Racial Equity Resource Archive

Segregation in the CCC

4/28/24

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April 28, 2024

Segregation in the CCC

We are indebted to FDR's vision to put men to work during the Depression years, resulting in the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps and creation of outdoor spaces that we still use. However, like other programs during the Jim Crow years, the opportunities were not equally available to everyone who was unemployed. Nonetheless, those who were able to participate generally benefitted from the experience.

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Civilian Conservation Corps, Kane, Pennsylvania, Co. 2314-C: radio code practice, 1933.

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Crosscut Now | Mar. 29, 2023 - How racism reshaped the CCC | Season 4 | PBS

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‍Social Welfare History Project African Americans and the Civilian Conservation Corps (1941) (vcu.edu)‍
‍How racism reshaped the Civilian Conservation Corps | Crosscut‍
‍Company 818 and Segregation in the Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)‍
‍Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | NCpedia‍
‍Civilian Conservation Corps, Racial Segregation, and the Building of the Angeles National Forest | Departures | PBS SoCal

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Civilian Conservation Corps on Vimeo

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Civilian Conservation Corps – America's National Parks Podcast (nationalparkpodcast.com)

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CCC & Segregation | Living New Deal

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Fast Fashion

4/21/24

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April 21, 2024

Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion is devastating to the environment, but it is also devastating to the workers producing the inexpensive garments that we overconsume. Learn more about fast fashion and its effects in this week's resources.

image via remake.world

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Inside the Fast Fashion Industry | Workers Rights and Conditions (youtube.com)

Fast fashion’s environmental and human costs | PBS NewsHour Classroom

The high cost of cheap clothing | Trisha Striker | TEDxTownsville - YouTube

I Broke Up With Fast Fashion and You Should Too | Gabriella Smith | TEDxWynwoodWomen (youtube.com)

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Gen-Z Sustainable Fashion CEO Maya Penn Wants to End Fast Fashion & Change the Industry - YouTube

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How Fast Fashion and Racism Are Intricately Linked (remake.world)

The global environmental injustice of fast fashion | Environmental Health | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

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Fast Fashion’s Effect on People, The Planet, & You | Patrick Woodyard | TEDxUniversityofMississippi (youtube.com)

The High Cost of Our Cheap Fashion | Maxine Bédat | TEDxPiscataquaRiver (youtube.com)

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Ep 23 SPECIAL REPORT: GARMENT WORKERS 'WHAT SHE MAKES' — Wardrobe Crisis (thewardrobecrisis.com)

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Why the Next Part of the Sustainable Fashion Conversation Will Be About Racial Justice | Vanity Fair

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Remake-Fashion-Accountability-Report-2024-Updated3.18.24.pdf

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Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks

4/14/24

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April 14, 2024

Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks

As we celebrate Earth Month and the acknowledged benefits of exposure to nature, learn about the National Park Service's deep dive into racism in the founding of Virginia's National Parks and its long-term effects.

A bus tour visited Shenandoah National Park's segregated facilities, ca. 1950. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ARCHIVES

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‍The Segregated Campground That Was a Refuge for Black Travelers - Atlas Obscura‍
‍Outdoor recreation has historically excluded people of color. That’s beginning to change | CNN‍
‍Tracking Injustice in the History of U.S. Public Parks | NC State News (ncsu.edu)

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REPLAY: Wearing Down the Appalachian Trail - With Good Reason (withgoodreasonradio.org) [Jim Crow in the Great Outdoors episode]

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‍How The National Park Service Grappled With Segregation During The 20th Century (nationalparkstraveler.org)‍
‍Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks, 1916–1965 (arcgis.com)

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The Great Outdoors? Tackling Structural Racism in National Parks (youtube.com)

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Segregation in Virginia's National Parks, 1916-1965 (nps.gov)

