Resources

Understanding Racial Justice

Explore these Smithsonian resources to help provide language and context to guide your understandings of race and racial justice.

Hand written poster saying Let Justice Live!!
four collection objects
Museum objects highlight stories about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism. 
woman looking at exhibition panel with people with different skin tones labeled with pantone colors
Take a virtual tour of Smithsonian exhibitions with the experts that curated them.
young children playing around a fire hydrant on a city street
Understanding the past is the key to building a better shared future, but where do we begin? A new series of videos, created in partnership with Google Arts & Culture, illuminates how systemic racism shows up in our lives and offers resources to help create change.
student and teacher
Tools to help you build effective, compassionate, and accessible classroom lessons about race.
mosaic portrait of Pantoja
Antonia Pantoja Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
I will participate in changing the situations of injustice and inequality that I encounter because they deny people their rights and destroy their potential.