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Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist
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The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."
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An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning author
Only 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama.
Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you straight into the chaotic, passionate, and deadly three months of protests that culminated in the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Focusing on
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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"This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares...An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun"--
11) Rosa's bus
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Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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The story of an ordinary bus... until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat which became a pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement. Follows the bus's history from the streets of Montgomery to the Henry Ford Museum.
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Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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This book explores differences in reporting about people of different races, as well as why representation in all levels of media is important to combat systemic racism. Racial bias, both implicit and explicit, is easy to see in American news media.
13) As good as anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march towards freedom
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A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grade 4
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Hidden Histories
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Hidden Histories
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood,...
16) Hey black child
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English
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Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
Black Lives Matter: Picture Books
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist
Black Lives Matter: Picture Books
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist
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"A lyrical, empowering poem that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals"--
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A chapter book adaptation of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning."--
Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.
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Zonderkidz
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English
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"Racism and social justice are important topics kids are dealing with today. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide practical tools and advice kids can use to develop and...
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