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Gun Violence
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The Golden Hour
by
Niki Smith
Call Number: PZ7.7.S6425 Gol 2021
ISBN: 9780316540377
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Gun Violence and the Fight for Public Safety
by
Elliott Smith
Call Number: HV 7436 .S595 2022
ISBN: 9781728423401
Publication Date: 2021-08-01
The Shape of Thunder
by
Jasmine Warga
Call Number: PZ7.1.W37 Sh 2021
ISBN: 9780062956675
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
Simon Sort of Says
by
Erin Bow
Call Number: PZ7.B67167 Si 2023
ISBN: 9781368082853
Publication Date: 2023-01-31
Something Happened in Our Park
by
Ann Hazzard; Marianne Celano; Marietta Collins; Keith Henry Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.H3973 Som 2021
ISBN: 9781433835216
Publication Date: 2021-05-01
Aunt Pearl
by
Monica Kulling; Irene Luxbacher (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.K9490155 Au 2019
ISBN: 9781773061535
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Born Behind Bars
by
Padma Venkatraman
Call Number: PZ7.V5578 Bo 2021
ISBN: 9780593112472
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
Danté Plays His Blues
by
Allen R. Wells; Shamar Knight-Justice (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.W4355383 Dan 2024
ISBN: 9780063216259
Publication Date: 2024-07-09
Dear Librarian
by
Lydia M. Sigwarth; Romina Galotta (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS3619.I477 D43 2021
ISBN: 9780374313906
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
A Duet for Home
by
Karina Yan Glaser
Call Number: PZ 7.1 .G5847 Du 2022
ISBN: 9780544876408
Publication Date: 2022-04-05
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
by
Kelly J. Baptist
Call Number: PZ7.1.B3674 Is 2021
ISBN: 9780593121399
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
I Wish You Knew
by
Jackie Azúa Kramer; Magdalena Mora (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.A995 Iw 2021
ISBN: 9781250226303
Publication Date: 2021-05-25
Not Pop-Pop
by
Angela De Groot; MacKenzie Haley (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.D3975 No 2024
ISBN: 9780593578926
Publication Date: 2024-08-27
Vanishing Colors
by
Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen; Akin Düzakin (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.O762 Van 2019
ISBN: 9780802855183
Publication Date: 2019-03-01
Accused
by
Adama Bah
Call Number: HV6432 .B326 2021
ISBN: 9781324016632
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by
Benjamin Alire Sáenz; Mark Brabant (Cover Design by)
Call Number: PZ7 .S1273 Ar 2012
ISBN: 9781442408920
Publication Date: 2012-02-21
The Awakening of Malcolm X
by
Ilyasah Shabazz; Tiffany D. Jackson
Call Number: PZ7.1.S47 Aw 2021
ISBN: 9780374313296
Publication Date: 2021-01-05
Dear Justyce
by
Nic Stone
Call Number: PZ7.1.S7546 Dc 2020
ISBN: 9781984829665
Publication Date: 2020-09-29
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
by
Janae Marks
Call Number: PZ7.1.M3722 Fro 2020
ISBN: 9780062875853
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
by
Bryan A. Stevenson
Call Number: KF373 .S7435 A3 2018
ISBN: 9780525580034
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Knock Knock
by
Daniel Beaty; Bryan Collier (Artist)
Call Number: PZ7 .B3805475 Kn 2013
ISBN: 9780316209175
Publication Date: 2013-12-17
Mass Incarceration, Black Men, and the Fight for Justice
by
Cicely Lewis
Call Number: HV 9471 L47 2022
ISBN: 9781728423425
Publication Date: 2021-08-01
Milo Imagines the World
by
Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.P3725 Mil 2021
ISBN: 9780399549083
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Missing Daddy
by
Mariame Kaba; bria royal (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.K112 Mis 2019 (and eBook)
ISBN: 1642590363
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
by
Jen Ferguson
Call Number: PZ7.1.F4853 Su 2022
ISBN: 9780063086166
Publication Date: 2022-05-10
This Is My America
by
Kim Johnson
Call Number: PZ7.1.J623 Th 2020
ISBN: 9780593118764
Publication Date: 2020-07-28
Tight
by
Torrey Maldonado
Call Number: PZ7 .M2927 Tig 2018
ISBN: 9781524740559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
A Wish in the Dark
by
Christina Soontornvat
