The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.
Watch
"13TH" on Netflix
"TIME: The Kalief Browder Story" on Netflix
"Strong Island" on Netflix
"When They See Us" on Netflix
"Do the Right Thing" on Amazon Prime
"The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson" on Netflix
"Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992" on Netflix
"LA 92" on Netflix
"The Hate U Give" on HBO/Hulu
"Detroit" on Netflix
"If Beale Street Could Talk" on Hulu
Some YouTube video essays that I found powerful.
"Police" by Last Week Tonight's John Oliver
"George Floyd, Amy Cooper, and Racism in Society" by The Daily Show's Trevor Noah
"Who is the thug here?" by CNN's Anderson Cooper
Listen
Podcasts-
"1619" by The New York Times
"Lynching in America" by EJI
"Code Switch" by NPR
"Beyond Prisons" by Kim Wilson & Brian Sonenstein
"Justice in America" by The Appeal
Music-
Read
Books-
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander
"The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou
"Girl, Woman, Other" by Bernardine Evaristo
"When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" by Asha Bandele & Patrisse Cullors
"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
"Citizen" by Claudia Rankine
"And Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
"Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
"They Can't Kill Us All" by Wesley Lowery
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
Articles-
"George Floyd: What we know about the arrest, video and investigation
"Here's What You Need To Know About Breonna Taylor's Death"
"What We Know About the Killing of Elijah McClain"
"The Black Lives Matter movement explained"
"How the Black Lives Matter movement went mainstream"
"What Exactly Does It Mean to Defund the Police?"
Petitions-
Justice for George Floyd.
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery.
Justice for Breonna Taylor.
Justice for Elijah McClain.
Reclaim The Block.
"8 Can't Wait"
(Defunding the police.)
Donate
For anyone who cannot afford to donate, here's a YouTube playlist of videos by creators donating their ad revenue to fundraisers, non-profits, and charities that support Black Lives Matter.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcDplauF7vDlElCMqroco3-AYD45FdryH
Fundraisers and Non-profit Organizations-
Hamilton:
Hamilton's Centre for Civic Inclusion:
Afro Canadian Caribbean Association Hamilton
Rafiki Hamilton
The SPACE Youth Centre
Empowerment Squared
Toronto:
Toronto's Black Lives Matter
Toronto Protester Bail Fund
The Innocence Project Canada
Black Youth Helpline
NIA Centre for The Arts
Black Legal Action Centre
America:
George Floyd Memorial Fund- Fundraiser for the family of George Floyd
I Run With Maud- Fundraiser for the family of Ahmaud Arbery
Justice for Regis- Fundraiser for the family of Regis Paquet
The Innocence Project America
The Bail Project
Black Mamas' Bail Out
Reclaim The Block
Black Lives Matter of NYC
Minnesota Freedom Fund
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
What to Do if a Friend Has Been Arrested