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Nonfiction, Grades 6-8
- Anderson, Carol and Tonya Bolden. We Are Not Yet Equal.
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Print: click here - Brimner, Larry Dane. Twelve Days in May.
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Print: click here - Davis, Kenneth C. In the Shadow of Liberty.
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Print: click here - Hartfield, Claire. A Few Red Drops.
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Print: click here - Lowery, Lynda Blackmon. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom.
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Print: click here - Marrin, Albert. Uprooted.
Print: click here - Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom.
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Print: click here - Reynolds, Jason and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.
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Print: click here - Sheinkin, Steve. The Port Chicago 50.
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Print: click here - Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults).
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Print: click here - Stone, Tanya Lee. Courage Has No Color.
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Print: click here - Wong, David H. T. Escape to Gold Mountain.
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Fiction, Grades 6-8
- Colbert, Brandy. The Only Black Girls in Town.
Print: click here - Craft, Jerry. New Kid.
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Print: click here - Engle, Margarita. Lion Island.
Print: click here - Faulkner, Matt. Gaijin: American prisoner of war.
Print: click here - Hughes, Kiku. Displacement.
Print: click here - Lee, Stacey. The Downstairs Girl.
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Print: click here - Lee, Stacey. Outrun the Moon.
Print: click here - Lockington, Mariama. For Black Girls Like Me.
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Print: click here - Medina, Tony. I Am Alfonso Jones.
Print: click here - Myers, Walter Dean. Riot.
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Print: click here - Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Ghost Boys.
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Print: click here - Walter, Jon. My Name is Not Friday.
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Print: click here - Williams, Alicia. Genesis Begins Again.
Print: click here - Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming.
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Print: click here - Woodson, Jacqueline. Harbor Me.
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Print: click here - Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly.
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Print: click here - Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese.
Print: click here - Yang, Gene Luen. Superman Smashes the Klan.
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Nonfiction, Grades 9-12
- Anderson, Carol and Tonya Bolden. We Are Not Yet Equal.
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Print: click here - Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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Print: click here - Bennett, Michael. Things That Make White People Uncomfortable.
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Print: click here - Bui, Thi. The Best We Could Do.
Print: click here - Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me.
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Print: click here - Elliott, Zetta. Say Her Name.
Print: click here - Lee, Erika. The Making of Asian America.
Print: click here - Lowery, Lynda Blackmon. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom.
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Print: click here - Marrin, Albert. Uprooted.
Print: click here - Noah, Trevor. Born a Crime.
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Print: click here - Reynolds, Jason and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.
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Print: click here - Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults).
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Print: click here - Takei, George. They Called Us Enemy.
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Print: click here - Wong, David H. T. Escape to Gold Mountain.
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Fiction, Grades 9-12
- Amateau, Gigi. Come August, Come Freedom.
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Print: click here - Chao, Gloria. Our Wayward Fate.
Print: click here - Chee, Traci. We Are Not Free.
Print: click here - Coles, Jay. Tyler Johnson Was Here.
Print: click here - De La Cruz, Melissa. Something in Between.
Print: click here - Emezi, Akwaeke. Pet.
Print: click here - Lee, Stacey. The Downstairs Girl.
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Print: click here - Lee, Stacey. Outrun the Moon.
Print: click here - Magoon, Kekla. How it Went Down.
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Print: click here - Magoon, Kekla. Light it Up.
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Print: click here - Medina, Tony. I Am Alfonso Jones.
Print: click here - Morris, Brittney. Slay.
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Print: click here - Myers, Walter Dean. Darius & Twig.
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Print: click here - Myers, Walter Dean. Monster.
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Graphic novel: click here - Powell, Patricia Hruby. Loving vs. Virginia.
Print: click here - Pung, Alice. Lucy and Linh.
Print: click here - Reynolds, Jason. All American Boys.
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Print: click here - Reynolds, Jazon. Long Way Down.
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Print: click here - Shabazz, Ilyasah. X.
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Print: click here - Stone, Nic. Dear Martin.
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Print: click here - Sugiura, Misa. This Time Will Be Different.
Print: click here - Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give.
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Print: click here - Watson, Renee. Piecing Me Together.
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Print: click here - Watson, Renee. This Side of Home.
Print: click here - Yoon, David. Frankly in Love.
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Print: click here - Zoboi, Ibi (ed.). Black Enough.
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Databases for grades 6-12
African-American History Online
If you’re looking for…
– primary sources
– timelines
– graphs
– historical images
… on the history of African Americans.
Explora
If you’re looking for articles about…
– the history of civil rights
– racial profiling
– police brutality
…and other relevant topics.
Points of View Reference Center
If you’re looking to understand multiple points of view on…
– the Black Lives Matter movement
– flag-burning
– national anthem protests
– reparations
– affirmative action
– excessive use of police force
… and other important but controversial issues.