ISBN: 1536204943
Publication Date: 2020-03-24
For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
by
Michael Waters; Michael W. Waters; Keisha Morris (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7.1.W3967 For 2020
ISBN: 9781947888081
Publication Date: 2020-09-22
Ghost Boys
by
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Call Number: PZ7 .R3476235 Gho 2018
ISBN: 9780316262286
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
I Rise
by
Marie Arnold
Call Number: PZ7.1.A7632 Iar 2022
ISBN: 9780358449041
Publication Date: 2022-08-02
Kent State
by
Deborah Wiles
Call Number: PZ7.5.W5 Ke 2020
ISBN: 9781338356281
Publication Date: 2020-04-21
The Talk
by
Darrin Bell
Call Number: E185.86 .B37797 2023
ISBN: 9781250805140
Publication Date: 2023-06-06
Use of Force and the Fight Against Police Brutality
by
Elliott Smith
Call Number: HV8141 .S595 2022
ISBN: 9781728428826
Publication Date: 2021-08-01
Abuela, Don't Forget Me
by
Rex Ogle
Call Number: HQ759.9 .O27 2022
ISBN: 9781324019954
Publication Date: 2022-09-06
The Blue House
by
Phoebe Wahl
Call Number: PZ7.1.L59 Blu 2020
ISBN: 9781984893369
Publication Date: 2020-08-11
Code Red
by
Joy McCullough
Call Number: PZ7.1.M43412 Co 2023
ISBN: 9781534496262
Publication Date: 2023-06-13
Esos Zapatos
by
Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.B635744 Tho18 2018
ISBN: 9781536203929
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
My Best Friend's Bangles
by
Thushanthi Ponweera; Maithili Joshi (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.P6433 Rai 2024
ISBN: 9781665921718
Publication Date: 2024-06-11
Road Home
by
Rex Ogle
Call Number: HV1431 .O35 2024
ISBN: 9781324019923
Publication Date: 2024-05-14
Safe Passage
by
G. Neri; David Brame (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7.N46 Saf 2024
ISBN: 9781643790343
Publication Date: 2024-03-26
The Wishing Machine
by
Jonathan Hillman; Nadia Alam (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.H5656 Wi 2023
ISBN: 9781665922302
Publication Date: 2023-10-17
Accountable
by
Dashka Slater
Call Number: LC212.422. C2 S53 2023
ISBN: 9780374314347
Publication Date: 2023-08-22
All Aboard the Schooltrain: a Little Story from the Great Migration
by
Glenda Armand; Keisha Morris (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.A697 Al 2023
ISBN: 9781338766899
Publication Date: 2023-01-03
An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)
by
Dare Coulter (Illustrator); Kwame Alexander
Call Number: E441 .A5758 2023
ISBN: 9780316473125
Publication Date: 2023-01-03
Antiracist Baby Picture Book
by
Ibram X. Kendi; Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.3.K353 Ant 2020
ISBN: 9780593110508
Publication Date: 2020-07-14
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers
by
Zora Neale Hurston; Ibram X. Kendi; Jazzmen Lee-Johnson (Illustrator)
Call Number: E444.L49 H87 2024
ISBN: 9780063098336
Publication Date: 2024-01-23
Black Birds in the Sky
by
Brandy Colbert
Call Number: F704.T92 C65 2021
ISBN: 9780063056664
Publication Date: 2021-10-05
Black Brother, Black Brother
by
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Call Number: PZ7.R3476235 Bl 2020
ISBN: 9780316493802
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Black Star
by
Kwame Alexander
Call Number: PZ7.5.A44 Bl 2024
ISBN: 9780316442596
Publication Date: 2024-09-24
BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
by
Carole Boston Weatherford; Michele Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: E450 .B873 2020
ISBN: 9780763691561
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Call and Response: the Story of Black Lives Matter
by
Veronica Chambers
Call Number: E185.615 .C54 2021
ISBN: 9780358573418
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
Choosing Brave
by
Angela Joy; Janelle Washington (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185.97.T546 J69 2022
ISBN: 9781250220950
Publication Date: 2022-09-06
Count Me In
by
Varsha Bajaj
Call Number: PZ7.B1682 Cou 2019
ISBN: 9780525517245
Publication Date: 2019-08-27
Displacement
by
Kiku Hughes
Call Number: PN6727.H836 D57 2020
ISBN: 9781250193537
Publication Date: 2020-08-18
The Door of No Return
by
Kwame Alexander
Call Number: PZ7.5.A44 Do 2022
ISBN: 9780316441865
Publication Date: 2022-09-27
Do You Know Them?
