Race and American Law Resource Guide: About this Guide & General Resources

This guide was created in conjunction with the course Race and American Law.  In addition, it is a resource for people interested in race as it relates to diverse aspects of American Law. Tabs divide resources by various topic areas.  Resources include books, video, articles, web pages and other materials.  

This guide would like to acknowledge that Suffolk University is located on the traditional and ancestral land of the Massachusett, the original inhabitants of what is now known as Boston and Cambridge. We pay respect to the people of the Massachusett Tribe past and present, we honor the land itself which remains sacred to the Massachusett People.

• Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
• California African American Museum
• International African American Museum
• Japanese American National Museum
• National Civil Rights Museum
• National Immigration Museum
• National Museum of African American Music
• National Museum of African American History & Culture
  • The National Museum of African American History and Culture Library
• National Museum of the American Indian
  • Online Exhibition
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• National Voting Rights Museum
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Studio Museum in Harlem
• The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
• The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

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 Available in print.

 Use is limited to those with a Lexis+ account. 

 Use is limited to those with a Westlaw Precision account. 

 May require individual username and password for the playing platform. 

 Audio 

 Podcast

 Online Film/Movie/Short Video  

 DVD

Immigration Statutes and Regulations

Indigenous Statutes and Regulations

Boston Globe

• The Emancipator- Reframing the conversation on racial justice and equity. A collaboration with The Boston Globe and Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research

The Guardian

• Race

Newswise

• Race and Ethnicity Research News and Press Releases

NPR

• Race

The New York Times 

• Race & Ethnicity 
• Race/Related - A weekly newsletter focused on race, identity and culture.
  • Sign up for the newsletter here 

U.S News 

• Race

Washington Post 

• Race & Reckoning - Candid conversations about identity in America — from racial injustices to political movements

The Ford Foundation

Race: The Power of an Illusion

Documentary: 3 Episodes

Race the Power of an Illusion An online companion to the award-winning documentary series by California Newsreel discussing the origins, beliefs and consequences of what we call race. Includes:

• Episodes transcripts
• Quizzes
• Handouts
• Interviews
• and More!