Race & Culture
Race & Culture
Year of Plagues: A Memoir of 2020
In this piercing and unforgettable memoir, the award-winning poet reflects on a year of turbulence, fear, and hope. For acclaimed British-Guyanese writer Fred D’Aguiar, 2020 was a year of personal and global crisis. The world around him was shattered by...
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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
New York Times Best Seller Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience. Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry,...
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Pimp: The Story of My Life
“[In Pimp], Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life.” —Dave Chappelle, from his Netflix special The Bird RevelationAn immersive experience unlike anything before it, Pimp is the classic hustler’s tale that never seems to go...
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A History of Racism in America
Supplier: Referencepoint Press Thomas Nelson’s Vest Pocket New Testament is as easy to read as it is to carry! Traveling with God’s Word has never been so effortless. The unique size makes this Bible portable enough to fit in a purse, suitcase,...
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All American Boys
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature.In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their...
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Angel of Greenwood
Supplier: Feiwel & Friends A piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the “Black Wall Street,” and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that...
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Allies: Real Talk about Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again
Supplier: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) This book is for everyone. Because we can all be allies.As an ally, you use your power—no matter how big or small—to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In...
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Anger Is a Gift
Supplier: Tor Teen The trade paperback edition of the highly buzzed about YA debut from Mark Oshiro, Anger Is a Gift follows a boy from Oakland as he falls in love amidst the chaos of modern America.*31st Annual Lammy Finalist for LGBTQ Children’s/Young...
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Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Supplier: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. In the...
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Black History Matters
Supplier: Franklin Watts An important and hard-hitting chronicle of black history, written by a celebrated black historianBlack history is an integral part of world history. From the injustices of the past and present, we can learn and be inspired to...
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Black in America
Supplier: Referencepoint Press "Racial bias against African Americans remains part of the fabric of American life, 400 years after the first African slaves stepped off a ship docking near Jamestown, Virginia. Black people often face violent attacks simply because they...
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Black Was the Ink
Supplier: Tu Books Through the help of a ghostly ancestor, sixteen-year-old Malcolm is sent on a journey through Reconstruction-era America to find his place in modern-day Black progress. Forgotten heroes still leave their mark. Malcolm Williams hasn't been okay for...
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, 2)
An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerA GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick"Adeyemi has sparked magic once again." —The New York TimesAfter battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was...
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Concrete Kids
Supplier: Penguin Workshop Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us."I will close my eyes and disappear into the...
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Concrete Rose
Supplier: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that...
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Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
Supplier: Crown Books for Young Readers As the fight for equal rights continues, Defiant takes a critical look at the strides and struggles of the past in this revelatory and moving memoir about a young Black man growing up in the South...
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Dream Country
Supplier: Dutton Books for Young Readers The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom."Gut wrenching and incredible.”— Sabaa Tahir #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes"This novel is...
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Dig
Supplier: Dutton Books for Young Readers Winner of the Michael L. Printz Medal★“King’s narrative concerns are racism, patriarchy, colonialism, white privilege, and the ingrained systems that perpetuate them. . . . [Dig] will speak profoundly to a generation of young people who are...
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Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
Supplier: Dial Books Revised and updated with new information, this Jane Adams award winner is an in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement. The kidnapping and violent murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in...
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Hate Crime in America: From Prejudice to Violence
Supplier: Compass Point Books Hate crime in the United States is on the rise. The FBI has reported that hate crimes rose by 17 percent in 2017, increasing for the third straight year, and the trend continued into 2018 and...
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How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation
Supplier: Wednesday Books "The Ultimate Resistance Guidebook." ― Bustle"This book will be a light in the darkness for some, and help guide them from despair."― BooklistAn all-star collection of essays about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA author Maureen Johnson.Now, more...
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Justice
Supplier: West 44 Books Justice knows how it can go down for African American young men, and it isn't always fair. Still, he's pretty sure living on the straight and narrow will keep him safe. Pining over his crush Ebony,...
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Kneel (Original)
Supplier: Inkyard Press This fearless debut novel explores racism, injustice, and self-expression through the story of a promising Black football star in Louisiana.The system is rigged.For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small town....
$18.99
Light It Up
Supplier: Henry Holt & Company
Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon's Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength―as well as an incredible follow-up to the highly acclaimed novel How It Went Down.
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Lies We Tell Ourselves (Original)
Supplier: Harlequin Teen In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School....
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Monster
Supplier: Amistad Press Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience....
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One of the Good Ones (Original)
Supplier: Inkyard Press "One of the Good Ones is magic.” —Damon Young, author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You BlackerA shockingly powerful exploration of the lasting impact of prejudice and the indomitable spirit of sisterhood that will have readers questioning what...
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Open MIC: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Supplier: Candlewick Press (MA) “Will leave readers thinking about the ways that humor can be a survival tool in a world that tends to put people in boxes.” — Publishers WeeklyListen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own...
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Race Relations: The Struggle for Equality in America
Supplier: Nomad Press (VT) How could a country founded on the honorable ideals of freedom and equality have so willingly embraced the evils of enslavement and oppression? America’s history of race relations is a difficult one, full of uncomfortable inconsistencies...
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Racial Discrimination and Criminal Justice
Supplier: Greenhaven Publishing The Black Lives Matter movement has shined a light on the frequently unequal treatment of African Americans by the U.S. justice system. This has led to some adverse reactions, including the protest slogans All Lives Matter and...
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