Research Guides: Race, Racism and Anti-Racism: Find Articles

Database & Journals

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Article by Corinne Shutack in Equality Includes You, August 2017 (continuously updated)
How White Families Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids
Common Sense Media’s article, How White Families Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids. This article provides tips for parents of all ages, encouraging using media to initiate and maintain discussion with kids about race, stereotypes and inequities.
Maintaining Professionalism in the Age of Black Death Is...A Lot
Article in Medium by Shenequa Golding
The Struggle to Abolish the Police Is Not New
Article by Garrett Felber
Talking to Children about Racial Bias
American Academy of Pediatrics’ Article on Talking to Children about Racial Bias.
What's Missing From White Fragility
Article by Lauren Michele Jackson
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay -- They're Not
Article by Danielle Cadet

Black Studies Center
Fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more. Includes essential resources such as The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, Black Literature Index, and the Chicago Defender historical newspaper from 1912-1975. Full text.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Contains over 1,600 documents.
Academic Search Complete
Index to articles of general academic interest. Some full text.
ProQuest Central
Multidisciplinary database covering many subject areas. Includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports & videos.
America History & Life
Abstracts of journal articles, books, and dissertations on US and Canadian history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Some full text.
Project Muse
Full text database of 160+ electronic journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
JSTOR
Collection of multidisciplinary academic journals, books and primary sources. Recent issues not always available. Full text.
ERIC
Articles & documents about education, including conference papers, books, reports, dissertations, theses, and policy papers. Some full-text.
Slavery in America and the World Collection
Includes all essential legal materials on slavery in the US & the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Full text.

Journals A-Z List
Search for a particular journal, magazine or newspaper title in our A-Z list.

Selected Journal Titles

Crisis
The official publication of the NAACP.
Issues are online via the Google Books project.
Dates Availalble: (1910 - present)
Selection of Journals on African American Topics
A selection of Sprague Library journals on African American topics.

Each report explores a single "hot" issue in the news that covers all sides. Includes charts, graphs and bibliographies.

Bail Reform
Do cash bonds discriminate against minorities and lower-income defendants?
Domestic Poverty
How can America attack the problem of persistent poverty?
Reparations for Slavery
Should African Americans be compensated for the harm caused by slavery and racism?
Restorative Justice
Can alternative, non-punitive techniques of handling conflicts advance criminal justice reform?

CQ Researcher
Each weekly report explores a single "hot" issue in the news that covers all sides. Includes charts, graphs and bibliographies. Global Researcher includes monthly single-topic reports on vital world issues. Full text.