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Antiracism Resources

This guide contextualizes racism and antiracism within the United States and aims to provide the Merrimack Community with an introduction to resources on understanding and confronting racial injustice.

Videos & Films

13th - Directed by Ava DuVernay (Available for free via Netflix on YouTube)
POSE - Produced by Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Lou Eyrich, Erica Kay (Streaming Series available on Netflix, Youtube, and Amazon Prime)
BLM Film Resources

History of Blacks In Radio by Tony Brown Productions (Firm)
Call Number: E-Video
#CrimingWhileWhite, #AliveWhileBlack Hashtags Raise Questions About Race and White Privilege by ABC News Productions, (production company.). Infobase, (film distributor.).
Call Number: E-Video
Publication Date: 2014
The Slanted Screen : Asian Men in Film and Television by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)(Added Author). Infobase,(Added Author). Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm)
Call Number: E-Video
Publication Date: 2006

Books

Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble
Call Number: ZA4230 .N63 2018
ISBN: 9781479837243
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era by Ellen C. Scott
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780813571362
Publication Date: 2015-01-14
Cultural Diversity and the U. S. Media by Yahya R. Kamalipour (Editor); Theresa Carilli (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 0791439291
Publication Date: 1998-09-11
Race, Racism and Sports Journalism by Neil Farrington; Daniel Kilvington; John Price; Amir Saeed
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780415676397
Publication Date: 2012-05-18
Race and News by Christopher P. Campbell; Rockell A. Brown; Cheryl D. Jenkins; Kim M. LeDuff
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780415800976
Publication Date: 2011-08-09
Racism, Sexism, and the Media by Felix Gutierrez; Lena M. Chao; Clint C. Wilson
Call Number: P94.5.M552 U69 2003
ISBN: 0761925155
Publication Date: 2003
Racism in American Popular Media by Brian D. Behnken; Gregory D. Smithers
Call Number: P94.5.M552 U625 2015
ISBN: 9781440829765
Publication Date: 2015-03-24
Representing Race: Racisms, Ethnicities and Media by John D. H. Downing; Charles Husband
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780761969129
Publication Date: 2005-02-16
You're Dead--So What? Media, Police, and the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Homicide by Cheryl L. Neely
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9781609174651
Publication Date: 2015-08-01

Finding Articles

For the complete list of article databases, check out the A-Z List.

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Communication & Mass Media Complete - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection on communication and mass media.
Communications and Mass Media - Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Search 100 journals for communication topics: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more. A subset of Academic OneFile, courtesy of MBLC & MLS
Telecommunications Database - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Search scholarly and trade journals, wirefeeds and more for information on telecommunications technology and related topics. Subset of ProQuest Central.

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