Singh, Deanna
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 SINJoseph, Frederick
Summary: Frederick Joseph call up race-related anecdotes from his past, explaining why they were hurtful and how he might handle things now. Each chapter features the voice of at least one artist or activist, including Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give; April Reign, creator of #OscarsSoWhite; Jemele Hill, sports journalist and podcast host; and eleven others. Touching on everything from cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 JOSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 JOSKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: We can let racism stand, or we can stand against it. Readers will follow a young Kendi as he learns (and unlearns) lessons that help shape his understanding racism. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America. Even more fundamentally, it points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. He asks us to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 KENWilliams, Justin Michael
Summary: "A look back from a future in which racism is no more-inspiring us to start taking positive action today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 WILRay, Victor (Victor Erik)
Summary: "From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory seeks to explain the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity. Dr. Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ida B. Wells, and W.E.B. Du Bois to clearly trace the foundations of Critical Race...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 RAYLaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: "This book examines the activism involved in the ongoing fight for racial justice in the United States. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 LAUDibinga, Omékongo
Summary: "In this honest and welcoming book, diversity and inclusion expert, professor, and award-winning speaker Dr. Omekongo Dibinga argues that we must embark on a massive undertaking to re-educate ourselves on the stereotypes that have proven harmful, and too often deadly, to the Black community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 DIBAcho, Emmanuel
Summary: "For awkward questions white and non-black parents don't know how to answer, this is an essential guide to help support communication on how to dismantle racism amongst the youngest generation"--OCLC.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.8 ACHAcho, Emmanuel
Summary: "In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask, yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.8 ACHAcho, Emmanuel
Summary: "In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask--yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.800973 ACHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult AchoKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: ""The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America -- but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 KENCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.80 KENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult KendiJewell, Tiffany
Summary: This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 JEW1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 JEW
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8 JEWTisby, Jemar
Summary: "Racism and social justice are important topics kids are dealing with today. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 TISDill, Khodi
Summary: "An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice. Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don't know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.896 DILKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: The New York Times bestseller How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi is shaping the way a generation thinks about race and racism. How to be a (Young) Antiracist is a dynamic reframing of the concepts shared in the adult book, with young adulthood front and center. Aimed at readers 12 and up, and co-authored by award-winning children's book author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 305.8 KENHogan, Kristen
Summary: "From the 1970s through the 1990s more than one hundred feminist bookstores built a transnational network that helped shape some of feminism's most complex conversations. Kristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movement's rise and eventual fall, restoring its radical work to public feminist memory. The bookwomen at the heart of this story-mostly lesbians and including women of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 HOGBaxley, Traci
Summary: As the global pandemic shuttered schools across the country in 2020, parents found themselves thrust into the role of teacher. After the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests, many also grappled with the responsibility to teach their kids about social justice-- with few resources to guide them. Baxley, a mother of five herself, suggests that parenting is a form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAX1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JPT 649 BAX
Cargle, Rachel Elizabeth
Summary: "A deeply personal and illuminating approach to antiracism and allyship, revealing the power of imagination and action to dismantle oppressive systems and build liberating ones, from a highly lauded lecturer, public academic, writer, and activist. In A Renaissance of Our Own, Rachel Cargle details the seminal event that put her on the map--her viral 2017 Women's March appearance that thrust her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023