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[2022]
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"Maud Newton's ancestors have vexed and fascinated her since she was a girl. Her mother's father, who came of age during the Great Depression in Texas, was supposedly married thirteen times, and survived being shot in the stomach by one of his wives. His father purportedly killed a man in the street with a hay hook, and later died in a mental institution. On her father's side, a Massachusetts ancestor was accused of being a witch, who cast sickness...
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[2021]
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English
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"Good for you! You've taken the first step in a lifelong journey to learn what you can do to help end racism. Maybe you've seen someone treated unfairly just because of the color of their skin. Maybe you were treated unfairly because of the color of yours. Maybe you've seen protests in the news and wondered what they're really all about. Whatever reason you picked up this book, you're here because you want to make a difference and change things for...
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[2022]
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"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...
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c2006
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English
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This illustrated book for children presents poems which explore a Pipil Nahua Indian girl's connection to Mother Earth and how it heals the wounds of racism.
Este libro ilustrado para niños presenta poemas que exploran la conexión de un indio pipil nahua con la Madre Tierra y cómo esta sana las heridas causadas por el racismo.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"1879-1918, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the first off-reservation Indigenous American boarding school, housed 10,000 students and was a prototype for boarding schools across the continent. Analyzes pedagogical philosophies and curricular materials through the perspective of written and visual student texts during the first three-year term"--
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2022
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English
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The years from 1955 yo 1965 are at the heart of the civil rights movement. In 1965, there were assassinations, brutal attacks, and attempts at voter suppression, and the massive march from Selma to Montgomery that became known as Bloody Sunday. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, but the cost was high and the fight was far from over.
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2021.
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English
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What do you do when the world shuts down? A heartwarming story of friendship and overcoming adversity in a time of COVID, When the World Turns Upside Down is about community, giving back, and understanding the world around us through the power of generosity from debut middle grade author K. Ibura. Nobody expected a tiny little virus to change the whole world in such a big way, especially not Shayla, Liam, Ai, and Ben. But when school closes to keep...
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[2021]
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English
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"Compiled from his original lecture notes, Julian Bond's Time to Teach brings his invaluable teachings to a new generation of readers and provides a necessary toolkit for today's activists in the era of Black Lives Matter."--
Compiled from his original lecture notes, Bond's book brings his invaluable teachings to a new generation of readers and provides a necessary toolkit for today's activists in the era of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. Beginning...
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[2020]
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English
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Middle schoolers and best friends Rasheeda Tate and Monique Jenkins are good girls. For Sheeda, that means keeping her friends close and following Auntie D's every rule--especially when it comes to church and boys. But when her secret relationship with Mo's older brother Lennie goes from texting to something more, the line between good and bad decisions gets blurry. For Mo, that means learning to go with the flow at the prestigious and mostly White...
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