by
Shana Keller; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.K4179 Do 2024
ISBN: 9781665913072
Publication Date: 2024-01-09
Fire in the Streets
by
Kekla Magoon
Call Number: PZ7.M2739 Fir 2013
ISBN: 9781442422315
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
The First Step
by
Susan E. Goodman; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: KF228.R56 G66 2016
ISBN: 9780802737397
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
by
Michael Waters; Michael W. Waters; Keisha Morris (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7.1.W3967 For 2020
ISBN: 9781947888081
Publication Date: 2020-09-22
For Lamb
by
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Call Number: PZ7.C622812 Fo 2023
ISBN: 9780823450152
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Freewater (Newbery and Coretta Scott King Award Winner)
by
Amina Luqman-Dawson
Call Number: PZ7.1.L865 Fr 2022
ISBN: 9780316056618
Publication Date: 2022-02-01
Game of Freedom
by
Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: GV1796.C145 T66 2023
ISBN: 9781419764585
Publication Date: 2023-10-24
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book
by
Tonya Bolden; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185.61 .B676 2022
ISBN: 9780062967404
Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Goodnight Racism
by
Ibram X. Kendi; Cbabi Bayoc (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7.1 .K475 Go 2022
ISBN: 9780593110515
Publication Date: 2022-06-14
The Great Migration
by
Eloise Greenfield; Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS 3557 .R39416 G74 2011
ISBN: 9780061259210
Publication Date: 2010-12-21
Home Is Not a Country
by
Safia Elhillo
Call Number: PZ7.5.E42 Ho 2021
ISBN: 9780593177051
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
by
Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185.97.C835 W43 2023
ISBN: 9781536215540
Publication Date: 2023-04-11
The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze
by
Derrick Barnes
Call Number: PZ7.B26154 In 2025
ISBN: 9781984836755
Publication Date: 2025-09-23
Indian No More
by
Charlene Willing McManis; Traci Sorell
Call Number: PS3613 .C58495 I53 2019
ISBN: 9781620148396
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
I Rise
by
Marie Arnold
Call Number: PZ7.1.A7632 Iar 2022
ISBN: 9780358449041
Publication Date: 2022-08-02
The Legacy of Jim Crow
by
Clarence A. Haynes; Jennifer Sabin (Created by); David Ikard (Introduction by)
Call Number: E185.61 .H42 2022
ISBN: 9780593385999
Publication Date: 2022-02-15
The Legend of Auntie Po
by
Shing Yin Khor
Call Number: PZ7.7.K48 Le 2021
ISBN: 9780525554882
Publication Date: 2021-06-15
Linked
by
Gordon Korman
Call Number: PZ7.K8369 Lin 2021
ISBN: 9781338629118
Publication Date: 2021-07-20
A Long Time Coming
by
Ray Anthony Shepard; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185.96 .S44 2023
ISBN: 9781662680663
Publication Date: 2023-08-08
Love from a to Z
by
S. K. Ali
Call Number: PZ7.1.A436 Lov 2019
ISBN: 9781534442726
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Maizy Chen's Last Chance
by
Lisa Yee
Call Number: PZ7.Y3638 Mai 2022
ISBN: 9781984830258
Publication Date: 2022-02-01
Moving Forward
by
Chris Barton; Steffi Walthall (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185.97.Y35 B37 2022
ISBN: 9781534473652
Publication Date: 2022-01-11
My Lost Freedom
by
George Takei; Michelle Lee (Illustrator)
Call Number: D769.8.A6 T325 2024
ISBN: 9780593566350
Publication Date: 2024-04-16
New from Here
by
Kelly Yang
Call Number: PZ7.1.Y365 Ne 2022
ISBN: 9781534488304
Publication Date: 2022-03-01
Northbound: a Train Ride Out of Segregation
by
Michael S. Bandy; Eric Stein; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7 .B22125 No 2020
ISBN: 0763696501
Publication Date: 2020-10-13
One of the Good Ones
by
Maika Moulite; Maritza Moulite
Call Number: PZ7.1.M6795 On 2021
ISBN: 9781335145802
Publication Date: 2021-01-05
The Other Talk
by
Brendan Kiely; Jason Reynolds (Introduction by)
Call Number: E184.A1 K444 2021
ISBN: 9781534494046
Publication Date: 2021-09-21
Our Skin: a First Conversation about Race
by
Megan Madison; Jessica Ralli; Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
Call Number: HT1521 .M23 2021
ISBN: 9780593382639
Publication Date: 2021-03-16
Overground Railroad
by
Lesa Cline-Ransome; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.C622812 Ov 2020
ISBN: 9780823438730
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Piece by Piece: the Story of Nisrin's Hijab
by
Priya Huq (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7.H87 Pi 2021
ISBN: 9781419740169
Publication Date: 2021-11-16
Prairie Lotus
by
Linda Sue Park
Call Number: PZ7.P22115 Pr 2020
ISBN: 9781328781505
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Punching the Air
by
Ibi Zoboi; Yusef Salaam
ISBN: 9780062996480
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
The Reckoning
by
Wade Hudson
Call Number: PZ7.H868 Re 2024
ISBN: 9780593647776
Publication Date: 2024-01-02
A Ride to Remember
by
Sharon Langley; Amy Nathan; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: F189.B19 N447 2020
ISBN: 9781419736858
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Rise Up!
