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Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
By Charles Waters and Irene Latham
J811.6 Lath
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Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice
By Jillian Roberts
E303.385 Robe
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Gives a comprehensive introduction to the topic of prejudice.
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
By Wade Hudson
J305.8 We
What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice to young activists.
All Are Welcome
By Alexandra Penfold
E Penf
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce a school where diversity is celebrated and songs, stories, and talents are shared.
Crown : An Ode to the Fresh Cut
By Derrick Barnes
E Barn
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Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
Schomburg : The Man Who Built a Library
By Carole Boston Weatherford
EB Scho
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Traces legal clerk Arturo Schomburg's efforts to curate a collection of African books, letters, music, and art.
Sulwe
By Lupita Nyong'o
E Nyon
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
A Ride to Remember : a Civil Rights Story
By Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, Floyd Cooper
E323.1196 Lang
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When Sharon Langley was born, amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed in. This picture book tells how a community came together--both black and white--to make a change.
New Kid
By Jerry Craft
J Craf
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After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds.
Blended
By Sharon M. Draper
J Drap
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Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
It All Comes Down to This
By Karen English
J Engl
In the summer of 1965, Sophie's family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles. When riots erupt in nearby Watts, she learns that life and her own place in it are a lot more complicated than they had seemed.
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
By Pablo Cartaya
J Cart
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This is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both.
Soldier for Equality
By Duncan Tonatiuh
EB Saen
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José de la Luz Sáenz (1888-1953)--or Luz--believed in fighting for what was right. Although he was born in the United States, he and his family experienced prejudice because of their Mexican heritage.
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
E323.1196 Pink
This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement.
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By Kadir Nelson
J973.0496 Nels
Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.
It Ain’t so Awful Falafel
By Firoozeh Dumas
J Duma
OverDrive: eBook
Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s.
