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Global History of Racism

This site includes mostly resources from the United States with a few from other countries, mostly Canada. It is useful to see a variety of other examples of how race has been constructed among other countries and governance models, as well as to understand U.S. history in the context of broader trends. This section, still being developed, provides  overviews of the history of racism within different countries from various viewpoints. Additions are needed.

• Black In Latin America
  PBS
• Canada's First Nations: A Legacy of Institutional Racism
  Claire Hutchings
• The Anti-Apartheid Struggle in South Africa (1912-1992)
  International Center for Non-Violent Conflict
• Rapporteur's Notes
• About Racism - Timeline
  Anti-racism education for Australian schools
• Beyond Racism: embracing an Interdependent World - Brazil, South Africa and the United States
  Southern Education Foundation, Comparative Human Relations Initiative
• The Historical Origins and Development of Racism
  George M. Fredrickson, Race: Power of an Illusion
• Have The Demands Of The March On Washington Been Met?
  Moyers & Company
• CARICOM Reparations Ten-point Plan
  Institute of the Black World
• Racial Dynamics in Bermuda in the 21st Century: Progress and Challenges
  Keith Lawrence and Raymond Codrington, Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change
• How White People Got Made
  Quinn Norton
• Slavery, Democracy, and the Racialized Roots of the Electoral College
  African American Intellectual Historical Society

Also in this section:

• Overview and Timeline
• Diaspora and Colonialization
• Laws and Policies
• Resistance and Movements