Compiled by graduate students in a 2016 course on “Activism and Digital Culture,” at University of Southern California.

The emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. took place over a protracted period. The articles in this curated list dig into the complicated history.

Reports in the underground press demonstrate how Juneteenth has been celebrated as both a social and political gathering in the twentieth century.

Public healthcare experts have been anticipating and planning for a pandemic like COVID-19 for years. These research reports and scholarly articles explain how.

This non-exhaustive list of readings in African American Studies highlights the vibrant history of the discipline and introduces the field.

This non-exhaustive reading list highlights some of the key debates and conceptual shifts in disability studies.

This non-exhaustive reading list discusses the origins of affirmative action, the question of race vs. class, and the effects of meritocracy.

Gender studies developed alongside and emerged out of Women’s Studies. This non-exhaustive list introduces readers to scholarship in the field.

The history of racism and ethnic hate in America is long and deep. What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here?