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164395
Above the rim : how Elgin Baylor changed basketball by Bryant, Jen 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/06/2020

BTSB #: 164395 Available

Dewey: 796.323/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.3 LG F&P: S

Subjects: Baylor, Elgin Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team) Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) National Basketball Association African American basketball players - United States - Biography Segregation Race relations


Summary: A player in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, Elgin Baylor was known for his acrobatic style of moving and shooting, inspiring others to get creative with their game. But when hotels and restaurants were racially segregated on their road trips, Elgin and his teammates boycotted them until the entire NBA followed suit.


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Accused! : the trials of the Scottsboro boys: lies, prejudice, and the fourteenth amendment by Brimner, Larry Dane 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2019)


Publication Date: 10/17/2019

BTSB #: 151824 Available

Dewey: 973.9/NAges: 13-17   
AR: 8.3 UG Lexile: 1170

Subjects: Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931 Race relations Scottsboro (Ala.) Alabama


Summary: The story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape.


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520589
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round : my story of the making of Martin Luther King Day by Kirkwood, Kathlyn J. 

BTSB Prebound(Versify, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/04/2022

BTSB #: 520589 Available

Dewey: 394.261/AAges: 8-12   


Subjects: Kirkwood, Kathlyn J Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Race relations Civil rights movements - Biography


Summary: This memoir-in-verse tells the moving story of how a nation learned to celebrate a hero. Through years of protests and petition, Kathlyn's story highlights the foot soldiers who fought to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday.


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908544
All star : how Larry Doby smashed the color barrier in baseball by Vernick, Audrey 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/04/2022

BTSB #: 908544 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 4.7 LG

Subjects: Doby, Larry Baseball African American baseball players - Biography Segregation Race relations


Summary: The remarkable story of Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League.


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533239
American immigration : our history, our stories by Krull, Kathleen 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)


Publication Date: 06/16/2020

BTSB #: 533239 Available

Dewey: 304.8/NAges: 8-12   


Subjects: Immigrants Race relations Immigration law - United States Colonization United States - Immigration and emigration - History


Summary: Explores the timely topic of immigration over the last 400 years, from the arrival of the Pilgrims to present-day.


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226335
Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Colbert, Brandy 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2021)


Publication Date: 10/05/2021

BTSB #: 226335 Available

Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 14-18   
AR: 9.2 UG

Subjects: Tulsa (Okla.), Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 African Americans - Crimes against - Oklahoma - Tulsa Race relations Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century


Summary: Tells the story of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the 1921 destruction of the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, commonly known as the Tulsa Race Massacre.


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Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Colbert, Brandy 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 11/09/2022

BTSB #: 226342 Temp OS

Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 14-18   
AR: 9.2 UG

Subjects: Tulsa (Okla.), Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 African Americans - Crimes against - Oklahoma - Tulsa Race relations Large print books Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century


Summary: Tells the story of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the 1921 destruction of the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, commonly known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. Large print hardcover format.


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Black friend : on being a better white person by Joseph, Frederick 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 12/01/2020

BTSB #: 501149 Available

Dewey: 305/NAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.8 UG Lexile: 980 F&P: Z+

Subjects: Racism Race relations Social action


Summary: Writing from the perspective of a friend, the author offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs-creating an essential read for white people who are committed anti-racists and those newly come to the cause of racial justice.


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Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter by Chambers, Veronica 

BTSB Prebound(Versify, 2021)


Publication Date: 08/17/2021

BTSB #: 205468 Available

Dewey: 323/NAges: 10-14   


Subjects: Black lives matter movement Civil rights movements African Americans Race relations


Summary: Tells the story of how a hashtag became a movement. It follows the activists and organizers on their journeys, examines some of the ways that progressive protests have been fundamental to American history, and shows how marches, rallies, and demonstrations can be vital tools for making meaningful change.


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Finding a way home : Mildred and Richard Loving and the fight for marriage equality by Brimner, Larry Dane 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2020)


Publication Date: 11/10/2020

BTSB #: 151912 Available

Dewey: 300/CAges: 12-16   
AR: 8.5 MG+ Lexile: 1260 F&P: Z+

Subjects: Loving, Mildred Jeter Loving, Richard Perry Interracial marriage Race relations Marriage law


Summary: When Mildred and Richard Loving are arrested, simply because of their mixed-race marriage, they must challenge the courts and the country to secure their civil rights.


