Black Lives Matter Library Guide: Podcasts/Videos

An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.

On Pod Save the People, organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with fellow activists Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Dr. Clint Smith.

Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice.

Scene on Radio is a podcast that tells stories exploring human experience and American society.

Code Switch is composed of a multi-racial, multi-generational team of journalists looking into the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out across America.

A handful of Black Disney employees created this video for their White colleagues. They shared selected personal racist encounters and offered advice on how they could be allies.

#BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors discusses the history of BLM with Cornell's Africana Grad Dr. Jarred Ball.

Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman interviews Angela Davis on key topics including the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprising.

In this TED talk Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system.

In this TED talk Kimberlé Crenshaw defines the term "intersectionality" and brings awareness to the #SayHerName campaign.

The African American Policy Forum presents videos of Black women speaking to the meaning of #SayHerName.

Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.