A brief resource guide to Jewish, Black, and racial history

In the wake of a difficult week in the NBA, please consider using this resource guide to learn more about Jewish history, Black history, and the ways these two have intersected in solidarity and in strength.

Additionally there are a few more resources related to the systems of race and prejudice in the US and abroad that may be helpful or relevant.

This is a brief resource list, and more of a broad approach than something to follow in order. My hope is that by providing reputable, rich resources interested folks can begin to combat hurtful misinformation, stereotypes, or confusion.

Resources on Jewish history

Books:

• A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism  - Phyllis Goldstein
• A History of Jews in America - Howard Sachar
• The Black Jews of Africa: History, Religion, Identity - Edith Bruder
  

Documentaries and videos:

• The U.S. and the Holocaust
  
• The Story of the Jews

Additional resources:

• Antisemitism in American History via ADL
• Judaism in Africa via Stanford University
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum resource page

Resources on the history of race, prejudice, and other relevant systems

Books:

• White Rage - Carol Anderson
• So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Olou
• The History of White People - Nell Irvin Painter
• The World that Trade Created - Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik

Documentaries and videos:

• The Origin of Race in the USA
• A Night at the Garden
• Then and Now: Black-Jewish Relations in the Civil Rights Movement
• From Swastika to Jim Crow

Additional resources:

• The Invention of Race podcast series
• Global History of Racism resource page via Racial Equity Tools
• What Hate Can Do via Museum of Jewish Heritage

Resources on Black history

Books:

• The 1619 Project - Nikole Hannah Jones
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? - Beverley Daniel Tatum
• History of Africa - Kevin Shillington

Documentaries and videos:

• Diamonds, Gold, and Greed
• Bigger than Africa
• Africa’s Great Civilizations

Additional resources:

• The Cooperative Africana Microform Project via Georgetown
• African Study Center via Boston University
• National Museum of African American History & Culture resource page