race relations

On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.

In August 1965, twelve-year-old Eden's older cousin from Mississippi comes to visit her in Los Angeles, and while the Watts Riots erupt around them, they continue their investigation of the disappearance of Winter's father ten years ago.

". . . In this adaptation of 'How to Fight Racism' for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide practical tools and advice kids can use to develop and maintain an anti-racist mindset and make a positive difference in the world"--Provided by publisher.

"[The author} investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics . . . examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive . . . dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society--from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women . . . published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament"--Back cover.

Presents the script for the play in which Sephy--a Cross--is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister and Callum, the son of a Nought agitator, were both raised in a racially charged and economically unbalanced society, but after a chance meeting they come to realize that love is worth fighting for, even if it spawns a political crisis.

A violent incident prompts New York City lawyer Daniel Emerson to retreat to the small community of his childhood where he sets up housekeeping with his girlfriend Kate and her daughter Ruby, but he places his relationships, his career, and his reputation on the line when he begins an affair with African-American graduate student Iris Davenport.

"Quinn keeps lists of everything--from the days she's ugly cried, to "Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud" and all the boys she'd like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing... Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett--the last known person to have her journal--in a race against time to track down the blackmailer. Together, they journey through everything Quinn's been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love"--Provided by publisher.

Jen and Riley have been friends forever even though their adult lives have gone in opposite directions. Jen married young and is finally pregnant after years of trying, and Riley is on the brink of becoming one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia. But the two's friendship is put to the test after Jen's husband, a police officer, is involved with the shooting an unarmed Black teenager. Riley realizes this story could make her career but struggles with the trauma of another Black member of her community harmed by police and her complicated relationship with Jen.

Recounts the experiences of two families--Gee, a black teenager and his mother Jade, and Noelle, a half-white, half-Hispanic teenager and her mother Lacey May--whose lives intersect when a referendum passes allowing black students to be bussed to a predominantly white North Carolina high school.

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl.