{"id":1333,"date":"2020-06-04T12:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/undergrad-students-publishing\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2023-03-26T23:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T23:12:30","slug":"literary-involvement-in-black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/undergraduate-students-publishing\/2020\/06\/04\/literary-involvement-in-black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Involvement in Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Statement of Intent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undergraduate Students for Publishing at Emerson College stands with the Black community. The murder of George Floyd is but the iceberg tip of this nation\u2019s pandemic of hatred and violence toward black lives. We call upon all Pub Club members, past and present, to take action in support of Black Lives Matter. This is justice achieved by protest, petitions, and monetary funds to groups built for social justice, memorials, bail-outs, and Black representation. Most importantly, this justice is achieved by supporting black people in all walks of life, from activists to artists and everyone between and beyond. It is achieved by recognizing and pursuing change in institutionalized and, in non-black peoples, internalized racism. We acknowledge this is not just those acts of injustice that are easy to condemn, such as blatant physical attacks on Black people by the police. We challenge our members to discover the subtler, more uncomfortable, and less obvious truths of the United State\u2019s inherent prejudice. We prioritize the publishing industry\u2019s need for more Black representation, both in the office and on the page, and we challenge ourselves as aspiring publishers, editors, marketers, designers, marketers, and more to envision and seek out long-term change in this industry.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*We would like to provide you with a list of various resources to get started. This list is by no means exhaustive, so if you think we&#8217;ve left something out, then please let us know! We can always add more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles to Get Started<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/publisher-news\/article\/83481-social-justice-resources-for-the-book-business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Justice Resources for the Book Business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/29\/books\/review\/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Anti-Racist Reading List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/2020\/05\/27\/75-things-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2020\/jun\/03\/do-the-work-an-anti-racist-reading-list-layla-f-saad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do the Work: An Anti-Racist Reading List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/u\/1\/d\/1-0KC83vYfVQ-2freQveH43PWxuab2uWDEGolzrNoIks\/mobilebasic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Lives Matter Organization List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Independent Presses to Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beacon Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/africaworldpressbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa World Press and the Red Sea Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackclassicbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Classic Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadsidelotuspress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broadside Lotus Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbonepress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redbone Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haymarketbooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haymarket Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbooks.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kensingtonbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kensington Publishing Corp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoreviewpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Review Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thirdworldpressfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Third World Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeandlow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee and Low Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosenpublishing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosen Publishing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrocentricbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afrocentric Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearmanormedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BearManor Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/justusbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Just Us Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2leafpress.org\/online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2Leaf Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li>African American Literature Book Club is compiling a list of all <a href=\"https:\/\/aalbc.com\/books\/black_owned_publishing_companies.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Owned Publishing Companies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Literatures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Publishers Weekly has compiled a great list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/83485-an-anti-racist-reading-list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Non-fiction Anti-Racist Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Song Below Water<\/em> by Bethany C. Morrow<\/li>\n<li><em>Black Marxism<\/em> by Cederic J. robinson<\/li>\n<li><em>Black Reconstruction<\/em> by W.E.B. Du Bois<\/li>\n<li><em>A Song of Wraiths and Ruin<\/em> by Roseanne A. Brown<\/li>\n<li><em>Becoming a Parent in the Age of Black Lives Matter<\/em> by Clint Smith<\/li>\n<li><em>The American Nightmare<\/em> by Ibram X. Kendi<\/li>\n<li><em>Red Summer by Cameron<\/em> McWhirter<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Source of Self-Regard&#8221; by Toni Morrison<\/li>\n<li><em>So You Want to Talk About Race<\/em> by Ijeoma Oluo<\/li>\n<li><em>Black Feminist Thought<\/em> by Patricia Hill Collins<\/li>\n<li><em>Redefining Realness<\/em> by Janet Mock<\/li>\n<li><em>The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness<\/em> by Michelle Alexander<\/li>\n<li><em>Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower<\/em> by Dr. Brittney Cooper<\/li>\n<li><em>The Fire Next Time<\/em> by James Baldwin<\/li>\n<li><em>Heavy: And American Memoir<\/em> by Kiese Laymon<\/li>\n<li><em>The Bluest Eye<\/em> by Toni Morrison<\/li>\n<li><em>How to be an Antiracist<\/em> by Ibram X. Kendi<\/li>\n<li><em>Sister Outsider<\/em> by Audre Lorde<\/li>\n<li><em>The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century<\/em> by Grace Lee Boggs<\/li>\n<li><em>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/em> by Maya Angelou<\/li>\n<li><em>Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/em> by Zora Neale Hurston<\/li>\n<li><em>I\u2019m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness<\/em> by