Crossroads of Protest: Historical Connections Between Racial Justice and Other Justice Movements
There are both historical and ongoing connections between the movement for racial justice and other social movements. This guide highlights the historical connection between the racial justice movement and the fight for a broad range of human rights.
Indigenous Rights and Racial Justice
October 1992, Native Americans and their supporters march to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance.
Photo credit: Bill Hackwell
Print Books about Indigenous Rights and Racial Justice
Red Power Rising by Publication Date: 2014-06-30
Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations by Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest by Publication Date: 2013-12-04
Civil Rights for Beginners by Publication Date: 2016-01-12
eBooks about Indigenous Rights and Racial Justice
City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934 by Publication Date: 2015-05-01
The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South by Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power by Publication Date: 2012-05-03
Afro-Descendants, Identity, and the Struggle for Development in the Americas by Publication Date: 2012-04-01
A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith In Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom by Publication Date: 2005-12-06
Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America by Publication Date: 2005-01-01
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Publication Date: 2013-09-01
Videos about Indigenous Rights and Racial Justice
Websites about Indigenous Rights and Racial Justice
- Native American Activism: 1960s to PresentOverview of Native American activism since the late 1960s, including protests at Mt. Rushmore, Alcatraz, Standing Rock, and more.
- BPA Office Takeover, 1975"On the morning of August 15, 1975, about 100 Indian protesters took over the Portland offices of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency that markets power produced by federal dams in the Pacific Northwest. This action was the culmination of almost two weeks of activities organized to protest what Native activists considered to be federal repression on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian reservations."
- Cultural SurvivalArticle entitled "Centering Native People in Racial Justice." Cultural Survival supports a movement of empowered Indigenous Peoples organizing their communities to engage the international processes, national policies and human rights bodies to respect, protect, and fulfill their rights.
- The Police Are Killing One Group at a Staggering Rate, and Nobody Is Talking About ItArticle detailing the extrajudicial killings by police of Native and Indigenous Americans.
- The 3/5ths Clause and Indian RemovalDetails the connections between the 2/5ths clause in the constitution and the U.S. government's policies of Indian removal.