news a message from the history department climate & inclusion committee july 3 2020 a message from the history department climate & inclusion committee we stand in solidarity with black lives matter as well as others fighting for racial justice today we will apply this solidarity to tangible change as we seek to overcome intersecting legacies of racial inequality at texas a&m as historians we know the history of the united states texas and texas a&m is not a story of triumphant progress but a story of unresolved racial trauma racism is a system a structure it lives within our educational economic healthcare environmental legal and political institutions racism intersects with sexism class polarization and other forms of bigotry as scholar-teachers we have an obligation to understand history in all its complexity including the record of violence slavery expropriation and discrimination that continue to ravage our society we call for all aggies to inform themselves and apply that knowledge to create a better nation a stronger texas and a just university standing up to racism requires a collective effort by knowing our history taking responsibility for it and challenging others to understand it we can work towards racial justice in the united states we pledge to work with you as we continue to educate aggies the public and ourselves we believe that an informed citizenry that reckons with its past–including its dark chapters–will demand change to create an equitable just and safe society we stand in solidarity with black lives matter as well as others fighting for racial justice today we will apply this solidarity to tangible change as we seek to overcome intersecting legacies of racial inequality at texas a&m links to useful resources reading recommendations by historians and scholars (these books are also available as ebooks from tamu libraries) michelle alexander the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness ibram x kendi stamped from the beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in america ibram x kendi how to be an anti-racist barbara ransby making all lives matter: reimagining freedom in the twenty-first century keenaga-yamahtta taylor from #blacklivesmatter to black liberation reading lists curated by scholars trisha kale reading on race and democracy african american intellectual history society keisha blain eight recommended books by women to understand the uprising ms magazine 13 books on the history of black america for those who really want to learn washington post projects and initiatives 1619 project new york times the pulitzer prize winning project that examined the history of slavery violence and racial oppression in the united states equal justice initiative the equal justice initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states to challenging racial and economic injustice and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in american society the marshall project the marshall project is a nonpartisan nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the us criminal justice system we achieve this through award-winning journalism partnerships with other news outlets and public forums in all of our work we strive to educate and enlarge the audience of people who care about the state of criminal justice slave voyages this digital memorial raises questions about the largest slave trades in history and offers access to the documentation available to answer them slavery in the presidents neighborhood the complicated past and the paradoxical relationship between slavery and freedom in the nations capital podcasts codeswitch podcast intersectionality matters in the dark season two: curtis flowers white lies teaching hard history backstory films/documentaries 13th just mercy selma the rape of recy taylor equal justice initiative video library teaching tolerance film kits uncomfortable conversations with a black man thoughts on confederate monuments by scholars keisha blain destroying confederate monuments isnt erasing history its learning from it adam domby the false cause caroline randall williams my body is a confederate monument brian palmer and seth freed wessler the costs of the confederacy sul ross history self-care resources helpful coping resources college of medicine tamu academics for black survival and wellness uncategorized inequality inform yourself learning racial justice resources society