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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An overview of the roots and legacies of racial bias and white supremacy in the United States."--
Fleming breaks down the origins of racial injustice and its continued impact today. She shares the knowledge and values that unite all antiracists: compassion, solidarity, respect, and courage in the face of adversity. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 34
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States, Inc
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap.
"A history of racist and antiracist...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fleeing to Oregon from New York City in 1921, Alice James takes refuge in the city's only black hotel and helps new friends search for a missing child, hide from KKK violence, and navigate painful secrets.
"The year is 1921, and "Nobody" Alice James is on a cross-country train, carrying a bullet wound and fleeing for her life following an illicit drug and liquor deal gone horribly wrong. Desperate to get as far away as possible from New York City...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"A chapter book adaptation of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning."--
Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly introduces the origins, history, actions, and impact of the Ku Klux Klan, a hate group that targets a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural groups in the United States.
11) Blood and politics: the history of the white nationalist movement from the margins to the mainstream
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rigby
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
San Francisco in the 1880's was an exciting place full of adventure and opportunity. It was also full of prejudice, particularly against the Chinese. An Irish-American boy and a Chinese boy could never become friends, could they? Connor Murphy and Yee Seng share many adventures as they try to find the answer to this question.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison [calls] the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight ... essays, he 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"--Front flap.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"When America makes progress toward racial equality, the systemic response is a backlash that rolls back those wins. This edition adapted from the author's White Rage especially for teens illuminates these dark moments of history." --
"This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Americans like to insist that we are living in a postracial, color-blind society. In fact, racist thought is alive and well; it has simply become more sophisticated and more insidious. And as historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas in this country have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course...
Publisher
Japanese American National Museum
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"Following the devastation of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, photojournalist Stan Honda's extraordinary images of dazed, dust-enveloped victims riveted the public's attention to the covers and pages of national magazines and newspapers. [This documentary] presents the photographer's own recollections and commentary, revealing the stories behind the haunting, unforgettable images that one media commentator observed, 'put a face...
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