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Race and Justice

This guide will help you locate the many resources in the BU collections related to race, anti-racism, and racial justice.

Institutionalized Racisim: A syllabus

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. In 2020, JSTOR put together a syllabus with the intent of helping students and thinkers situate George Floyd's murder in the context of the history of institutionalized racism. Dozens of articles from scholars include range from focusing on specific events like the Detroit Rebellion to larger analyses of residential segregation and environmental racism. 

The full syllabus is available here.Screenshot of articles included in institutionalized racism syllabus

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