race relations

Explores the contemporary trend toward hate crimes in today's polarized political and cultural environment and teaches readers what racial discrimination looks like in day-to-day life and discusses how to become empowered to speak out against it.

This book examines the issue of discrimination again st immigrants in the United States, and looks at the laws pertaining to discrimination, community efforts to end discrimination, and gives readers ways to cope with discrimination in their lives.

". . . examines the difficulties that low-wage and middle-class Americans experience when trying to move up the economic ladder, and takes a close look at the roles race and geography play in mobility today"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the Black lives matter movement, focusing on the formation, backlash, law enforcement accountability, and other topics.

". . . takes a close look at the segment of the population that lies between the poor and the rich, examining how this group has played an important role in US society and how it has changed in recent decades"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at how biracial Americans identify, in public and internally.

An overview of the important events and individuals associated ending apartheid in South Africa; and features photographs, illustrations, biographical sketches, and excerpts from primary source documents.

Presents a script for the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" in which Scout Finch, the young daughter of a 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. Includes nonfiction pieces, song lyrics, a poem, and short stories that are related to the text.

In 2013, a powerful phrase appeared for the first time on social media in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Black teen Trayvon Martin: Black Lives Matter (BLM). Many adolescents have been empowered by Black Lives Matter posts and protests to take on anti-Black violence and racism. This title is an important resource that highlights Black and Brown's voices standing up to oppressive systems. The explanatory text also allows readers to understand and confront the ways racism influences public health crises such as COVID-19 and the scientific and academic realms.