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E.B. Henderson

4/7/24

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April 7, 2024

E.B. Henderson

This weekend is college basketball's "Final Four," for some the pinnacle of the season. While you are watching the tournament, think about the local educator who was a civil rights pioneer and also known as the "Grandfather of Black Basketball," inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Edwin and Nikki Henderson at their home in Falls Church showcasing the memorbilia of his grandfather E.B. Henderson. Photo by Erick Gibson. via nothernvirginiamag.com

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‍E.B. Henderson's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech (youtube.com)‍
‍E.B. Henderson (youtube.com)‍
‍More Than A Game: The Dr E B Henderson Story by Beverly Lindsey Johnson (youtube.com)

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E.B. Henderson – Deeply Rooted (historyfortomorrow.org)

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A grandson's quest ends with recognition for a Civil Rights pioneer (northernvirginiamag.com)

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United Order of Tents

3/31/24

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March 31, 2024

United Order of Tents

Imagine a Christian organization with roots in the Underground Railroad, founded by two formerly enslaved Virginia women, that persists to this day. This week learn about The Order of Tents and its lasting legacy. 

73 Cannon in the early 20th Century This undated and unattributed photograph of 73 Cannon is from the early 20th century. Courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation Archives. via discovering.cofc.edu

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‍United Order of Tents: Secret society still thriving after more than 150 years (youtube.com)‍
‍Meet the Secret Society of Radical Black Women: Part II (youtube.com)

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‍The United Order of Tents, 73 Cannon Street - Shelter from the Storm | Discovering Our Past: College of Charleston Histories (cofc.edu)‍
‍Secrets of the South | LENNY (lennyletter.com)‍
‍United Order of Tents receives historic funding (amsterdamnews.com)

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‍Annette Lane Harrison Richter, Loophole of Retreat: Venice (youtube.com)‍
‍Documentary (unitedorderoftentseasterndistrict3.org)

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Reflections on Black Sisterhood and the United Order of Tents - Journal #105 (e-flux.com)

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Women Disability Rights Activists, PT. 1

3/17/24

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March 17, 2024

Women Disability Rights Activists, PT. 1

It is Women's History Month. Who is often left out of discussions of women's accomplishments? Women with disabilities and especially women of color. Learn about Lois Curtis, Judy Heumann, Vilissa Thompson, Kitty Cone, Conchita Hernadez Legorreta and Alice Wong. These six women have brought increased awareness to the significant portion of the population that has disabilities.

A group of activists, including Judy Heumann (center, with yellow stockings) protest for the enforcement of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, in April of 1977. Later that month, the protesters would occupy a federal building in San Fransisco in protest in a sit-in that lasted more than 25 days. Photo by Wally McNamee / CORBIS / via Getty Images

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Lois Curtis

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Black History and a Disability Movement: Lois Curtis (youtube.com)

First peek at "The Art of Being Lois" (youtube.com)

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A woman who won a landmark civil rights case for people with disabilities has died : NPR

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Lois Curtis | National Women's History Museum (womenshistory.org)

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Judith Heumann

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Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann (youtube.com)

NYU's 2020/2021 Commencement Speaker Judith Heumann - YouTube

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Disability rights activist Judy Heumann dies at 75 : NPR

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The ADA Was a Monumental Achievement 30 Years Ago, but the Fight for Equal Rights Continues | History| Smithsonian Magazine

In Memory of Judy Heumann (1947 - 2023) - Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (dredf.org)

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Vilissa Thompson

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Now is the time… by : Vilissa T. - Winnsboro, SC on 22 Jul 2020 (13974) - PBS American Portrait

Vilissa Thompson - #DisabilityTooWhite: Disability Community And Its Diversity Problem (youtube.com)

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Black Disability, Disabled Women of Color, Empowerment, Advocacy – Vilissa Thompson, LMSW | Doin' The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change (podbean.com)

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Vilissa Thompson, Creator of #DisabilityTooWhite, Brings An Intersectional Lens to Disability Advocacy (inclusionhub.com)

A Disabled Village Is A Lifeline – Center for Disability Rights (cdrnys.org)

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Battalion 6888

3/3/24

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March 3, 2024

Battalion 6888

Do you have a table or place where you put mail to deal with later? Has it ever gotten to the point where it took up six airplane hangers? As we begin Women's History Month, find out about the 6888, the only all-Black Women's battalion deployed overseas in World War II and their exceptional service to the troops there, pursuant to their motto "No Mail--low morale." And find out about the connection to Virginia as the name of an Army base here has been changed from a Confederate General's to honor the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the 6888.

