Cuesta Library Virtual Book Club: Words of Change: February 2021: Citizen: An American Lyric

• Citizen, Discussion Questions, Graywolf Press

• Citizen Reading Guide, Grand Valley State Univ

• Discussion Questions for Citizen, PBS NewsHour

• SuperSummary In-Depth Study Guide, Shake Rag Alley Ctr for the Arts

Poet, Author, Playwright: Claudia Rankine

• "Making Room" from Citizen, VI, [On the train the woman standing], pg.130-133, video (4 min) [scroll down] 
• "Stop and Frisk" from Citizen, pg.104-109, video (6 min)
• "Using Poetry to Uncover the Moments That Lead to Racism," PBS NewsHour, 2014, video (6 min)

Access a free, digital copy of the book here: 

Cuesta students & staff can check out a hard copy on either campus.

• "Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about Citizen," PBS Newshour, 2020
• Awards for Citizen, Graywolf Press
• "Claudia Rankine to depart Yale for NYU..." Oct 2020
• Claudia Rankine, Biography, Encyclopedia Britannica
• Indifference to Racism, Humanities New York (3 min clip) 
• Just Us: An American Conversation, Claudia Rankine, 2020
• "Poet Claudia Rankine And 'Just Us' ", NPR (33 min) audio, transcript
• "Review: The Ugly Truth of Racism," The Guardian, 2015
• "Using Art to See Bias," Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2019

• ​​​"The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity." Themes for Black History Month, 2021

• "A History of Afro-American/Afro-Caribbean Unity." by Dwayne Wong (Omowale). Medium, 2019

• "Meet the Man Who Created Black History Month." CNN, 2019

• "How Negro History Week Became Black History Month & Why It Matters Now." NYTimes, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/history-of-black-history-month.html

• Black History Month 2021, Cuesta College: Calendar of Events (free, open to all)

• Black History Month 2019, Virtual Exhibit, Curated by Professor Eric Atkinson