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A history of racism in America / Craig E. Blohm.
Blohm, Craig E.,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Blo Collection: TX
ISBN: 1678201685 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2022
Target Audience: 7-12 Perma-Bound Books. 8.0 Perma-Bound Books.
"The struggle against racism takes many forms: statues of Confederate heroes have been removed, Confederate-named schools have been renamed, and efforts to help minorities vote have been made. But despite these accomplishments in confronting racism, there is more work to be done. Removing statues and changing names are outward demonstrations of the fight against racism, but in the end, change must begin in the hearts of all Americans"--
Provided by publisher.
Blohm, Craig E.,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Blo Collection: TX
ISBN: 1678201685 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2022
Target Audience: 7-12 Perma-Bound Books. 8.0 Perma-Bound Books.
"The struggle against racism takes many forms: statues of Confederate heroes have been removed, Confederate-named schools have been renamed, and efforts to help minorities vote have been made. But despite these accomplishments in confronting racism, there is more work to be done. Removing statues and changing names are outward demonstrations of the fight against racism, but in the end, change must begin in the hearts of all Americans"--
Provided by publisher.
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you / written by Jason Reynolds ; adapted from Stamped from the beginning by and with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi.
Reynolds, Jason,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.800 Rey Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780316453691 (hardcover) :
Pub. Info: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Target Audience: Ages 14-17. Grades 9-12.
"A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning."
A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning.
Reynolds, Jason,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.800 Rey Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780316453691 (hardcover) :
Pub. Info: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Target Audience: Ages 14-17. Grades 9-12.
"A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning."
A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning.
Racism and prejudice / Marguerite Rodger and Jessie Rodger.
Rodger, Marguerite.
Branch: 1033
Call Number: 305.8 Rod Collection: TX
ISBN: 0778721361
Pub. Info: St. Catharines, ON ; New York : Crabtree Pub., c2011.
Target Audience: 1000 Lexile. 7.3. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 1.0 140621 IN.
A discussion of racism and prejudice, explaining what it is, examining the history of racism, offering advice on how to combat the problem, and including coping strategies.
Rodger, Marguerite.
Branch: 1033
Call Number: 305.8 Rod Collection: TX
ISBN: 0778721361
Pub. Info: St. Catharines, ON ; New York : Crabtree Pub., c2011.
Target Audience: 1000 Lexile. 7.3. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 1.0 140621 IN.
A discussion of racism and prejudice, explaining what it is, examining the history of racism, offering advice on how to combat the problem, and including coping strategies.
Surrounded : America's first school for Black girls, 1832 / writer, Wilfrid Lupano ; artist and colorist, Stâephane Fert ; translation, Montana Kane ; lettering: Cromatik ltd.
Lupano, Wilfrid,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: GN 371.829 Lup Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781681123486
Pub. Info: New York : NBM Graphic Novels, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Translation of: Blanc autour.
"Originally published by Dargaud Benelux (Dargaud-Lombard s.a.) in 2020"--Title page verso.
Presents a graphic novel chronicling the history of an all girls' school in Canterbury, Connecticut, that opened in 1832 and allowed Black girls to enroll, and explores the efforts of Prudence Crandall as a civil rights pioneer as she opened the school's doors to Black girls at a time when slavery still existed and racism reigned. Highlights how racial violence led to the school being closed after it was burned to the ground, and examines how the girls were still determined to continue their education. Includes back matter.
Lupano, Wilfrid,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: GN 371.829 Lup Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781681123486
Pub. Info: New York : NBM Graphic Novels, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Translation of: Blanc autour.
"Originally published by Dargaud Benelux (Dargaud-Lombard s.a.) in 2020"--Title page verso.
Presents a graphic novel chronicling the history of an all girls' school in Canterbury, Connecticut, that opened in 1832 and allowed Black girls to enroll, and explores the efforts of Prudence Crandall as a civil rights pioneer as she opened the school's doors to Black girls at a time when slavery still existed and racism reigned. Highlights how racial violence led to the school being closed after it was burned to the ground, and examines how the girls were still determined to continue their education. Includes back matter.
The talk / Darrin Bell.
Bell, Darrin,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: B Bel Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250349958
Pub. Info: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Target Audience: 11-Adult.
Presents a graphic novel biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell, detailing his experiences with racism from his childhood through adulthood. Discusses The Talk, the conversations Black parents must have with their children about racism they will face throughout their lives.
Bell, Darrin,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: B Bel Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250349958
Pub. Info: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Target Audience: 11-Adult.
Presents a graphic novel biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell, detailing his experiences with racism from his childhood through adulthood. Discusses The Talk, the conversations Black parents must have with their children about racism they will face throughout their lives.
This book is anti-racist / by Tiffany Jewell ; illustrated by Aurâelia Durand.
Jewell, Tiffany,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Jew Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780711245211
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2020.
