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Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy
Supplier: Henry Holt & Company This urgent book explores the roots of racism and its legacy in modern day, all while empowering young people with actionable ways they can help foster a better world and become antiracists.Why are white supremacists...
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Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown V. Board of Education (Scholastic Focus)
Supplier: Scholastic Focus Critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone offers an affecting portrait of the road to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which significantly shaped the United States and effectively ended segregation. Since 1896, in the landmark outcome of Plessy...
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Slay
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!“Gripping and timely.” —People“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that’ll...
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
Supplier: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller! A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in AmericaThis is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now.A book to help us...
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Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus)
Supplier: Scholastic Focus A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States. Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in...
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The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
Supplier: Delacorte Press Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates.As a child,...
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The Black Kids
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers A New York Times bestsellerA William C. Morris Award Finalist“Should be required reading in every classroom.” —Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin“A true love letter to Los Angeles.” —Brandy Colbert, award-winning author...
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The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 (Young Readers)
Supplier: Henry Holt & Company One of the worst acts of racist violence in American history took place in 1921, when a White mob numbering in the thousands decimated the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The Burning recreates Greenwood...
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The Cost of Knowing
Supplier: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Four starred reviews!Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when...
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The Day Tajon Got Shot
Supplier: Shout Mouse Press, Inc. Meet Tajon. Tajon is sixteen and black. He's tall and skinny, and he has dreadlocks. Tajon works hard and tries his best to be good. He does O.K. in school. He has plans. He's determined....
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The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power
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The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power
Supplier: National Geographic Kids James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther...
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The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege
Supplier: Atheneum Books Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Brendan Kiely starts a conversation with white kids about race in this accessible introduction to white privilege and why allyship is so vital.Talking about racism can be hard, but...Most kids of color...
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
Supplier: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers An Instant New York Times Bestseller!Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee.Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a...
$17.99
This Is My America
Supplier: Random House Books for Young Readers "Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear MartinThe Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont...
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Together: An Inspiring Response to the "Separate-But-Equal" Supreme Court Decision That Divided America
Supplier: Paul Dry Books "An ambitious account of the legacies of Plessy and Ferguson . . . Undeniably timely and representative of the necessary work ahead."―Kirkus Reviews“Amy Nathan’s well-researched and beautifully written book makes clear the history of racism that...
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Tyler Johnson Was Here
Supplier: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers A young man searches for answers after the death of his brother at the hands of police in this striking debut novel, for readers of The Hate U Give.When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes...
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
Supplier: Bloomsbury YA This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.An NAACP Image Award finalistA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA NYPL Best Book for TeensHistory texts often teach that the United States...
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When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World
Supplier: Wednesday Books Patrisse Khan-Cullors' and asha bandele's instant New York Times bestseller, When They Call You a Terrorist is now adapted for the YA audience with photos and journal entries!A movement that started with a hashtag--#BlackLivesMatter--on Twitter spread across the nation and then...
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Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas Blind Tom Wiggins
PUBLISHER: Albert Whitman & Company Born blind into a life of slavery, Thomas Wiggins was dismissed as a “useless burden.” But through the loving protection of his family, he went on to become one of the greatest musicians of his...
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Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
PUBLISHER: Anne Schwartz Books Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning...
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Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books From the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature.Zora was a girl who...
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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books Discover the incredible story of a young daughter of immigrants who would grow up to be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American ever elected Vice President of the United States in this moving...
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King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books A stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.There was something special about Scott Joplin…This quiet kid could make a piano laugh out loud.Scott, the son of...
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Amanda Gorman
PUBLISHER: Cherry Lake Publishing The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of National Youth Poet Laureate and activist Amanda Gorman in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop...
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Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
PUBLISHER: Crown Books for Young Readers The inspirational and true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the country, comes to life in this picture book biography perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Little Leaders. Includes...
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Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb
PUBLISHER: Dial Books A timely picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States.Shirley Chisholm famously said, "If they don't give you a seat...
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
PUBLISHER: Discovery Library Book Features:• 24 pages, 7 ½ inches x 10 inches• Ages 6-10, Grades 1-4 leveled readers, Lexile 720L• Simple, easy-to-read pages with full-color illustrations• Includes a timeline and extension activity• Reading/teaching tips and discussion questions included Leader...
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Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) A powerful poem about Ona Judge's life and her self-emancipation from George Washington’s household.Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President's wife, Martha. Ona was widely known for her excellent skills...
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Aretha Franklin
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln Ltd In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Aretha Franklin, "The Queen of Soul."The fourth of five children, Aretha was born in Tennessee and took the...
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Prince
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln Ltd In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Prince, one of the most iconic performers in music history.From a young age, Prince was obsessed with music....
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