VOICES OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:

Read or listen to the words of people who have experienced inequities, unfairness, and discrimination. What effects have those experiences had on their lives? How have they managed to overcome? What do they suggest for changes?  Can you relate to them?

Former Oregon Ducks sprinter English Gardner on racial injustice: ‘I just want to be human’

https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2020/06/former-oregon-ducks-sprinter-english-gardner-on-racial-injustice-i-just-want-to-be-human.html

Oregon Ducks Track Coach Robert Johnson 
 
When They Call You a Terrorist, an acclaimed book written by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter
 
Economic Impact of Racism – NBC Boston (10 minute news story)
 
Ex slaves talk about slavery in the United States in these recordings from the 1940s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZfcc21c6Uo

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