What to Read

Articles:

“The Death of George Floyd, In Context,” by Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker
“Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People,” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for the New York Times
“This Is How Loved Ones Want Us To Remember George Floyd,” by Alisha Ebrahimji for CNN.
The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning The 1619 Project is as important as ever. Take some time to read (or re-read) the entire thing, particularly this essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones
“You shouldn’t need a Harvard degree to survive birdwatching while black,” by Samuel Getachew, a 17-year-old and the 2019 Oakland youth poet laureate, for the Washington Post
“George Floyd Could Have Been My Brother” by Rita Omokha for Elle
“The Case for Reparations,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic
"How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change," by Barack Obama for Medium
"50 Years After the Jackson State Killings, America's Crisis of Racial Injustice Continues—and Shows the Danger of Forgetting" by Nancy K. Bristow for Time
"Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement" by Courtney Martin for The Bold Italic
The 1619 Project created by the New York Times Magazine
"The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying" by Adam Serwer for The Atlantic