race relations

With accumulated wisdom and sharp-eyed clarity, Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed addresses the joys and hardships of being an older Black woman in contemporary, ?periracial? America. Award-winning author Kim McLarin utilizes deeply personal experiences to illuminate the pain and power of aging, Blackness and feminism, in the process capturing the endless cycle of progress and backlash that has long shaped race and gender.

"In 2014, . . . journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote on her blog about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanized, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the . . . link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge has written an . . . examination of what it is to be a person of color in Britain"--Provided by publisher.

In graphic novel format looks at the life of African American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks.

A biography of the Alabama African-American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

". . . tells the story of one of the most tumultuous and important eras in American history through the lives of five major figures of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s: Thurgood Marshall, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ella Baker, and John Lewis. Hands-on activities, essential questions, text-to-world connections, and links to online resources encourage readers ages 12 to 15 to explore how the work of these people sparked the passion of a nation and helped change the tide of social injustice in a way that reverberates to this day"--Provided by publisher.

"In eight wide-ranging and penetrating essays, [Jabari Asim] explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body. What emerges is a rich portrait of a community and culture that has resisted, survived, and flourished despite centuries of racism, violence, and trauma"--OCLC.

Like many 13-year-old girls, Sofias main worries are how to get some groovy go-go boots, and how not to die of embarrassment giving a speech at school! But when her older brother Lenny starts talking about marches and protests and overstayers, and how Pacific Islanders are being bullied by the police for their passports and papers, a shadow is cast over Sofias sunny teenage days. Through her heartfelt diary entries, we witness the terror of being dawn-raided and gain an insight into the courageous and tireless work of the Polynesian Panthers in the 1970s as they encourage immigrant families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights.

"From the streets of Colorado Springs to the skies over Tuskegee, journey through childhood with Franklin J. Macon, one of the the fewer than one hundred documented Original Tuskegee Airmen"--Provided by publisher.

Set in the poverty-stricken South of 1933, tells the story of a Black family's struggle to hold onto the land they have owned for three generations.

". . . argues that what parents say about race and racial inequality is less meaningful than what parents actually do in their everyday lives. . . examines how affluent white parents intentionally and unintentionally, knowingly and unknowningly, use their extensive resources to construct particular racial contexts of childhood for their kids."--Dust jacket.