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1061) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume, learn about two brave women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott! A Black woman who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus sparked a bus boycott and became part of one of the most iconic moments in American history. Yet, few know that Rosa Parks had actively worked toward social justice her whole life. And even fewer know that the seeds of...
1063) LA 92
Publisher
NGC Network International
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests and violence in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen footage. Produced by Oscar® winner Simon Chinn and Emmy® winner Jonathan Chinn and directed by Oscar® winners Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, the film brings a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment."--Container.
1065) Brillo
Author
Publisher
Blackie Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Un hombre mayor es una maravilla porque lleva treinta y ocho años pagando las facturas del gas, ha tenido salmonelosis y ha visto los informes sobre el cambio climático y aun así no se ha quitado la vida, pero lo cierto es que, después de haber sido mujer durante veintitrés años, después de la torsión ovárica, de los préstamos de estudios y los nazis de nuevo cuño con sus camisas de vestir, resulta que yo también sigo viva y que en realidad...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement. Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and...
1068) Till
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
Publisher
Choices
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The compelling story of the first African American military pilots who, in addition to fighting our enemies in Europe during WWII, had to fight against the racial inequality and discrimination they faced at home despite their great sacrifice.
1071) Night on fire
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a civil rights group protesting segregation on buses in the summer of 1961, will be traveling through Anniston, Alabama, she thinks change could be coming to her stubborn town. But what starts as angry grumbles soon turns to brutality, and Billie is forced to reconsider her own views"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Mae Among the Stars! To Boldly Go tells the true story of Nichelle Nichols and how she used her platform on Star Trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields. As Lieutenant Uhura on the iconic prime-time television show Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols played the first Black female astronaut anyone had ever seen on screen. A smart, strong, independent...
1073) The talk
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic...
1074) The right kind of white
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As the product of progressive parents and a liberal upbringing, Garrett Bucks prided himself on the pursuit of being a "good white person." The kind of white person who treats their privilege as a responsibility and not a burden; the kind of white person who people of color see as the peak example of racial allyship; the kind of white person who other white people might model their own aspirations of being "better" after. But it's Bucks obsession...
Author
Publisher
Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A white South African woman shares her journey away from racism, helping us realize that grappling with the legacy of white supremacy is a lifelong work that requires both inner transformation and societal change"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race, is the story of Black self-definition in...
Author
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A call to action for Indigenous communities, and to the non-Indigenous population that can and must work with them. An impassioned call to action, Clarence Louie imparts decades of wisdom and takes forceful aim at the relationship between First Nations and colonial Canada and the United States. Believing that education is fundamental to success, Louie also argues that change requires a new attitude. By turns angry, direct, humorous, and practical,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A pioneering scholar offers this new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works and how we can fight back, revealing how hard-to-see systemic connections function to disproportionately contain, exploit and punish Black people and showing us how to create a more just America for us all.
Author
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Looking at the deep connections between jazz and Freemasonry, the author reveals how many of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century were also Masons, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, and Paul Robeson. Unveiling the deeply social role at the heart of black Freemasonry, Révauger shows how the black lodges were instrumental in helping American blacks transcend the horrors of slavery...
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