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Anti-Racist Non-fiction: YA
High School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
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Anti-Racist Non-fiction: YA
High School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
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"In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial...
5) Jesse Owens
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Provides a graphic novel biography of African American athlete Jesse Owens depicting his life, times, and legacy. Focuses on how Owens made history at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games and defeated Nazi claims of superiority. Includes a glossary and sources of further information.
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Looks at the Civil Rights Movement in the United States as a four-century struggle that began with as early as the Revolutionary War and continued with slave rebellions in the years leading up to the Civil War. Talks about rights that were gained during Reconstruction, but then lost again as southern states used violence to disenfranchise and oppress blacks. Examines early 20th century efforts to improve the lives of African Americans, encouraged...
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Race. You know it at a glance: he's black; she's white. They're Asian; we're Latino. Racism. I'm better; she's worse. Those people do those kinds of things. We all know it's wrong to make these judgments, but they come faster than thought. Why? Where did those feelings come from? Why are they so powerful?
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Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn't racism appear in Europe before the fourteenth century, and why did it flourish as never before in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Why did the twentieth century see institutionalized racism in its most extreme forms? Why are egalitarian societies particularly susceptible to virulent racism? What do apartheid South Africa, Nazi Germany, and the American...
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"In the summer of 1776, when Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence, declaring that 'all men are created equal,' he wasn't alone. With him was Robert Hemings, just one of the many Black people Jefferson enslaved. But who was Robert Hemings? Discover his story and the true history of those who really helped build America. Featuring riveting interviews with historians, including Margaret Kimberley, author of...
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Examines how issues surrounding race affect policing practices from the lasting effects of separation and segregation practices in America to the Black Lives Matter movement aimed at social change in the nation. Includes text-related questions, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
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Presents the history of the civil rights movement and the founding of the Black Lives Matter hashtag. Explores the ways that supporters of Black rights have protested and used their skills to fight for racial justice. Also examines how laws and attitudes have changed in response. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a timeline, and further resources.
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This adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi's "Stamped From the Beginning" explores the history of racist ideas in America by examining the lives of notable historical figures, from Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson to W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis. Discusses how racist ideas spread and how they are also discredited.
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Now that laws promoting racial equality exist, some people argue that racism as a whole has been eradicated despite evidence to the contrary; highly publicized racist incidents are generally dismissed as the exception rather than the rule. Readers discover that this mindset ignores covert, or hidden, racism, which often deals with hurtful generalizations. In-depth sidebars and detailed photographs augment the engaging text as it discusses the history...
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"In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy-and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who...
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Explores the events following the death of George Floyd and the protests that erupted afterward, and provides historical context of the racial injustice that African Americans face in the United States that led to the protests. Examines the governmental response to the protests, and discusses whether or not the protests led to change. Includes color photographs, sidebars, and additional resources.
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In English and Spanish, ten-year-old Roberto âAlvarez describes the 1931 Lemon Grove School incident in which Mexican families took a California school board to court after the school tried to segregate the Mexican children. Describes the judge's ruling that the school board was not allowed to separate the Mexican students, making this the first successful school desegregation case in the United States.
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This adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi's "Stamped From the Beginning" explores the history of racist ideas in America by examining the lives of notable historical figures, from Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson to W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis. Discusses how racist ideas spread and how they are also discredited.