Resources
Student Reading List
Choi, Franny. “Field Trip to the Museum of Human History.” 2015. https://www.frannychoi.com/museum-of-human-history. Accessed 5 August 2021
Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. March: Book One. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2013
Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story: How 50,000 Negroes Found a New Way to End Racial Discrimination. In Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1-16. New Haven, CT: Beinecke Rare Books Library, 2017. <collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16189381> Accessed 5 August 2021
List of Material for Classroom Use
Acevedo, Eduardo. “Student demonstrators, local activists demand defunding, abolishing VCU Police.” The Commonwealth Times [Richmond, VA]. 24 July 2020. https://commonwealthtimes.org/2020/07/24/student-demonstrators-local-activists-demand-defunding-abolishing-vcu-police/. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Blest, Paul. "Police Turned Richmond Into a War Zone Last Night.” Vice. 23 June 2020. https://www.vice.com/en/article/935kp5/police-turned-richmond-into-a-war-zone-last-night. Accessed June 24, 2020.
Box 7 Microfilm Collection. Richmond Afro American, January 1, 1960-December 31, 1960. Richmond Public Library. 101 E Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23219. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Carpenter, Malcom. Richmond sit-in demo photos, 1960. February 1960. Private collection. Accessed 5 August 2021.
“Confederate Howitzer statue removed after demonstrators tore it down” WRIC [Richmond, VA]. 17 June 2020. https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/protesters-tear-down-confederate-howitzer-statue/. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Evans, Katy, and John Ramsey. “It's been a year since George Floyd was murdered. Richmonders reflect on what's changed” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 24 May 2021. https://richmond.com/news/local/its-been-a-year-since-george-floyd-was-murdered-richmonders-reflect-on-whats-changed/article_c8d94fc4-e965-5c6b-80e3-0175d42416a1.html. Accessed 19 July 7.
“Greensboro Sit-Ins.” Stanford History Education Group. https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-assessments/greensboro-sit-ins. Accessed 3 August 2021.
John Lewis: Good Trouble. Directed by Dawn Porter. Magnolia Pictures, 2020.
Kapsidelis, Karin. "1960 sit-in put Richmond on road to change." Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), sec. Local News, 14 Feb. 2010. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/12DE1E0C8E63BB28. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Matthews, Dr. Kimberely, and Dr. Raymond Pierre Hylton. The Richmond 34 and the Civil Rights Movement (Images of America). Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2020. Print.
Moreno, Sabrina. “Floyd one year later: Kalia Harris on holding powerful people accountable and keeping each other safe when governments don't.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 24 May 2021. https://richmond.com/news/local/floyd-one-year-later-kalia-harris-on-holding-powerful-people-accountable-and-keeping-each-other/article_02577e00-0e87-5c82-8bb9-65f98e1b0af9.html#tracking-source=in-article. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Moreno, Sabrina. “Floyd one year later: Stephanie Younger on abolition, the power of young people and what true solidarity is.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 25 May 2021. https://richmond.com/news/local/floyd-one-year-later-stephanie-younger-on-abolition-the-power-of-young-people-and-what/article_7eb4cd2c-a037-575c-ad02-5fd61d6fdb2c.html#tracking-source=in-article. Accessed 19 July 2021.
"Our Past." Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), Final ed., sec. Editorial, 16 July 2009, pp. A-08. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/129A048897173970. Accessed 19 July 2021.
“Police use tear gas on protesters during standoff near Richmond Police Headquarters.” NBC12 [Richmond, VA]. 15 June 2020. https://www.nbc12.com/2020/06/15/police-use-tear-gas-protesters-during-standoff-near-richmond-police-headquarters/. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Richmond Times Dispatch, 21 Feb. 1960. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40EANX-148DCE78455578E4%402436986-148CC5AAA09BE81C%4020. Accessed 18 July 2021.
Richmond Times Dispatch, 23 Feb. 1960. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40EANX-148DCE7A78B3B22A%402436988-148DCCBD92D87DAC%400. Accessed 12 July 2021.
Richmond Times Dispatch, 24 Feb. 1960. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40EANX-148DCE7B622CC75D%402436989-148DCCE4E6C31595%400. Accessed 18 July 2021.
Rockett, Ali, and Chris Suarez. “Mayor Levar Stoney wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times reflecting on last summer. Here's what he left out:” 25 May 2021.
Richmond Times-Dispatch. https://richmond.com/news/local/mayor-levar-stoney-wrote-an-opinion-piece-for-the-new-york-times-reflecting-on-last/article_ba907d2a-3be3-5168-9527-b5494d12c718.html. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Roldan, Roberto. “How ‘Defunding The Police’ Is Translating Into Policy In Richmond” VPM [Richmond, VA]. 21 June 2020. https://vpm.org/news/articles/14328/how-defunding-the-police-is-translating-into-policy-in-richmond. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Stoney, Levar. “I Needed to Lead My City. But I Needed to Apologize First.” The New York Times. 22 May 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/opinion/confederate-monuments-richmond-levar-stoney.html. Accessed 19 July 2021.
Streever, David. “Police Tear Gas, Charge Crowd Before Curfew Begins” VPM [Richmond]. 1 June 2020. https://vpm.org/news/articles/13910/police-tear-gas-charge-crowd-before-curfew-begins. Accessed 19 July 2021.
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