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Books Tie-In Resources Reynolds, Jason When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beat- ing at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints. Podcast: Kojo For Kids: Jason Reynolds Overdrive e-book Talks About Racism And The Protests

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Stamped—Racism, Antiracism, and You Reynolds, Jason & Ibram X. Kendi A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Be- ginning.

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FREE on Hoopla: Stamped from the Begin- ning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas Thomas, Angie in America (Unabridged) After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died. Overdrive e-book Overdrive audiobook

March Trilogy (Graphic Novels on Hoopla) Lewis, John The Hate U Give (Original Motion Picture Score) A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Ala- bama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Move- ment.

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Dear Martin P.S. I Can’t Breath: Watch on Kanopy Stone, Nic Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., • Open Letters for Black Lives seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister A set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally- struggles to face the reality of race relations today and aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and how they are shaping him. honest conversations about racial justice, police vio- Overdrive e-book lence, and anti-Blackness in our families and communi- Overdrive audiobook ties.

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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime Noah, Trevor The Daily Show host’s best-selling memoir traces his experiences growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid, describing how he used his wits and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. , Minneapolis Protests, Overdrive e-book Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper

I'm Not Dying With You Tonight Segal, Gilly & Kimberly Jones Told from two viewpoints, Atlanta high school seniors Lena and Campbell, one black, one white, must rely on each other to survive after a football rivalry escalates into a riot.

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Badass Black Girl • CNN Article: Some YouTubers say they Fievre, M.J. plan to donate their ad revenue from Explore the many facets of your identity through hun- videos to movement dreds of big and small questions. MJ Fievre tackles • Other BLM Fundraising Playlists topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes in this journal designed for teenage girls. Hoopla e-book

Black Boy White School Walker, Brian F. Black Girls Smile: African American When fourteen-year-old Anthony "Ant" Jones from the Focus Mental Health Organizations ghetto of East Cleveland, Ohio, gets a scholarship to a prep school in Maine, he finds that he must change his image and adapt to a world that never fully accepts • Activist ’s speech goes him, but when he goes home he discovers that he no viral: ‘We learned violence from you!’ longer truly belongs there either. Overdrive e-book • More Young Adult Books on Prejudice

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