We have begun to compile a list of resources which we will keep adding to and updating in line with the Black Lives Matter movement. We’ve selected these resources because they inspire, motivate and educate us.
We have not read all these books, watched all these films/documentaries, or donated to every single charity but we are making a conscious effort to do more, learn more and be more.
Female UK Athletes:
- Jazmin Sawyers (@jazminsawyers)
- Dina Asher-Smith (@dinaashersmith)
- Dame Kelly Holmes (@damekellyholmes)
- KJT (@johnsonthompson)
- Dame Jess Ennis-Hill (@jessicaennishill)
- Abigail Irozuru (@absisdabest)
- Amber Anning (@amberanning)
- Asha Philip (@missashaphilip)
- Ashleigh Nelson (@ashleighlnelson)
- Bianca Williams (@biancaawills)
- Daryll Neita (@daryllneita)
- Divine Oladipo (@divineoladipo)
- Imani-Lara lansiquot (@imanilara)
- Jodie Williams (@jodiealicia)
- Kadeena Cox (@kad21)
- Kare Adenegan (@kareadenegan)
- Kristal Awuah (@kristalawuah)
- Laviai Nielsen (@laviai)
- Lorraine Ugen (@lorraineugen)
- Morgan Lake (@morganalexandralake)
- Naomi Ogbeta (@naomiogbeta)
- Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (@shelayna)
- Vanessa Wallace (@freshnessuk)
Instagram Accounts:
- Emma Kirk (@emmakirkyo)
- Chidera Eggerue (@theslumflower)
- Jen Winston (@jenerous)
- Adrienne (@adrienne_ldn)
- Brandon Kyle Goodman (@brandonkgood)
- Rachel Elizabeth Cargle (@rachel.cargle)
- Das (@das.penman)
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham (@mspackyetti)
- The Conscious Kid (@theconsciouskid)
- Black Lives Matter (@blklivesmatter)
- Color of Change (@colorofchange)
- Emma Dabiri (@emmadabiri)
- Hermon and Heroda (@being__her)
- Black Lives Matter UK (@blmuk)
- Sassy Latte (@sassy_latte)
- Mona Chalabi (@monachalabi)
- Clara Amfo (@claraamfo)
- Check Your Privilege (@ckyourprivilege)
Books: (Buy local if you can)
- I am Not your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
- Brit-ish by Afua Hirsh
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
- Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- I Will Not Be Erased by gal-dem writers
- Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- Home Going by Yaa Gyasi
- Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
- So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- How to be Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
- Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- Biased by Jessica Eberhardt
Podcasts: (links to Apple podcasts)
- About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
- The Diversity Gaps with Bethany Wilkinson
- 1Xtra Talks Special – George Floyd and BLM (3rd June)
- The High Low by Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes – Anti-Racism Resources and Author Special with Candice Brathwaite (2nd June)
- The Nod with Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings
- Intersectionality Matters! with Kimberle Crenshaw
- Code Switch by NPR
- Pod Save the People with Deray
- Scene on the Radio with John Biewen
- 1619 by The New York Times
- White Lies by NPR
- Slay in Your Lane by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene
- What Matters by Black Lives Matter
- Momentum by Race Forward
- A Therapist Walks into a Bar with Lily Sloane – Seeing White I (Jan 2016) + Seeing White II (Sept 2017)
- Say Your Mind with Kelechi Okafor
- Rugby Union Weekly by BBC Radio 5 Live – Rugby and Race (9th June)
- Have you heard George’s podcast?
Documentaries/Film/Series:
- BBC 2 – Black and British: A Forgotten History
- BBC One – Sitting in Limbo
- YouTube – The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files
- BBC 3 – Is Britain Racist?
- Amazon – I Am Not Your Negro
- TED Talk – Decolonise the Curriculum
- Netflix – 13th
- Netflix – American Son
- Netflix – Dear White People
- Amazon – Just Mercy
- Amazon – The Hate U Give
- Netflix – When They See Us
- Netflix – 12 years as a slave
Petitions:
- Justice for George Floyd
- #wecantBREATHE
- Justice for Belly Mujinga
- Justice for Breonna Taylor
- Justice for Tony McDade
- Raise the degree for Derek Chauvin murder charge
- Charge the Minneapolis Police Officers with murder
- #SpeakUpBoris UK Government must condemn Trump’s response
- Teach British children about the realities of British Imperialism and Colonialism
- Black protest legal support UK
- Battle racism by updating GCSE reading lists
- Medical schools must include BAME representation in clinical teaching
Other Information:
Please drop us an email to tth@twicethehealth.com with the subject ‘Black Lives Matter’ if you have anything you would like us to add to the list. We are sharing this to help support more people (and ourselves) bettering their education and understanding of this history behind racism. We are not experts on this matter, and we still have a lot to learn.
TTH x