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434059
Hard work, but it's worth it : the life of Jimmy Carter by Hegedus, Bethany 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/07/2020

BTSB #: 434059 Available

Dewey: 973/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Carter, Jimmy,|d1924- Presidents - Biography Governors - Georgia - Biography Race relations United States - Politics and government


Summary: A picture book biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and a Nobel Prize Winner.


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366319
How we can live : principles of Black Lives Matter by Garcia, Lalena 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low, 2022)


Publication Date: 08/31/2022

BTSB #: 366319 Available

Dewey: 323.1196/NAges: 7-9   
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Subjects: Black lives matter movement African American political activists Social action Race relations Black lives matter movement - Philosophy Conduct of life


Summary: A nonfiction introduction to thirteen principles underlying the Black Lives Matter movement and organization, written in a style that children can understand and illustrated with portraits of icons, activists, and regular people.


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974464
Just like Jesse Owens by Young, Andrew 

BTSB Prebound(Orchard Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 08/02/2022

BTSB #: 974464 Available

Dewey: 323.1/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.2 LG

Subjects: Young, Andrew,|d1932- - Childhood and youth Owens, Jesse,|d1913-1980 Family life African Americans - Biography Race relations African American track and field athletes New Orleans (La.)


Summary: As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. Andrew's father told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, "Don't get mad, get smart." To drive home the lesson, the family went to the local theater to see newsreels of Olympic track star Jesse Owens and how he competed in Nazi Germany with dignity.


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Let us march on! : James Weldon Johnson and the silent protest parade by Williams, Yohuru 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024)


Publication Date: 05/28/2024

BTSB #: 951166 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Johnson, James Weldon,|d1871-1938 Civil rights movements African Americans Race relations


Summary: A moving and inspiring nonfiction picture book about James Weldon Johnson and the first mass all-Black march for civil rights in the United States when 10,000 Black protestors, including children, marched down New York's Fifth Avenue in 1917.


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280267
Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box by Dionne, Evette 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/01/2021

BTSB #: 280267 Temp OS

Dewey: 324.6/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 9.4 MG+ F&P: Z+

Subjects: United States.|tConstitution.|n19th Amendment Large print books Suffrage - United States - History|y20th century Women - Suffrage - United States African American women - Biography Race relations


Summary: Tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement. Large print hardcover format.


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280275
Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box by Dionne, Evette 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/14/2020

BTSB #: 280275 Available

Dewey: 324.6/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 9.4 MG+ F&P: Z+

Subjects: United States.|tConstitution.|n19th Amendment Suffrage - United States - History|y20th century Women - Suffrage - United States African American women - Biography Race relations Women's rights - United States


Summary: Tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement.


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Plan for the people : Nelson Mandela's hope for his nation by McDivitt, Lindsey 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 03/30/2021

BTSB #: 623338 Available

Dewey: 968.071/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.9 MG Lexile: 830

Subjects: Mandela, Nelson,|d1918-2013 Presidents - South Africa - Biography Anti-apartheid activists - South Africa - Biography Race relations


Summary: This biography follows Nelson Mandela from his work with the African National Congress, to his imprisonment on Robben Island, to his extraordinary rise to the presidency.


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Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people by Magoon, Kekla 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 11/23/2021

BTSB #: 596689 Available

Dewey: 305.8/NAges: 12-16   
AR: 9.2 MG

Subjects: Black Panther Party African Americans - Civil rights Marxism Socialism Social action Race relations


Summary: Introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens.


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244706
Segregated skies : David Harris's trailblazing journey to rise above racial barriers by Cottman, Michael H. 

BTSB Prebound(National Geographic, 2021)


Publication Date: 12/21/2021

BTSB #: 244706 Available

Dewey: 629.1309/BAges: 9-12   


Subjects: Harris, David E.,|d1934- Air pilots - United States - Biography African American air pilots - Biography Race relations


Summary: Follows David Harris's turbulent path to become the first African American commercial airline pilot in the U.S., presented against the backdrop of racial tensions, protests, and the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s.


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040593
Talk : conversations about race, love & truth

Paperback(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021)


Publication Date: 06/01/2021

BTSB #: 040593 Available

Dewey: 305.8009/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 780 F&P: Z

Subjects: Racism Race relations African American children African Americans - Social conditions Minorities - United States Ethnic identity Self-esteem in children Conduct of life Encouragement American didactic literature


Summary: Thirty diverse and award-winning authors and illustrators capture frank discussions about racism, identity, and self-esteem.


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