Target Audience: 6.8. 6-10.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.8 3.0
Offers young people twenty illustrated lessons with activities for standing up to racism. Provides information on understanding your own identity, personal and institutional racism, the history of prejudice, and ways to take action against racism. Features extensive backmatter including a glossary of terms, notes on the text, and resources for further information.
Jewell, Tiffany,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Jew Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780711245211
Pub. Info: Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2020.
Target Audience: 6.8. 6-10.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.8 3.0
Offers young people twenty illustrated lessons with activities for standing up to racism. Provides information on understanding your own identity, personal and institutional racism, the history of prejudice, and ways to take action against racism. Features extensive backmatter including a glossary of terms, notes on the text, and resources for further information.
Lies my teacher told me : a graphic adaptation / James W. Loewen ; adapted & illustrated by Nate Powell.
Powell, Nate,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 973 Pow Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781620977033
Pub. Info: [New York, New York] : Two Rivers Distribution, [2024]
Target Audience: 9-12.
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of James W. Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me," which challenges the prevailing version of American history taught in public schools. Highlights the falsehoods presented about Christopher Columbus, the first Thanksgiving, slavery, the Civil War, the federal government, the war in Vietnam, and post-9/11 politics in American history textbooks.
Powell, Nate,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 973 Pow Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781620977033
Pub. Info: [New York, New York] : Two Rivers Distribution, [2024]
Target Audience: 9-12.
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of James W. Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me," which challenges the prevailing version of American history taught in public schools. Highlights the falsehoods presented about Christopher Columbus, the first Thanksgiving, slavery, the Civil War, the federal government, the war in Vietnam, and post-9/11 politics in American history textbooks.
Uncomfortable conversations with a black boy / Emmanuel Acho.
Acho, Emmanuel,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Ach Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250801067
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Target Audience: 6-8.
"A young readers' adaptation of Uncomfortable conversations with a black man"--Jacket.
Emmanuel Acho, former NFL football player, discusses his experiences with white privilege, microaggressions, bias, color blindness, and systemic racism during his life, and provides ways to combat racial injustice and be an anti-racist ally. Includes additional resources.
Acho, Emmanuel,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Ach Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250801067
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Target Audience: 6-8.
"A young readers' adaptation of Uncomfortable conversations with a black man"--Jacket.
Emmanuel Acho, former NFL football player, discusses his experiences with white privilege, microaggressions, bias, color blindness, and systemic racism during his life, and provides ways to combat racial injustice and be an anti-racist ally. Includes additional resources.
White lies : how the South lost the Civil War and then rewrote the history / Ann Bausum.
Bausum, Ann,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 973.7 Bau Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250816573
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2025.
Target Audience: 7-12.
Explores the Lost Cause propaganda that appeared after the Civil War ended, perpetuated by White Southerners seeking to maintain power and control in the South, that gave rise to segregation and a perpetual system of discrimination. Exposes twenty lies perpetuated by the Lost Cause, including that slavery was a compassionate institution, the Civil War wasn't fought over slavery, and the Confederate battle flag is a symbol of southern honor, and explains the fallacies behind them and the ways they were ingratiated into American culture through entertainment, history books, and public policy.
Bausum, Ann,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 973.7 Bau Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250816573
Pub. Info: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2025.
Target Audience: 7-12.
Explores the Lost Cause propaganda that appeared after the Civil War ended, perpetuated by White Southerners seeking to maintain power and control in the South, that gave rise to segregation and a perpetual system of discrimination. Exposes twenty lies perpetuated by the Lost Cause, including that slavery was a compassionate institution, the Civil War wasn't fought over slavery, and the Confederate battle flag is a symbol of southern honor, and explains the fallacies behind them and the ways they were ingratiated into American culture through entertainment, history books, and public policy.
Rising from the ashes : Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a city on fire / Paula Yoo.
Yoo, Paula,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Yoo Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781324030904
Pub. Info: New York : Norton Young Readers, 2024.
Target Audience: 7.2. 7-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 7.2 11.0
Chronicles the events surrounding Los Angeles's 1992 uprising in the wake of the brutal beating and death of a Black man named Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department and its impact on its Korean and Black American communities in the city's Koreatown where racial tensions had simmered for years. Highlights the lives and deaths of three people and their families: Rodney King; Latasha Harlins, a Black teenager shot and killed by a Korean American storeowner; and Eddie Lee, a Korean American man killed in the unrest. Includes black-and-white photographs and maps.
Yoo, Paula,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: 305.8 Yoo Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781324030904
Pub. Info: New York : Norton Young Readers, 2024.
Target Audience: 7.2. 7-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 7.2 11.0
Chronicles the events surrounding Los Angeles's 1992 uprising in the wake of the brutal beating and death of a Black man named Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department and its impact on its Korean and Black American communities in the city's Koreatown where racial tensions had simmered for years. Highlights the lives and deaths of three people and their families: Rodney King; Latasha Harlins, a Black teenager shot and killed by a Korean American storeowner; and Eddie Lee, a Korean American man killed in the unrest. Includes black-and-white photographs and maps.