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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to celebrate America's diverse population and showcase the remarkable achievements and contributions that have come from the many people who have chosen to make our country their home. Topics include well-known landmarks and famous citizens--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling series comes the latest title in the Who HQ Now format for trending topics. It tells the history of a political and social movement that advocates for non-violent civil disobedience and protests against incidents of police brutality--and all racially motivated violence--against Black people"--
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much - and how little - racism has changed since our country's founding.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see just how unjust the world she was living in was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
Author
Publisher
Amistad/Collins
Pub. Date
c2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Myers tells the story of legendary civil rights figure Ida B. Wells, who fought to make the lives of African Americans better long before the events of the 20th century.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, impacts everyday American lives
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the author's viral video series and adapted for younger audiences, an introduction to systemic racism and racist behavior offers safe, judgment-free answers to common questions about uncomfortable subjects, from white privilege to how to disrupt community racism.
Based on the author's viral video series and adapted for younger audiences, an introduction to systemic racism and racist behavior offers safe, judgment-free answers to common questions...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Musician and technology phenom Shavone Charles explores how curiosity and nerve led her from a small college in Merced, California, to some of the most influential spaces in the tech world: from Google to Twitter to eventually landing a spot on the coveted Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Grateful for being the first in many spaces, but passionate about being neither the last nor the only, Charles tells her story in the hopes of guiding others and shaping...
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a former slave who became a journalist dedicated to equal rights, and who fought especially for women's right to vote and an end to lynching.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
ix, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics,...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells-who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader-as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--
15) A history of me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An uplifting message of hope for the future and pride in your history, inspired by a mother's experience of being the only Black child in her classroom. Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Emphasizing the strength, creativity, and courage passed down through generations, A History of Me offers a joyful new perspective on how we look at history and an uplifting message for the future. Being the only brown girl in a classroom full of white students...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The years from 1955 to 1965 are at the heart of the civil rights movement. Resistance was often met with violence against Black Americans fighting to end discrimination and segregation. Yet the courage of those yearning for equal opportunities under the law continued to persevere. The year 1955 saw a range of events that brought attention to the civil rights movement. Nonviolent protest became a cornerstone of the movement as Dr. Martin Luther King...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is the story of how the movement that started with a hashtag--#BlackLivesMatter--spread across the nation and then across the world and the journey that led one of its co-founders, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, to this moment. Patrisse Khan-Cullors grew up in an over-policed United States where incarceration of Black people runs rampant. Surrounded by police brutality, she gathered the tools and lessons that would lead her on to found one of the most...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Now adapted for young adults, the #1 New York times best-selling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's early days, tracing the future 44th president's odyssey through family, race, and identity.
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 146 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"An adaptation of the powerful, New York Times bestselling account of growing up Black and female in America, completely rewritten with new stories for young readers. Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with race in America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to trick future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools and churches, Austin writes, "I had to learn what it means...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality"--
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