Patterns in American Racism

The debut collection features six video-based online modules and a Facilitator Resource focused on the history of anti-Black racism in the United States.  

Introduction to Patterns in American Racism explains the context, motives, and objectives of the collection.

Reconstructing Slavery Part 1: Slavery examines the social, economic, and political dynamics that produced both slavery and the racial categories that defined the institution in the United States. 

Reconstructing Slavery Part 2: Reconstruction investigates the persistence of systemic discrimination and inequality in the decades following the Civil War. 

Jim Crow and Lynching examines the way Jim Crow laws and customs combined with lynching to support White supremacy in the South.  

Housing Discrimination and Education explains the role housing policy and the actions of financial institutions have played in creating and maintaining racial disparities in home ownership, wealth, health, and education.   

Mass Incarceration explores the unprecedented surge in the U.S. prison population that began in the early 1970s, its deep historical roots, and its ongoing impact on communities of color across America.   

The online Facilitator Resource includes: 

  • all the videos, compiled for easy reference 

  • an overview of what your participants will experience in each module

  • module-specific guides and resources

$120 per participant

(volume discounts and bundle pricing available)
This introductory price is available for orders placed by December 31, 2024.

  • How much do you know about the history of anti-Black racism?

  • How optimistic are you about the future of race relations in the United States?

  • How has the struggle for voting rights during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras influenced contemporary debates surrounding voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the accessibility of the electoral process?

  • What can be done in the current racial climate to bring about further change?

  • What is redlining?

  • How does privilege intersect with criminal justice outcomes, including arrests, convictions, and sentencing?

Photo Credits (in order of appearance): (1) Elizabeth Salter Smith, Scrap quilt, 1870-1900. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. (2) Protestors take a knee as they stop in front of Trump Towers on Manhattan’s West Side, during a march over the death of George Floyd, New York, NY, June 2, 2020. Sipa USA / Alamy Stock Photo. (3 and 4) Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. (5) Jack Delano (photographer), At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina, May 1940. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, U.S. Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information (FSA / OWI) Collection, LC-USZ62-125806. (6) Lensmen Photographic Agency / Alamy Stock Photo. (7) karenfoleyphotography / Alamy Stock Photo.

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