Kids

We rise, we resist, we raise our voices book cover

We rise, we resist, we raise our voices

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Kids

What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art, poetry, and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice and comfort to young activists.

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This book is anti-racist

Tiffany Jewell

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Kids

This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally) because no one stood up for them or they couldn't stand up for themselves; because the colour of their skin, the texture of their hair, their names made white folx feel scared and threatened. It is written so children and young adults will feel empowered to stand up to the adults who continue to close doors in their faces. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it. In short, it is for everyone.

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You don't know everything, Jilly P!

Alex Gino

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Kids

"When her new baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her." --

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Not my idea : a book about whiteness

Anastasia Higginbotham

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"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed."--

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The Watsons go to Birmingham-- 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

eBOOK
Kids

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

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One crazy summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

eBOOK
Kids

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

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Harbor me

Jacqueline Woodson

eBOOK
Kids

"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--

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New kid

Jerry Craft

eBOOK
Kids, Graphic Novels

After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds.

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Black brother, black brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

eAUDIO
Kids

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.

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Ghost boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes

eBOOK
Kids

"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--

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