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Just mercy adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice .

"Bryan Stevenson details from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most marginalized people"--Provided by publisher.

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An African American and Latinx history of the United States Paul Ortiz. 305.8/00973

"... is a bottom-up history told from the viewpoint of African American and Latinx activists and revealing the radically different ways people of the diaspora addressed issues still plaguing the United States today"--.com.

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Stolen justice : the struggle for African American voting rights Lawrence Goldstone ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

"In this . . . portrait of the systematic suppression of the African American vote, . . . author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of . . . individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow"--Provided by publisher. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/390579 Stamped racism, antiracism, and you written by Jason Reynolds ; with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi. 305.8/00973

"A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning"--Publisher.

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#BlackLivesMatter protesting racism Rachael L. Thomas. 323.1196/073

"In this title, readers learn about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, from the history of slavery and racism, to the slayings of Travon Martin and Michael Brown, to further efforts to end racism such as Campaign Zero, and #takeaknee, and Black Futures Lab"--Publisher. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/390661

The boy in the black suit Jason Reynolds.

Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.

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Me and white supremacy combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor Layla F. Saad.

"When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated and expanded from the original edition, [this book] teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/390591 people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too"--Provided by publisher. Black enough stories of being young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi.

A collection of coming-of-age short stories that reflect on the African American teenage experience in America.

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Black enough stories of being young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi.

A collection of coming-of-age short stories that reflect on the African American teenage experience in America.

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The Black lives matter movement Peggy J. Parks. 323.1196/073

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

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Jumped in William Kowalski. 813/.54

"Rasheed is smart, tough and a survivor. In his neighborhood, he has to be. The streets are run by a gang called the E Street Locals, and they've been trying to jump him in since he was a kid. Rasheed yearns for a different life, but it's getting harder and harder to break from his difficult home life, the dangerous gang and the constant racism he faces. What chance does Rasheed have of achieving his dreams?"--Back cover. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/390372 The poet X a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

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The 57 bus Dashka Slater. 364.15/55/092/2/794/66

"If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes"--Jacket flap. https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/390665

Trell Dick Lehr. [Fic]

"Determined to clear her father of the wrongful conviction for a gang-related crossfire death, thirteen-year-old Trell persuades a reporter and a lawyer to investigate the case and uncover the truth"--OCLC.

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The black kids Christina Hammonds Reed. [Fic]

With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/390663 Between the world and me Ta-Nehisi Coates. 305.8 COA

"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him--most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? ... Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings--moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangled https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearc history of race, whether through his myth-busting professors at Howard University, a h/rest/v2/go/10817/details/377588 trip to a Civil War battlefield with a rogue historian, a journey to Chicago's South Side to visit aging survivors of 20th century America's 'long war on black people,' or a visit with the mother of a beloved friend who was shot down by the police"--Provided by publisher.

The new Jim Crow mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness Michelle Alexander. 364/.973

Argues that mass incarceration of African- and Latino Americans in the United States is a form of social control, and contends the civil rights community needs to become more active in protecting the rights of criminals.

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