by
Crystal Marie Fleming
Call Number: E184.A1 F5763 2021
ISBN: 9781250226389
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
Rising from the Ashes
by
Paula Yoo
Call Number: F869.L89 Y66 2024
ISBN: 9781324030904
Publication Date: 2024-05-07
Ron's Big Mission
by
Rose Blue; Corinne Naden; Don Tate (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.B6248 Ron 2009
ISBN: 9780525478492
Publication Date: 2009-01-22
Seen and Unseen
by
Lauren Tamaki (Illustrator); Elizabeth Partridge
Call Number: D769.8.A6 P365 2022
ISBN: 9781452165103
Publication Date: 2022-10-25
She Came to Slay
by
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Call Number: E444.T82 D86 2019
ISBN: 9781982139599
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
Skin Again
by
Bell Hooks; Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: HM1271 .H66 2022
ISBN: 9780316412933
Publication Date: 2022-08-23
Stamped (for Kids)
by
Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi; Sonja Cherry-Paul (Adapted by); Rachelle Baker (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185 .C5125 2021
ISBN: 9780316167581
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by
Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E184.A1 R49 2020 (and also eBook)
ISBN: 9780316453677
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
Stand up and Speak Out Against Racism
by
Yassmin Abdel-Magied; Aleesha Nandhra (Illustrator)
Call Number: HT1521 .A234 2024
ISBN: 9781536231335
Publication Date: 2023-09-05
Stealing Home
by
J. Torres; David Namisato (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7.T67 Ste 2021
ISBN: 9781525303340
Publication Date: 2021-10-05
The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers)
by
Heather McGhee
Call Number: E185.8 .M38 2023
ISBN: 9780593562628
Publication Date: 2023-02-21
Sweet Justice
by
Mara Rockliff; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: F 334 .M79 G557 2022
ISBN: 9781524720643
Publication Date: 2022-01-11
The Talk
by
Wade Hudson (Editor); Cheryl Willis Hudson (Editor)
Call Number: E185.61 .T19 2020 (and eBook)
ISBN: 9780593121634
Publication Date: 2020-08-11
The Talk
by
Alicia D. Williams; Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.W5456 Tal 2022
ISBN: 9781534495296
Publication Date: 2022-10-18
That Flag
by
Tameka Fryer Brown; Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.B79757 Th 2023
ISBN: 9780063093447
Publication Date: 2023-01-31
They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition
by
George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker
Call Number: D769.8.A6 T356 2020
ISBN: 9781603094702
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
This Book Is Anti-Racist
by
Tiffany Jewell; Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)
Call Number: HT1521 .J49 2020
ISBN: 9780711245211
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
This Thing of Ours
by
Frederick Joseph
Call Number: PZ7.1.J7853 Thi 2025
ISBN: 9781536233469
Publication Date: 2025-05-06
Unspeakable
by
Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: F704.T92 W43 2021
ISBN: 9781541581203
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
We Are Not Free
by
Traci Chee
Call Number: PZ7.1.C497 We 2020 (and eBook)
ISBN: 9780358131434
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
Why?
by
Taye Diggs; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.D57653 Wh 2021
ISBN: 9781250806093
Publication Date: 2022-02-01
Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
by
Saadia Faruqi
Call Number: Juv PZ7.1.F373 Yus 2021
ISBN: 9780062943255
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines
by
Dean Robbins; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
Call Number: GV1796.M3 R63 2021
ISBN: 9781536206081
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
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