An Anti-racist Blog

A variety of topics. A variety of resources. A variety of voices.

Jeff Bailey

The Part of History You've Always Skipped- "Knowing Better"

Though this is a long video, it is an excellent description of how American History is often taught to minimize the "uncomfortable" parts...

Adelaide Solomon Jordan

Banned Books Week

The last week in September is "Banned Book Week" an annual week sponsored by the American Library Association and Amnesty International,...

Jeff Bailey

Black Leadership in Defense of the Working Class

Today is Labor Day. A day set aside to celebrate the American worker and to recognize the efforts of those in this country who have...

Adelaide Fuller

Juneteenth: a newly recognized federal holiday

If you haven't heard: Juneteenth is now recognized (as of two days ago) as a national holiday. That's a big, big win. But what is its...

Adelaide Fuller

The Queen of Drag: William Dorsey Swann

Most of us are familiar with the Stonewall riots of 1969. Some of us have probably heard that Black trans women threw the first stones at...

Adelaide Fuller

Black. Gay. Advocate. Quaker. Bayard Rustin.

Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground production company is bringing an exciting new biopic to Netflix. Its subject is Bayard Rustin,...

Adelaide Solomon Jordan

On Rosa Parks

Because the telling of the American story has focused on, and been primarily told from an Eurocentric/white view, the African descent...

Adelaide Fuller

The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President

1.15.21 Once upon a time, there was a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. He taught us that things won't always be awesome, but your...