Austin Channing Brown<\/li>\n<li><em>This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color<\/em> by Cherrie Moraga and&nbsp;Gloria E. Anzald\u00faa<\/li>\n<li><em>White Fragility: Why It\u2019s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism<\/em> by Robin DiAngelo<\/li>\n<li><em>J<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px\">ust Mercy<\/span>&nbsp;<\/em>by Bryan Stevenson<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till&#8221; by Gwendolyn Brooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*List based in part by&nbsp;Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black-Owned Bookstores<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>California:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ashaybythebay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashay By the Bay<\/a>, Vallejo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sthope.org\/underground-books-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Underground Books<\/a>, Sacremento<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esowonbookstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eso Won Books<\/a>, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connecticut:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keybookstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Key Bookstore<\/a>, Hartford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Illinois:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.semicolonchi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Semicolon<\/a>, Chicago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/afriwarebooks.com\/store\/c1\/Featured_Products.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AfriWare Books<\/a>, Maywood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indiana:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainlairbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brain Lair Books<\/a>, South Bend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kentucky:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildfigbooksandcoffee.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wild Fig Books and Coffee<\/a>, Lexington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maryland:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loyaltybookstores.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Loyalty Bookstore<\/a>, Silver Springs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Massachusetts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/frugalbookstore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frugal Bookstore<\/a>, Boston<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michigan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcebooksellers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source Booksellers<\/a>, Detroit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitbookcity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Book City<\/a>, Detroit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Missouri:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeseeme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eye See Me<\/a>, St. Louis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New York:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordupbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Word Up Community Bookshop<\/a>, New York City<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionbooksnyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolution Books<\/a>, New York City<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafeconlibrosbk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cafe Con Libros<\/a>, Brooklyn City<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sistersuptownbookstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sister\u2019s Uptown<\/a>, New York City<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelitbar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lit. Bar<\/a>, The Bronx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pennsylvania:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hakimsbookstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakim\u2019s Bookstore<\/a>, Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harriettsbookshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harriett\u2019s Bookshop<\/a>, Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unclebobbies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uncle Bobbie&#8217;s Coffee and Books<\/a>, Philadelphia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Carolina:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turningpagebookshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turning Page Bookshop<\/a>, Goose Creek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Washington, DC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mahoganybooks.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MahoganyBooks<\/a>, Washington, DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instagrammers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To add Black voices to your feeds, we&#8217;ve compiled a list of Black Bookstagrammers for you to follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jadeion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_jadeion_\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@originally.jd<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buffy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/msbszenlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@msbszenlife<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspiredbymaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@inspiredbymaya<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This Browne Girl Reads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thisbrownegirlreads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@thisbrownegirlreads<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patience Erin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inkandfable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@inkandfable<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Books and Rhymes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/booksandrhymes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@booksandrhymes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coco_chasing_adventures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@coco_chasing_adventures<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paperback Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morgan__gayle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@morgan__gayle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spines &amp; Vines<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spinesvines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> @spinesvines<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please be sure to comment on this post if we&#8217;ve missed any resources!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for fundraising opportunities with Pub Club for Black Lives Matter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement of Intent Undergraduate Students for Publishing at Emerson College stands with the Black community. 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