As stated on our page, FSPA for Change, the FSPA is committed to supporting all members of our community by ensuring we do all that we can to work toward an anti-racist society and address the problems of underrepresentation in our field. In acknowledgment with this commitment and as a step towards promoting awareness and allyship, we are launching this page during Black History Month.
Below are several informational resources – including books and movies – which we have complied to promote awareness and allyship. We also spotlight articles and videos from our Black Fermilab colleagues and the wider particle physics community.
With these resources, we hope to continue the steps of ensuring a more inclusive and anti-racist society, not only in our own particle physics and Fermilab communities but in the wider world as well.
***Note that this page will be available beyond the month of February and will be updated periodically with new resources for promoting our ongoing commitment as stated above.***
Spotlighting Talks/Interviews from Black Physicists:
YouTube Videos
- Physicist Dr. Brian Nord: Science Education = Social Justice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTTjaGVaUHk
- AI in the Sky: Intelligent Machines in Science and Society, Dr. Brian Nord, Fermilab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TPEwnrYP5s
- Interview with Dr. Jessica Esquivel https://youtu.be/N5gGnMW4jMM
- Q&A with Dr. Jessica Esquivel “Real Live Talk: Science & Identity” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXaLX5WOydg
Written Articles
- Q&A Physics Today articles about “Black voices in physics” https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20201022a/full/
- FSPA article/chat with Dr. Bryan Ramson https://news.fnal.gov/2021/03/fermilab-student-and-postdoc-association-talks-with-bryan-ramson/
- FSPA article/chat with Katrina Miller https://news.fnal.gov/2021/03/fermilab-student-and-postdoc-association-talks-with-katrina-miller/
Awareness and Allyship Resources:
Podcasts/Videos:
Videos:
- Talk “Black Scientists: Past, Present and Future” by The Royal Institution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ILoDWK-P4
- Talk “Where are the Black scientists?” by Data for Black lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMHo79_X2UE
- Building Black Political Power in the Age of Big Data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nunutJXDtQE
Podcasts:
- Code Switch https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
- The 1619 Project https://open.spotify.com/show/1619
Useful Websites:
- Change now website: https://changenowphysics.com
- Black in Astro website: https://www.blackinastro.com
- The National Society of Black Physicists https://nsbp.org/
- Physicists of the African diaspora http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/index.html
Movies and Books:
Books:
- “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo
- “Between the World And Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander
- “Women, Race and Class” by Angela Davis
- “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred” by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
- “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson
- “How To Be An Antiracist” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- “The Three Mothers” by Anna Malaika Tubbs
Movies:
- “Hidden Figures”
- “The Hate U Give” (movie version)
- “I Am Not Your Negro” (James Baldwin doc)
- “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- “Just Mercy” (movie version)
- “Selma”
Articles to learn about American Black History/Black History Month:
- https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/g25954127/african-american-historical-figures/?slide=1
- https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/5-martin-luther-king-jr’s-most-memorable-speeches
- https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement
- The origin of Black History Month https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month
Art and Other Resources:
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Other Resources: