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Social Science
Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
PUBLISHER: Holiday House Back in 1909, not far from Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones opened a special place for orphans named Piney Woods Country Life School. Dr. Jones loved music and wanted the children to love it too. In...
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Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf
PUBLISHER: Albert Whitman & Company Charlie Sifford loved golf, but in the 1930's only white people were allowed to play in the Professional Golf Association. Sifford had won plenty of Black tournaments, but he was determined to break the color...
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Thank You, Omu!
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers In this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street and Extra Yarn, a generous woman is rewarded by her community.Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious...
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Waiting
PUBLISHER: Greenwillow Books What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, and a pig wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible and resonant picture book by the New York Times–bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes. Five...
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The Day You Begin
PUBLISHER: Nancy Paulsen Books A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a...
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One of Us Is Lying
PUBLISHER: Del Rey Books Streaming soon on Peacock, the television series event starring Cooper van Grootel, Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Marianly Tejada, and Mark McKenna!“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this “flat-out addictive” (RT Book Reviews) story of what...
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Holes
PUBLISHER: Yearling Books #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERDig deep in this award-winning, modern classic that will remind readers that adventure is right around the corner--or just under your feet!Stanley Yelnats is under a...
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Esperanza Rising
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press Esperanza Rising joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content! Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a...
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Going Places
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers03/18/2014 A go-cart contest inspires imagination to take flight in this picture book for creators of all ages, with art from New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds.It’s time for this year’s Going Places contest! Finally....
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Fish Is Fish
PUBLISHER: Dragonfly Books02/12/1974 From beloved Caldecott winning picture book creator Leo Lionni, this charming tale of sticking together and imagination shows how powerful friendship can be.Two best friends, a minnow and a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows...
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What Is Given from the Heart
PUBLISHER: Schwartz & Wade Books 01/08/2019 CORETTA SCOTT KING – JOHN STEPTOE ILLUSTRATOR AWARD FOR NEW TALENT WINNERThis final, magnificent picture book from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack is a poignant and uplifting celebration of the...
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Last Stop on Market Street
PUBLISHER: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 01/08/2015 #1 New York Times BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerWinner of the Newbery MedalA Caldecott Honor BookA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book This award-winning modern classic—a must-have for every child’s home library—is an inclusive ode to kindness,...
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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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No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
Supplier: Square Fish No Choirboy takes readers inside America's prisons and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices―raw and uncensored―they talk about their lives in prison and share their thoughts and feelings about...
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Supplier: Ember The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature!In this very personal work--adapted from the...
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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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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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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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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Supplier: Frances Lincoln Ltd #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRecommended by Oprah's Book Club, ESSENCE, We Need Diverse Books, ellentube, Brit + Co, PureWow, Teen Vogue, Time, New York, USA TODAY, and TODAY.comNow available: This Book Is Anti-Racist Journal, a guided journal with more than 50 activities to support...
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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 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 Killing of George Floyd
Supplier: Abdo Publishing This title takes a look at George Floydâs death at the hands of police, explores the history of police brutality in the United States, and examines the national and global response to his death. Features include a...
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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 Black Lives Matter Movement
Supplier: Referencepoint Press "Black Lives Matter was born in July 2013 after a jury exonerated the killer of an unarmed black youth named Trayvon Martin. Since that time it has become known as a formidable, often controversial, civil rights movement...
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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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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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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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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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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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Police in America: Inspecting the Power of the Badge
Supplier: New York Times Educational Publishing Law enforcement is a nuanced subsystem of criminal justice that has seen a variety of issues, challenges, and perceptions through its history. This collection of articles moves through these topics, starting with the beginnings...
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