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• Ain't Burned All the Bright

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Revolution in Our Time

  the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

  Magoon, Kekla

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  With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers--as militant revolutionaries and as human rights advocates working to defend and protect their community. Also available as an eBook.

• Chlorine Sky

  Browne, Mahogany L.

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  Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself. Also available as an eBook and Downloadable Audiobook.

• The Awakening of Malcolm X

  Shabazz, Ilyasah

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  No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, he drifts through days unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angel of Greenwood

  Pink, Randi

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  Randi Pink's The Angel of Greenwood is a historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street."... Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Facing the Sun

  Mather, Janice Lynn

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  Change is coming to Pinder Street after a hotel developer purchases their community's beloved beach. When Eve's dad is diagnosed with cancer, she wants nothing more than to trade her worries for some red lipstick and a carefree night. Faith only has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Justyce

  Stone, Nic

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  Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. Also available as an eBook and Downloadable Audiobook.

• This Is My America

  Johnson, Kim, 1979-

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  Every week Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time: her dad has only 267 days left. Then the police arrive in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Charming as a Verb

  Philippe, Ben

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  Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saving Savannah

  Bolden, Tonya,

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  Savannah Riddle feels suffocated by her life as the daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington, D.C., until she meets a working-class girl named Nell who introduces her to the suffragette and socialist movements and to her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Punching the Air

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu

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  From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not So Pure and Simple

  Giles, L. R. (Lamar R.)

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  Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she's finally available. So when Kiera volunteers for an opportunity at their church, Del's right behind her. Though he quickly realizes he's inadvertently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Girl Unlimited

  the Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

  Brown, Echo,

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  From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her mother's drug abuse, and much more. Also available as an eBook and Downloadable Audiobook.

• This Book Is Anti-racist

  Jewell, Tiffany

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  This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Way Down

  the Graphic Novel

  Reynolds, Jason

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  There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legendborn

  Deonn, Tracy

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  The African diaspora blends with Arthurian legend in Deonn's dynamic YA fantasy debut, reminiscent of City of Bones. On her first two nights at the University of North Carolina's Early College program, 16-year-old Bree Matthews, who is Black,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raybearer

  Ifueko, Jordan

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  The epic debut YA fantasy from an incredible new talent; perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi and Sabaa Tahir Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you've sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? Tarisai has always longed for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You : a Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning

  Reynolds, Jason

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  The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lifting as We Climb

  Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box

  Dionne, Evette

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  When the epic story of the suffrage movement in the United States is told, the most familiar leaders, speakers at meetings, and participants in marches written about or pictured are generally white. Dionne shows that the real story isn't…Read moreRead more of this annotation