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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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  From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. "This beautiful and brilliant history of not only what it means to be Black and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid, Tiffany Jewell, this YA nonfiction book, highlighting inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college, is the most important,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Malcolm Lives!

  the Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers

  Kendi, Ibram X.,

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  "Compiling the definitive speeches, sermons, and correspondence as well as some never-before-seen original material, this comprehensive narrative biography of American icon, Malcolm X, will be the definitive reference volume for young readers"--

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  The crucial, empowering, #1 New York Times bestselling exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America. This is NOT a history book. This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are. A book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Justyce

  Stone, Nic,

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  An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin . An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system . An…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic

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  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME After a traffic stop turns violent at the hands of the police, a young Black teen grapples with racism--and what it means for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Across the Tracks

  Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre

  Ball, Alverne (Fiction writer),

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  One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of Greenwood, Oklahoma In Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, author Alverne Ball and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After the Rain

  Jennings, John, 1970-

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  During a furious storm a young woman's destiny is revealed . . . and her life is changed forever After the Rain is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Concrete Rose

  Thomas, Angie,

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  International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let Me Hear a Rhyme

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  In this striking new novel by the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Alfonso Jones

  Medina, Tony

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miles Morales

  Spider-man

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  "Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you're on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun

  a Personal History of Violence

  Nicholas, Jamar

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  Presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Canada's memoir of a Bronx, N.Y. childhood, along with an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion by 1960s drug laws has led to the child violence on the streets today.

• Pride in the Projects

  Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts

  Deutsch, Nancy L.

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  Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Profiles in Black

  Phat Facts for Teens

  McMickle, Marvin Andrew

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  It's been said that those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it. It is that conviction that makes this youthful Christian history of black America a vital resource for educators, parents, and students alike. From the first African…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Serving Urban Teens

  Brehm-Heeger, Paula

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  They're socially conscious, tech savvy, street smart, terrifically diverse, and they're seemingly running rampant. They're urban teens and they need access to your library-for homework help, for study and research, to use the computers, to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming Abigail

  a Novella

  Abani, Christopher

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  "Compelling and gorgeously written, this is a coming-of-age novella like no other. Chris Abani explores the depths of loss and exploitation with what can only be described as a knowing tenderness. An extraordinary, necessary book."--Cristina Garcia,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood

  Social Becoming in An African Context

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  This book focuses on the lives and experiences of young people in Africa. On agents who, willingly or unwillingly, see themselves as belonging to the socio-generational category of youth and the ways in which they seek to shape and unfold their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teen Life in Africa

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  Thanks to its population growth rate, Africa has one of the highest numbers of teenagers in the world. Africa is a vast continent with 52 countries, thousands of languages and peoples, numerous religions, and a diverse landscape, but the teen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Am I Without Him?

  Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives

  Flake, Sharon G.

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  Short stories about teenage love and angst.