From reparations to the prison industrial complex and redlining, there are a lot of high-level concepts to systemic racism that are hard to digest. At a time where everyone is inundated with information on structural racism, it can be hard to know where to start or how to visualize the disenfranchisement of BIPOC Americans. In Systemic Racism 101, you will find infographic spreads alongside explanatory text to help you visualize and truly understand societal, economic, and structural racism-along with what we can do to change it. Starting from the discovery of America in 1492, through the Civil Rights movement, all the way to the criminal justice reform today, this book has everything you need to know about the continued fight for equality.

Chapter 1 -- 1942 to the Civil War -- Europeans Exploit Western Africa -- The Fallacy of the "New" World -- Native Land, Stolen -- The Escalation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade -- Transatlantic Slave Trade -- 1619: Enslaved People Arrive in Jamestown -- Resistance Grows -- Global Influences on Colonial America -- The Revolutionary War and its Aftermath Cements Systemic Racism in the US -- The Abolition Movement -- America, Breaking Apart -- 1861-1865: The Civil War -- What is Owed? -- Stories of Impact: The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond -- Chapter 2 -- Reconstruction and Jim Crow -- What is Reconstruction? -- Wealth Gap in the 1800s -- Black Reconstruction -- Black Representation During Reconstruction -- The Jim Crow Era and Mob Violence -- The Corrupt Bargain of 1877 -- 1890: An Early Reparations Bill and a Census -- Plessy v. Ferguson and its Aftermath -- Jim Crow "Etiquette" -- The Wilmington, North Carolina, Coup -- Early 1900s America -- The Great Migration -- The Great Migration -- Violence and Unrest Continues -- Systemic Racism in the Jim Crow Era -- Black Homeownership Rate over Time -- Redlining in American Cities -- Stories of Impact: The Center for Economic Inclusion -- Chapter 3 -- The Civil Rights Movement -- Early Organizing for Racial Justice: The "River" of Black Protest -- Labor Organizing and Unrest -- Important Leaders and Groups in the Civil Rights Movement -- Organizers of the Civil Rights Movement -- Important Moments in the Civil Rights Movement -- Key Events in the Civil Rights Movement -- Profiles of Early Civil Rights Leaders -- Quotes from Civil Rights Leaders -- Key Legislation of the Civil Rights Era -- Stories of Impact: The Closing the Gaps Network -- Chapter 4 -- 1970s-2008 -- White Supremacists Continue Effort to Maintain Anti-Black Racism -- A Day in the Life -- The War on Drugs -- The Impact of the War on Drugs -- New York Powerhouse: Shirley Chisholm -- Prison Industrial Complex -- "Tough on Crime" Policies of the 1990s -- "Tough on Crime" by the Numbers -- The Movement for Reparations Grows -- The Racial Wealth Gap Persists -- History of the Racial Wealth Gap -- A Cycle of Wealth Inhibitors -- The Damaging Effects of Intergenerational Wealth Inequality -- Systemic Racism & Entrepreneurship -- The Racial Impact of Natural Disasters -- Imagining a Black Wealth-Generating Ecosystem -- Imagining a Country Without Racial Gaps -- Continued Struggle -- The Racial Disparity of Electoral Power -- Stories of Impact: New Orleans Business Alliance -- Chapter 5 -- 2008-Present -- A Tale of Three Presidencies -- The Obama Administration -- Racialized Impact of the Great Recession -- The Racial Divide: Myth vs. Fact -- The Trump Administration -- Systemic Racism and Health Inequalities -- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Anti-Racism Movements -- Black Women and Intersectionality -- Barriers to Success for Black Women -- Ongoing Calls for Reparations -- #BlackLivesMatter -- Stories of Impact: Living Cities: How do we Reckon with Race? -- Looking Ahead.