#1 – Tim Wise: White Like Me
Run time: 58 minutes
Tim Wise is one of America’s leading white anti-racism activists & writers, and is featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. In this hour long speech he explains white privilege, and gives a factual overview of how it has affected white and minority communities in America.
The quality of this video isn’t great, but the content is.
#2 – The 13th
Run time: 100 minutes
Oscar nominated documentary about the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which freed the slaves and prohibited slavery, and gives an overview of mass incarceration in our country.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741
#3 – Slavery by Another Name
Run time: 85 minutes
PBS Documentary about the enslavement of black Americans after emancipation into the 20thcentury.
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/watch/
#4 – James Baldwin Debates William F Buckley (1965)
Run time: 59 minutes
A debate of whether “The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro” between James Baldwin and William F Buckley. James Baldwin was one of America’s most notable writers and social critics, and a significant voice in the Civil Rights Movement. William F Buckley was a respected conservative author and commentator.