Getting Started
In recognizing that the Civil Rights Movement and the need for its creation, while historic, is not so distant from present day, this guide attempts to bridge the gap between past and modern activism. We celebrate the 39th Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the initial dream by not only creating dreams of our own but learning not from one man, but from the ever-growing movement on how to create sustainable progress. Here you will find the tools and narratives from different perspectives, decades and media sources, all relating back to the demand for freedom from oppression.
SNCC- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
SNCC's Stories by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780820358048Publication Date: 2020-10-15
The Combahee River Collective
How We Get Free by Call Number: HQ1426 .H689 2017 (also available as eBook)ISBN: 9781608468553Publication Date: 2017-12-05
CORE- Congress of Racial Equality
- Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings byCall Number: ebookISBN: 9780813165585Publication Date: 2015-06-23
Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings by ISBN: 9780813165585Publication Date: 2015-06-23
NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Lift Every Voice by ISBN: 9781595585448Publication Date: 2010-09-14
The Civil Rights Movement
March: Book One by ISBN: 9781603093002Publication Date: 2013-08-13
March: Book Two by ISBN: 9781603094009Publication Date: 2015-01-20
March: Book Three by ISBN: 9781603094023Publication Date: 2016-08-02
BLM- Black Lives Matter Movement
Activist Media by ISBN: 9781978824348Publication Date: 2022-05-23
Community Rap Discussion
Zines
- Quarantine Public LibraryThe QPL is an online collection of zines freely available to view, download, and print. You can keep them to start your own zine library or you can give them away as gifts.
- 1 Sheet- 8 Page Zine TemplateDigitally or traditionally, design and print own zines with this template!
- Zine Pedagogies: Students as Critical MakersAn essay from the 125 vol. of Radical Teacher: A Socialist, Feminist, Anti-Racist, Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching, Jeanne Scheper writes on the on zines as resource of education. (13 pages)
Rage Writing
Rage, the intense feeling of uncontrollable anger, can be a powerful emotion to harness for the sake of social change. Come along and write about and through that emotion (and any other ones you might be experiencing), and channel them into letters written to your elected officials.
Letters to Elected Officials
Use these search boxes to find elected officials.
Thanks for collaborating
This guide was researched and developed by:
Keziah Landis, Administrative Assistant Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity
Sam Ritschel, Class of 2026
Amy Ward, Dean of Library Services