Please note that listed sites are not necessarily endorsed by #TheWorldIsWatching. The following links are provided in good faith to educate our community members.
Online Texts
- The Womanist Reader – http://www.goldwomyn.com/bilphenasonlinelibrary
- Collection of Poems by Audre Lorde – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde#tab-poems
- Collection of Poems by Langston Hughes – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes
- Collection of Poems by Maya Angelou – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou
- poets.org, “12 Poems to Read for Black History Month” – https://poets.org/12-poems-read-black-history-month
Print Texts
Note: To support the Black community, particularly amidst a pandemic that has disproportionately affected them and other communities of color, we recommend purchasing from independent, Black-owned bookstores. For lists of Black-owned bookstores that process online orders, click here or here.
- Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk (2020)
- Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie (2019)
- Derek Owusu, That Reminds Me (2019)
- Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other (2019)
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer (2019)
- Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing (2018)
- Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (2017)
- Jamel Brinkley, A Lucky Man (2018)
- Suzan Lori-Parks, Father Comes Home From the Wars (2015)
- Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming (2014, children and young adults)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah (2013)
- Toni Morrison, Beloved (1988)
- Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977)
- Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970)
Films, Documentaries, TV Series
- Just Mercy, Destin Daniel Cretton (2019)
- I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck (2016)
- The Rachel Divide, Laura Brownson (2018)
- 12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen (2013)
- When They See Us, Ava DuVernay (2019)
- 13th, Ava DuVernay (2016)*
- Selma, Ava DuVernay (2014)
- The Hate U Give, George Tillman Jr. (2018)
- Dear White People, Justin Simien (2017)
- American Son, Kenny Leon (2019)
- In My Blood It Runs, Maya Newell
- Hidden Figures, Theodore Melfi (2016)
- If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins (2019)
- Clemency, Chinonye Chukwu (2019)
- Get Out, Jordan Peele (2017)
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Stanley Nelson Jr. (2015)
- La Haine, Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)
- Les Misérables, Ladj Ly (2019)
- Divines, Houda Benyamina (2016)
- The Hurricane, Norman Jewison (1999)
- A Voix haute, Amandine Gay (2017)
Additional Lists
- Black Authors from TED – https://ideas.ted.com/62-great-books-by-black-authors-recommended-by-ted-speakers/
- Black Authors from TeenVogue – https://www.teenvogue.com/story/books-by-black-authors-2020
- Books by Black Authors – https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g32766962/best-books-by-black-authors/
- Films by Black Directors – https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-black-movies-21st-century/
- Oprah’s Best TV Shows About and by Black People – https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/tv-movies/g25693667/best-black-tv-shows/
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