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• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | The New York Public Library

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  The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African…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 and adolescence growing up as a gay black man. [Available in other formats]

• Black Enough

  Stories of Being Young & Black in America

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  A collection of short stories explores what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi,

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  Zélie, her brother Tzain, and princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. [Available in other formats]

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic,

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  Profiled by a racist police officer in spite of his excellent academic achievements and Ivy League acceptance, a disgruntled college youth navigates the prejudices of new classmates and his crush on a white girl by writing a journal to Dr.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Alfonso Jones

  Medina, Tony,

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  Illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings | 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Mercy

  Adapted for Young Adults : a True Story of the Fight for Justice

  Stevenson, Bryan,

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  Details the author's personal experience, challenges, and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate to find justice for America's most marginalized people.

• March

  Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-

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  Illustrated by Nate Powell | A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March. Book Two

  Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-

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  Illustrated by Nate Powell | By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis prepares to risk everything in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March. Book Three

  Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-

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  Illustrated by Nate Powell | The award-winning, best-selling series returns, as John Lewis' story continues through Freedom Rides and the legendary 1963 March on Washington. [Available in other formats]

• Pet

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster. [Available in other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Piecing Me Together

  Watson, Renée,

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  Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Poet X

  a Novel

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  When Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's expectations and her need to be heard. [Available in other formats]

• Riot

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

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  In 1863, Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and the draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slay

  Morris, Brittney,

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  An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide. [Available in other formats]

• A Song Below Water

  Morrow, Bethany C.,

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  In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren powers. [Available in other formats]

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America. [Available in other formats]

• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

  Petrus, Junauda,

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  Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness. [Available in other formats]

• This Book Is Anti-racist

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  Learn language and phrases to interrupt and disrupt racism. So, when you hear a microaggression or racial slur, you'll know how to act next time. [Available in other formats]