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ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Monday, June 22, 2020
Black Lives Matter NY founders continue their call for change
Candace McCowan interviews the founding members of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York who talk about their message which has spurred a call for change across the nation.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- WABC-TV seeks to bridge divides by engaging our viewers with stories surrounding race and racism in our communities, in addition to providing online resources for race, anti-racism, and inclusion.


Please visit abc7ny.com/unite to see all of our stories and resources.



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RESOURCES


We are also publishing resources in a range of areas, which will grow and can be found below:



Ways to Help


Black Lives Matter


Black Voters Matter Fund


NAACP


National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform


No New Jails NYC


Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY)


Black LGBTQIA + Migrants Project



Teaching the Next Generation



Black Lives Matter at School


Creating Space To Talk About Racism At Your School


Teaching for Black Lives - Rethinking Schools



Black-Owned Bookstores in New York and New Jersey


Cafe con Libros (Brooklyn)


Grandma's Place (Harlem)


Sister's Uptown (Manhattan)


Source of Knowledge (Newark)


The Lit. Bar (Bronx)


The Little Boho Bookshop (Bayonne)



Books


Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou


Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children In A Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey


So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo


The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander


White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism



Podcasts



1619


Black Wall Street 1921


Jemele Hill is Unbothered


Still Processing



Movies


American Son: Available on Netflix


If Beale Street Could Talk: Available on Hulu


Just Mercy: Available on Amazon Prime


Selma: Available on Amazon Prime


The Hate U Give: Available on Amazon Prime


When They See Us: Available on Netflix



Documentaries


13th: Available on Netflix


America Inside Out with Katie Couric: Available on National Geographic


Becoming: Available on Netflix


I am Not Your Negro: Available on YouTube



WABC resources


Here & Now episode archive

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