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• Black Girl You Are Atlas

  Watson, Renée,

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  If you’re looking for inspiration, you’ll find it in this gorgeously illustrated book of poetry. The author writes about her upbringing in the Jamaican-American community in Portland, Oregon, and the experiences of Black women in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  In this “part memoir, part anthology, part history, part social commentary,” the author tells stories about the opportunity gap that students of color face in American schools. Find out about the history of racism in schools, as well as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Another Story

  a Graphic Migration Account

  Saade, Ernesto,

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  When his mom decides to leave El Salvador for the U.S., 19-year-old Carlos joins her but isn't sure it's the right choice. This insightful graphic memoir, written and illustrated by Carlos's cousin, cartoonist Ernesto Saade, tells the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Una historia más

  un relato gráfico de migración /

  Saade, Ernesto,

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  Cuando su mamá decide irse de El Salvador a los Estados Unidos, Carlos, de 19 años, la acompaña, aunque no está seguro de que sea la decisión correcta. Esta perspicaz novela gráfica, escrita e ilustrada por el primo de Carlos, el…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pieces of a Girl

  Kuehnert, Stephanie, 1979-

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  Your teen years can make or break you and sometimes it can do both. Author Stephanie Kuehnert goes back to her zine roots, even using pages from her own high school journals, to tell the hard messy story of abuse and addiction that plagued…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Represent

  the Unfinished Fight for the Vote

  Dyson, Michael Eric,

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  A quick but thorough look at the history of democracy and voting- and the history of those rights being stripped back, infringed upon, and in peril - in the United States. This book supplies detailed research from the founding of our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rising From the Ashes

  Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire

  Yoo, Paula,

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  This gripping nonfiction narrative details the events of the 1992 LA Riots through the stories of three young people: Rodney King, Latasha Harlins, and Edward Jae Song Lee. Although teens today won’t remember these events, Yoo powerfully…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Road Home

  Ogle, Rex,

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  In this heartbreaking memoir, Rex gets kicked out of his dad’s house in Alabama right after high school graduation because he’s gay. Not knowing where to go, he drives to New Orleans to meet up with an older guy named Russell who he met on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unboxing of a Black Girl

  Shanté, Angela,

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  Through verse and vignettes, and fun footnotes, debut author Shanté sparks curiosity and hope about all the boxes the world imposes on Black girls and how she learned to move beyond them. Both specific to the Black experience and…Read moreRead more of this annotation