We're here to provide context and common ground as we examine these issues together. We'll continue to add resources to this page, stay tuned.
News & Updates:
- NPR's series "America Reckons With Racial Injustice"
- NPR Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
- Reveal News
- Policing | APM Reports
Wyoming and Race
- "They Knew They Were Free": Remembering African American History In The West
- Keenan Montgomery Reflects On The Experience Of A Young Black Man In Wyoming
- How Did Wyoming's Suffrage Movement Affect Women Of Color?
- Wyoming's Black Past
Podcasts:
- 1619
- About Race
- Code Switch
- Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
- More Truth - Scene on Radio
- Not Just Another Protest
- Pod Save the People
- Seeing White
- The View From Somewhere
- Throughline
Resources:
- Wyoming ACLU
- Albany County for Proper Policing
- Equal Justice Initiative
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- American Heritage Center
- Anti-Oppression Resource Guide
- African American & Diaspora Studies databases
- Historic Wyoming - Diversity Initiative
- Black Youth Project 100
- Center for Black Equality
- Color of Change
- Hispanic Black Gay Coalition
- National Black Justice Coalition
Books:
Education:
- African American and Diaspora Studies - University of Wyoming
- Central Wyoming College Diversity Committee
- The Black Curriculum
- Justice In June
- Open Yale course - African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
The Black West from Vineworks Film Co on Vimeo.
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Protests against racism and police brutality continue in Colorado, but there are many faces and voices that are missing. Here, four Colorado women who... -
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Buffalo, Wyoming is a small Western town with fewer than 5,000 residents. The historic Occidental Hotel still stands on Main Street. Murals of horses… -
This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. This Friday is Juneteenth, a national holiday in most states celebrating the... -
Cities and counties across the country are declaring that racism is a public health crisis, including at least one city in the Mountain West.
