Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
By Charles Waters and Irene Latham
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Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice
By Jillian Roberts
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Gives a comprehensive introduction to the topic of prejudice.
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
By Wade Hudson
What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice to young activists.
All Are Welcome
By Alexandra Penfold
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce a school where diversity is celebrated and songs, stories, and talents are shared.
A Ride to Remember : a Civil Rights Story
By Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, Floyd Cooper
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When Sharon Langley was born, amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed in. This picture book tells how a community came together--both black and white--to make a change.
It All Comes Down to This
By Karen English
In the summer of 1965, Sophie's family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles. When riots erupt in nearby Watts, she learns that life and her own place in it are a lot more complicated than they had seemed.
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement.
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By Kadir Nelson
Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.