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Protest movementsMedina, Tony
Summary: The ghost of fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones travels in a New York subway car full of the living and the dead, watching his family and friends fight for justice after he is killed by an off-duty police officer while buying a suit in a Midtown department store.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MEDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MEDRamée, Lisa Moore
Summary: After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION RAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RAMCarter, Lisa Roberts
Summary: His mother is a BLM activist. Mason Tyndall is an aspiring rap artist whose mother is a BLM activist. She saw fatal officer-involved shootings as senseless tragedies. He viewed them as trending hashtags--that is, until he almost became one. Mason Zy'Aire Tyndall has big dreams. Dreams of sick beats, epic mic-drops, sold out stadiums. Mason's going to be a rap star--and you don't become a rap...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Central Avenue Publishing 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CARFarley, Christopher John
Summary: "In early March 2020 in New Rochelle, New York, teenager Geth Montego is fumbling with the present and uncertain about her future. She only has three friends: her best friend Tovah, who's been acting weird ever since they started applying to college; Diego, who she wants to ask to prom; and the K-pop band BTS, because the group always seems to be there for her when she needs them (at least in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Sheep, an imprint of Akashic Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FARClarke, Maxine Beneba
Summary: In this exuberant exploration of the Black Lives Matter motto, a loving narrator relays to a young Black child the strength and resonance behind the words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLAHarris, Duchess
Summary: What started as a hashtag in 2013 quickly grew into the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives Matter examines the police shootings that fueled the movement, the events that led up to racial tensions in the United States, and the goals the movement has set for the future. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8960 HARSummary: As NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund "space joyrides" rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration aligned with the cause of racial equality. Essays provide new insights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 2019