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• Genesis Begins Again

  Williams, Alicia, 1970-

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  There are ninety-six reasons why thirteen-year-old Genesis dislikes herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list: because her family is always being put out of their house; because her dad has a gambling problem, and maybe a drinking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When You Look Like Us

  Harris, Pamela N.,

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  Jay is forced to continually cover for his sister, Nicole, who hangs out with the wrong crowd; however, Jay can't deal with it any more. Soon after, Nic fails to return home. When she's deemed missing, the police barely bother to search for her;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic,

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  Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.

• Punching the Air

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated.

• Light It Up

  Magoon, Kekla

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  Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.

• We Deserve Monuments

  Hammonds, Jas,

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  A gripping portrayal of the South's inherent racism and a love story for queer Black girls

• The Black Kids

  Hammonds Reed, Christina,

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  With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.

• I Am Alfonso Jones

  Medina, Tony/ Jennings, John (ILT)/ Robinson, Stacey (ILT)

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  In the first graphic novel for young readers to focus on police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, as in Hamlet, the dead shall speak--and the living yield even more surprises.

• X

  A Novel

  Shabazz, Ilyasah

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  A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Cowritten by Malcolm X's daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.

• Black Brother, Black Brother

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker

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  Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

• I'm Not Dying With You Tonight

  Jones, Kimberly (Kimberly Latrice),

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  Over the course of one night, two girls with two very different backgrounds must rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has enveloped their city.

• March. Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-

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  March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation.

• The Black Friend

  on Being a Better White Person

  Joseph, Frederick (Writer)

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  Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs--creating an essential read for white people who are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Is Anti-racist

  20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life.

• Stamped

  Reynolds, Jason

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  A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning

• Allies

  Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again

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  Presents a collection of seventeen essays that explore what being an ally is, needing an ally, and showing up for friends and strangers.

• Me and White Supremacy

  Saad, Layla F,

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  Teaches young readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how they can do their part to help change the world.

• How to Be a (young) Antiracist

  Kendi, Ibram X,

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  We can let racism stand, or we can stand against it. Readers will follow a young Kendi as he learns (and unlearns) lessons that help shape his understanding racism.

• Black Birds in the Sky

  the Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  Colbert, Brandy

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  The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today?

• The Black History Book

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  With profiles of key people, movements, and events, The Black History Book brings together accounts of the most significant ideas and milestones in Black history and culture.