Analyze the Racism Machine’s Recalibration after the Civil Rights Movement
This chapter in Dismantling the Racism Machine, 2nd ed. explores the following questions . . .
Why didn’t the civil rights movement permanently dismantle the Racism
Machine?
How is the Racism Machine different today than it was before the civil rights
movement?
with the following Recommended Resources . . .
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Books
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- McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. One World, 2021.
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Films
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. McGee Media, LLC and Inwell Films, Inc., 2016.
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. Firelight Films, Inc., 2015.
- Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy. Panarea Productions, 2024.
- God and Country. Anonymous Content, 2024.
- Inequality for All. Directed by Jacob Kornbluth, created by Robert Reich, 72 Productions, 2013.
- Judas and the Black Messiah. MACRO, 2021.
- Rustin. Higher Ground, 2023.
- Selma. Pathé, 2014.
- The 1619 Project. Harpo Films, 2023. [six-episode TV mini-series on Hulu]
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality. HBO, 2019.
- When They See Us. Harpo Films 2019.
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