God and loving our neighbors as ourselves. If love is our commandment and calling, then we cannot be silent when systems and people seek to create distance and oppression between any two people or groups of people. God is a life-giving, reconciling, and liberating God. As people made in God's image, we should be building life-giving, reconciling, and liberating communities."
- Lissie Rhoton, Postulant from the Diocese of Texas, Diploma of Anglican Studies 2020
Print books
From Selma to Montgomery to Freedom: The Long March to Freedom by Call Number: E185.61 .C715 2014ISBN: 9780415529594Publication Date: 2013-11-26
Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality: Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence by Call Number: BT736.15 .W475 2019ISBN: 9781479833993Publication Date: 2019-01-22
e-books
Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement by ISBN: 9780875651880Publication Date: 1998-06-01
Mysticism and Social Action by ISBN: 9781783017034
The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive by ISBN: 9780664266707Publication Date: 2021-03-16
21-Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge
- 21-Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge
YWCA is proud to introduce a special Summer 2020 edition: June 19-July 9
Articles
Ella Baker
Ella Baker played an unnoticed, but pivotal role in the three most influential civil rights groups: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced “snick”). As a woman, she was not given the same attention as male leaders of the civil rights movement, but she canvassed neighborhoods tirelessly to enlist average black citizens in non-violent resistance.
- Ella Baker Center
We are named after Ella Baker, a brilliant, black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong.
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by ISBN: 9780807827789Publication Date: 2003-04-28
Black Lives Matter
A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
"#BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean your life isn’t important–it means that Black lives, which are seen as without value within White supremacy, are important to your liberation." - Alicia Garza, Co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter movement
Garza, Alicia. "A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement by Alicia Garza." The Feminist Wire. 2014 Oct 7. Web. 2020 Feb 10.
- "How Black Lives Matter Reached Every Corner of America." The New York Times. N.D. Web. 15 Jun. 2020.
Locations of protests from May 26 to June 9 with photographs. The locations were compiled from local news reports and from lists by Count Love and Alex Smith, and they were confirmed using local news reports, photographs and videos.
bell hooks
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
bell hooks
Gloria Watkins, known by her pen name "bell hooks," is a scholar, author, and social activist. Her pen name is lowercase in order to shift attention from her identity to her ideas, and the name is her maternal great-grandmother's name. bell hooks has written multiple books examining and indicting American culture in terms of art, media, race, gender, and class.
Lee, Min Jin. "In Praise of bell hooks." The New York Times. 28 Feb 2019. Web. 7 Mar 2020.
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by Call Number: HQ1190 .H67 2000ISBN: 9780896086296Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by Call Number: HQ1426 .H675 1984ISBN: 9780896082212Publication Date: 1984-10-01
Web Resources
National Museum of African American History & Culture
A Smithsonian museum with 16 exhibits exploring the history of Black Americans, their unique contributions to American Society, and collections of art and culture.
National Museum of African American History & Culture. n.d. Web. 30 Jul. 2019.
- Project Curate
Project Curate (PC) is a non-profit and consultancy that works with religious, academic, and community organizations to support collaborative responses to intersectional issues of inequality and injustice. We do so through curriculum development, training, and design; consulting and facilitation; research; community building and organizing; public events; and various multimedia interventions.
PC's mission is to enact emancipatory and liberating practices of public and community engagement that move people into zones where they can dismantle barriers that tend to exist along the lines of class, race, sex, gender, and/or political orientation.
Highlander Research and Education
Highlander Research and Education Center
In 1932 Highlander was established as an education center for union leaders. It was a key hub for the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s and 60s, shifted to support workers in Appalachia in the 1970s-1990s, and continues to train and raise up leaders who support justice, equality, and sustainability.
Highlander Research and Education Center. n.d. Web. 3 Mar 2020.
Jonathan Daniels
Jonathan Daniels
I began to know in my bones and sinews that I had been truly baptized into the Lord’s death and resurrection...with them, the black men and white men, with all life, in him whose Name is above all names that the races and nations shout...we are indelibly and unspeakably one.
Jonathan Daniels Exhibit at Harrison Library
Jonathan Daniels Exhibit. The Archives of the Episcopal Church. 23 Aug 2019. Web. 23 Feb 2020.
- The Jon Daniels Story: With His Letters and Papers by Call Number: MF45 D228 Xsch5Publication Date: 1967
American Martyr: The Jon Daniels Story by Call Number: E185.98.D3 A3 1992ISBN: 9780819215864Publication Date: 1992-08-01
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Call Number: E185.98.D3 W35 2016ISBN: 9781629790947Publication Date: 2016-09-13
Outside Agitator: Jon Daniels and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama by Call Number: E185.98 .D3 E24 2000ISBN: 9780817310691Publication Date: 2000-10-23
