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Let's Talk About Race, Racism & Racial Justice: Teen Nonfiction Resources
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Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you
by Jason Reynolds
A timely reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide
by Carol Anderson
From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America
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Rest in power : the enduring life of Trayvon Martin
by Sybrina Fulton
An intimate and inspiring portrait of Trayvon Martin shares previously untold insights into the movement he inspired from the perspectives of his parents, who also describe their efforts to bring meaning to his short life through the movement's pursuit of redemption and justice.
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Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The author presents a history of racial discrimination in the United States and a narrative of his own personal experiences of contemporary race relations, offering possible resolutions for the future.
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Brown girl dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.
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Colorblind : a story of racism
by Johnathan Harris
An African American teenager shares his experiences of racism and how, with help from his family, he was able to break free of its restraints
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We rise, we resist, we raise our voices
by Wade Hudson
"A keepsake collection of original poems, letters, essays and art by such diverse contributors as Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson and Kwame Alexander shares answers to the question, ""In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?"" Simultaneous eBook."
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Black Lives Matter
by Duchess Harris
What started as a hashtag in 2013 quickly grew into the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives Matter examines the police shootings that fueled the movement, the events that led up to racial tensions in the United States, and the goals the movement hasset for the future.
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Steal this country : a handbook for resistance, persistence, and fixing almost anything
by Alexandra Styron
A book inspired by Abbie Hoffman’s radical classic Steal This Book offers a stirring call for citizen activism surrounding progressive issues including climate change, racial justice, women’s rights and more, introducing each chapter with an original, full page comic and a summary, and “how-to” advice at the end of the book. Simultaneous eBook
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Unpunished murder : massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice
by Lawrence Goldstone
"On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest courtin the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly and barbaric incidents of mass murder in American history, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help create asociety in which black Americans were oppressed and denied basic human rights -- legally, according to the courts. These injustices would last for almost a hundred years, and many continue to exist to this day. In this compelling and thoroughly researched volume for young readers, Lawrence Goldstone traces the history of the laws and the figures involved in the story of how the Supreme Court helped institutionalize racism in the US justice system"
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Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow
by Henry Louis Gates
The National Humanities Medal recipient shares real-life accounts from the periods spanning the end of the Civil War, Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow segregation, in a scholarly tribute to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal.
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Say her name
by Zetta Elliott
Inspired by the African American Policy Forum’s #SayHerName campaign and the work of such notables as Lucille Clifton and Nikki Giovanni, a collection of poems stands as a tribute to Black Lives Matter activists and victims of police brutality.
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A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
by Claire Hartfield
A compelling introduction to the Chicago race riot of 1919 documents key events that led to days of urban violence that continue to reverberate a century later, offering insight into contributing factors in race relations, politics, business and culture. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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