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• American Wings

  Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

  Smith, Sherri L.,

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  In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country constricted by prejudice and Jim Crow laws, where Black aviators…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Birds in the Sky

  the Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  Colbert, Brandy,

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  A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Friend

  on Being a Better White Person

  Joseph, Frederick (Activist),

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  Frederick Joseph call up race-related anecdotes from his past, explaining why they were hurtful and how he might handle things now. Non-fiction.

• Bless the Blood

  a Cancer Memoir

  Nehanda, Walela,

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  A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Panther Party

  a Graphic Novel History

  Walker, David, 1968-

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  Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. This gripping illustrated history explores the impact and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Burning

  Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

  Beard, Hilary,

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  One of the worst acts of racial violence in American history took place in 1921, when a White mob numbering in the thousands decimated the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Burning recreates Greenwood at the height of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cool. Awkward. Black

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  A multi-genre YA anthology of bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors challenging the concept of the geek, featuring contributions from Amerie, Kalynn Bayron, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Roseanne A. Brown, Elise Bryant, Tracy Deonn, Desiree S.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Delicious Monsters

  Sambury, Liselle,

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  The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart. Daisy sees dead people–something impossible to forget…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyone's Thinking It

  Omotoni, Aleema,

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  Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera. For Iyanu’s estranged cousin,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Forest Demands Its Due

  Jackson, Kosoko,

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  A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning YA horror/fantasy set in dark academia about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all. A USA…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Do I Draw These Memories?

  Joshua, Jonell,

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  Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey – living in grandparents’ homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, needed support to raise her and her brothers. Together the family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Rise

  Arnold, Marie,

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  A heartbreaking and powerful novel about racism and social justice as fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother’s activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Long Time Coming

  a Lyrical Biography of Race in America From Ona Judge to Barack Obama

  Shepard, Ray Anthony,

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  This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Way Down

  the Graphic Novel

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Will’s older brother, Shawn, has been shot. Dead. Will feels a sadness so great, he can’t explain it. But in his neighborhood, there are THE RULES: No. 1: Crying. Don’t. No matter what. No. 2: Snitching Don’t. No matter what. No. 3:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monster

  a Graphic Novel

  Sims, Guy A.,

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  A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's New York Times bestseller Monster. Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery. As Steve…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nigeria Jones

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria Jones’s father calls her. He has raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals to connect her and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poemhood

  Our Black Revival : History, Folklore & the Black Experience : a Young Adult Poetry Anthology

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  Come, claim your wings. Lift your life above the earth, return to the land of your father’s birth. What exactly is it to be Black in America? Well, for some, it’s learning how to morph the hatred placed by others into love for oneself; for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sitting in St. James

  Williams-Garcia, Rita,

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  1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family’s objections, to sit for a portrait. While Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Those Who Saw the Sun

  African American Oral Histories From the Jim Crow South

  Avery, Jaha Nailah,

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  A stunning collection of oral histories from Black elders who grew up in the Jim Crow South The past is not past. We may think something ancient history, or something that doesn’t affect our present day, but we would be wrong. Those Who Saw the…Read moreRead more of this annotation