YA -- Juneteenth Book List
Celebrate Juneteenth with these books about the Black experience and Black history in America.
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The self-love revolution : radical body positivity for girls of color2020
Summary: Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickStamped : racism, antiracism, and you2020
Summary: 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... more »- place hold (0)
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Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world2020
Summary: An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day.- place hold (0)
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145th street : short stories2020
Summary: Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem.- place hold (0)
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The fierce 44 : black Americans who shook up the world2019
Summary: A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents 44 of America's greatest movers and shakers from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama. Illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball.- place hold (0)
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Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace2019
Summary: From Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of... more »- place hold (0)
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Trouble maker for justice : the story of Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington2019
Summary: Bayard Rustin believed that every human being deserves respect and dignity. As a child he was taught that we all have a duty to stand up to prejudice and discrimination, and that conflict must be... more »- place hold (0)
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Things that make white people uncomfortable : adapted for young adults2019
Summary: Uses humor to discuss racism and violence, denounce the NFL's abuses, and encourage black athletes in the NCAA and NFL to speak out against injustice both on and off the field.- place hold (0)
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Hot comb2019
Summary: Offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story "Hot... more »- place hold (0)
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Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow2019
Summary: This is a story about America and the shaping of its democratic values during the Reconstruction era, one of our country's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In this stirring account of the... more »- place hold (0)
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The undefeated2019
Summary: An ode to black American triumph and tribulation. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma... more »- place hold (0)
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Black enough : stories of being young & black in America2019
Summary: A collection of short stories explore 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 else.- place hold (0)
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Black lives matter2019
Summary: In 2012, a seventeen-year-old African American boy named Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood by a neighborhood vigilante. When the murderer was acquitted, shock waves ran through African... more »- place hold (0)
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We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide2018
Summary: This young adult adaptation brings Carol Anderson's ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response... more »- place hold (0)
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March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine2018
Summary: From the legendary civil rights activist comes a powerful, timely new memoir about growing up in the segregated South. Civil rights heroine Melba Pattillo Beals puts readers right in her saddle... more »- place hold (0)
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Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice2018
Summary: In this young adult adaptation, Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social... more »- place hold (0)
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Unpunished murder : massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice2018
Summary: On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The... more »- place hold (0)
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Dream country2018
Summary: 2008, Minneapolis. Kollie Flomo, at once too black and not black enough for his African American peers and worn down by the expectations of his own Liberian family and community, turns to violence.... more »- place hold (0)
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If you come softly2018
Summary: After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.- place hold (0)
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Black history in its own words2017
Summary: This book "started in January 2015 when Matt Bors asked me to find eight quotes and illustrate them for "The Nib" for February, Black History Month. I chose quotes ranging from the casual to the... more »- place hold (0)
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Unseen : unpublished Black history from the New York Times Photo Archives2017
Summary: In February 2016, Rachel Swarms, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Dana Canedy discovered dozens of photographs -- and explored the history behind them -- and chronicled them in the popular blog... more »- place hold (0)
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Dear Martin2017
Summary: Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.- place hold (0)
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Strong inside : the true story of how Perry Wallace broke college basketball's color line2017
Summary: Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites... more »- place hold (0)
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The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power2017
Summary: Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe hate u give2017
Summary: After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.- place hold (0)
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Piecing me together2017
Summary: 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... more »- place hold (0)
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Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space2016
Summary: Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic... more »- place hold (0)
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March. Book three2016
Summary: Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins... more »- place hold (0)
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You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen2016
Summary: This history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier.- place hold (0)
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March. Book two2015
Summary: After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the... more »- place hold (0)
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All American boys2015
Summary: When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.... more »- place hold (0)
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Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March2015
Summary: A 50th-anniversary tribute shares the story of the youngest person to complete the momentous Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent... more »- place hold (0)
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The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights2014
Summary: Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickBrown girl dreaming2014
Summary: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--- place hold (0)
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Lies we tell ourselves2014
Summary: In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent's daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project.- place hold (0)
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The Harlem Hellfighters2014
Summary: "This is a graphic novel about the first African-American regiment to fight in World War One"--- place hold (0)
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Staff PickMarch. Book One2013
Summary: This graphic novel is a first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow... more »- place hold (0)
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Warriors don't cry : the searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High2007
Summary: The author describes the threats and emotional abuse she endured from white student and adults along with her fears of endangering her family as she committed to being one of the first African... more »- place hold (0)
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Fire from the rock2007
Summary: In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black... more »- place hold (0)
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A wreath for Emmett Till2005
Summary: Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a while woman, and whose murderers... more »- place hold (0)
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