Image source: "BLM Protest, Grand Rapids MI 5/30/20" by Aelin Elliott is licensed under CC BY 2.0
A special thanks to the librarians at Bellevue College whose Black Lives Matter research guide much of this content comes from.
Note: This guide was review by CD in November 2025. Use the "Get Help" page of this guide to contact us if you encounter any accessibility issues or have questions.
This guide is just one focus of the much larger societal conversation on systemic racism. Please see guides below for other lenses on the issues and please send us your ideas and resource suggestions.
This BLM guide is periodically being updated to keep up with breaking news
In light of recent events, this guide is currently being updated with resources about the history of racism in the US, specifically more info on the history of slavery in the US, important events, and lives of influential people in the fight for racial equality.