Major Charity Adams inspecting her troops in Birmingham, England by the Army Historical Foundation via nationalww2museum.org

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‍6888th Mini Documentary (youtube.com)‍
‍Fort Lee renamed to Fort Gregg-Adams after two black army pioneers (youtube.com)

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‍The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (nationalww2museum.org)‍
‍All-Black, All-Woman WWII Unit Awarded Congressional Gold Medal | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine‍
‍Fort Lee is renamed Fort Gregg-Adams to honor 2 pioneering Black officers : NPR

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‍The 6888 Postal Directory Battalion- Heroes of World War II (youtube.com)‍
‍LTC Charity Adams, Oral History, 1990 (youtube.com)‍
‍6888th Photos & Videos / USA / Women of the 6888th

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‍Episode 105 The Six Triple Eight | Southern Mysteries Podcast (podbean.com)‍
‍The Remarkable Story of WWII’s 6888th Battalion, as Told by the Women Who Were There | History| Smithsonian Magazine

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‍Introduction - 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion: A Guide to First-Person Narratives in the Veterans History Project - Research Guides at Library of Congress (loc.gov)‍
‍The True Story of Netflix's 'Six Triple Eight' | History | Smithsonian Magazine

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Judith Jamison

2/25/24

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February 25, 2024

Judith Jamison

As we conclude Black History Month, with the theme of "African Americans and the arts," we continue our exploration of Black luminaries in dance. Learn about Judith Jamison, her history, and her influence.

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‍Modern Masters: Judith Jamison, Dancer and Choreographer (youtube.com)‍
‍Judith Jamison of Alvin Ailey Gives Advice to Next-Generation Dancers | Thank You Notes (youtube.com)

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To Thine Own Self Be True : NPR

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‍History Maker of the Week: Dancer and Choreographer Judith Jamison | UVA Library News and Announcements (virginia.edu)‍
‍Judith Jamison — Black History Untold (blkhistoryuntold.com)‍
‍Judith Jamison on Alvin Ailey Honor, How She Was Discovered – The Hollywood Reporter‍
‍Marion Cuyjet’s Orbit: Judith Jamison – MOBBallet.org

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‍And Still They Rose: Judith Jamison (youtube.com)‍
‍Judith Jamison and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Revelations from a lifetime of dance | TED Talk

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Dance and Human Flourishing with Judith Jamison (podcast) | Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.

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Alvin Ailey

2/18/24

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February 18, 2024

Alvin Ailey

In this second week of Black History Month, with the theme of African Americans and the Arts, we celebrate the legendary Alvin Ailey. If all you knew before was that he started a dance company, learn about his background and how it informed his art.

Portrait of Alvin Ailey. Alexander Wilensky via Kennedy-Center.org

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The life of Alvin Ailey (youtube.com)

Celebrating Revelations at 50 Film on Vimeo

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How Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater balances history and innovation | Listen Notes

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Alvin Ailey | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Transforming Dance around the World | National Museum of African American History and Culture (si.edu)

Alvin Ailey + Revelations (kennedy-center.org)

Alvin Ailey quotes on life, dance and the Black experience | American Masters | PBS

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Race in America: Sylvia Waters & Jamila Wignot explore the legacy of Alvin Ailey | Listen Notes

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Explore Our History | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Katherine Dunham

2/11/24

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February 11, 2024

Katherine Dunham

The theme for this year's Black History Month is African Americans and the Arts. "African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment." (ASALH) This week we focus on Katharine Dunham, a dancer whose work was informed by her anthropological studies, founder of a dance school open to Blacks, and community educator in East St. Louis.