February is Black History Month, but allyship and prioritizing our own education can happen all year! Each week during the month of February, AIACV’s Committee for Equity Diversity and Inclusion will share some resources for education and positive actions you can take to help dismantle racism in our industry and society.
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Book Recommendations
Media Recommendations
Black-Owned Local Businesses
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Book Recommendations on the subjects of Black history in architecture, in general and print resources on race:
- African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945, by Dreck Spurlock Wilson
- Black Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community, by Paul A Wellington
- The Black Skyscraper: Architecture and the Perception of Race, by Adrienne Brown
- African American Architects: Embracing Culture and Building Urban Communities, by Melvin L. Mitchell
- Race and Real Estate, by Adrienne Brown and Valerie Smith
- Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present, by Irene Cheng, Charles L. Davis II, Mabel O. Wilson
- Stamped From the Beginning, by Ibram X Kendi
- So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
- Me and White Supremacy, by Layla Saad, Robin Diangelo
- How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X Kendi
- The Source of Self Regard, by Toni Morrison
- The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
- Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race, by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Consider supporting a local Black owned business when purchasing one of these books!
Underground Books – https://underground-books.indiecommerce.com/allies
Carol’s Books – https://carolsbookstore.com/
All Things Literacy – https://www.facebook.com/nubianqueenreads/
MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS
Here are some recommendations of awesome online resources for Black history and antiracism that are just a click away!
PODCASTS: 1619 | Intersectionality Matters! | Throughline | Practice Disrupted
VIDEO SERIES: Breaking the Silence of Design | MTV Impact
INSTAGRAM: Black History in 2 Minutes | The Conscious Kid | The Great Unlearn | Rachel Cargle | Anti Racist Education Now!
If you have additional resources you’d like to share with our chapter, please email [email protected]
BLACK-OWNED LOCAL BUSINESSES
Below are just a few recommendations of awesome Black-owned local businesses. Here is a LINK to a more comprehensive list.
- African Market Place – 2251 Florin Rd, Sacramento, 95822 – 916.730.6386
- Yisrael Family Urban Farm – 4625 44th Street, Rm 23 Sacramento, California, CA 95820
- Classy Hippie Tea Co. – Various locations
- Public Land Store – 21st & Broadway
- Queen of Sheba – 1704 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818 – (916) 446-1223
- South – 2005 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818 – 916.382.9722
- Fixins – 3428 3rd Ave., Sacramento, CA 95817 – 916.999.7685
- Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse – 1322 V St., Sacramento, CA 95818 – 916.706.3741