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• Something Happened in Our Town

  a Child's Story About Racial Injustice

  Celano, Marianne,

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  A police shooting, from the point of view of a black and white family. Modeling important conversations about race, police and violence for young children.

• Not My Idea

  a Book About Whiteness,

  Higginbotham, Anastasia,

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  A white child sees a TV news report of a white police officer shooting and killing a black man. "In our family, we don't see color," his mother says, but he sees the colors plain enough. An afternoon in the library's history stacks uncover the truth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Intersection Allies

  We Make Room for All

  Johnson, Chelsea,

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  A handy book about intersectionality that depicts the nuances of identity and embraces difference as a source of community.

• Voice of Freedom

  Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.

• The Day You Begin

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.

• Gordon Parks

  How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Presents the life and accomplishments of the first black director in Hollywood who became the first African American photographer for Life magazine.

• This Is the Rope

  a Story From the Great Migration

  Woodson, Jacqueline

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  A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

• Hands Up!

  McDaniel, Breanna J.,

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  "A young girl lifts her hands up in a series of everyday moments before finally raising her hands in resistance at a protest march"--.

• Don't Touch My Hair!

  Miller, Sharee (Illustrator),

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  A young girl imparts a lesson about the importance of asking permission when everyone she meets, from strangers in the street to aliens in space, want to touch her soft and bouncy hair.

• Separate Is Never Equal

  Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

  Tonatiuh, Duncan,

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  Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Not a Number

  Dupuis, Jenny Kay,

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  A young First Nations girl is sent away to a residential school and is determined not to forget who she is and where she came from.

• The Name Jar

  Choi, Yangsook

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  After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be

• Thunder Boy Jr.

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name

• Where Are You From?

  Méndez, Yamile Saied

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  When other children and their parents keep asking a young girl where she is from, she puts the same question to her grandfather who describes the land and people from which her family originated.

• My Hair Is a Garden

  Cabrera, Cozbi A.,

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  After being teased yet again about her unruly hair, MacKenzie consults her neighbor, Miss Tillie, who compares hair care with tending her beautiful garden and teaches MacKenzie some techniques. Includes tips for shampooing, conditioning, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Missing Daddy

  Kaba, Mariame,

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  A father and daughter's love cannot be broken even when prison bars separate them.

• Desmond and the Very Mean Word

  a Story of Forgiveness

  Tutu, Desmond

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  When Desmond takes his new bicycle out for a ride, his pride and joy turn to hurt and anger when some boys shout a very mean word at him causing Desmond to seek the advice of Father Trevor, who teaches him about the power of forgiveness.

• Let the Children March

  Clark-Robinson, Monica,

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  Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.

• We Are Water Protectors

  Lindstrom, Carole, 1964-

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  Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption.

• Can I Touch Your Hair?

  Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  Latham, Irene,

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  How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to. Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, use this fictional setup to delve into…Read moreRead more of this annotation