Everything You Need to Know about Sexism (Need to Know Library)
by Carol Hand
MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel. Their names stand for the quest for justice and equality.Martin grew up in a loving family in the American South, at a time when this country was plagued by racial discrimination. He aimed to put a stop to it. He became a minister like his daddy, and he preached and marched for his cause.Abraham grew up in a loving family many years earlier, in a Europe that did not welcome Jews. He found a new home in America, where he became a respected rabbi...
While Americans fought for freedom and democracy abroad, fear and suspicion towards Japanese Americans swept the country after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Culling information from extensive, previously unpublished interviews and oral histories with Japanese American survivors of internment camps, Martin W. Sandler gives an in-depth account of their lives before, during their imprisonment, and after their release. Bringing readers inside life in the internment camps and explaining how a...
Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese.
Celebrating Differences Pack A of 4 (Celebrating Differences)
by Melissa Higgins
A true celebration of our diverse communities. Simple text and large, gorgeous photos affirm that while we have different backgrounds, characteristics, and experiences we all have the same need for tolerance, respect and friendship.
Explore a little-known story of the civil rights movement, in which black and white citizens in one Alabama city worked together nonviolently to end segregation. Mention the civil rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images of terrible violence. But something different was happening in Huntsville. For the citizens of that city, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. In an engaging celebration of this lesser-k...
Blacks in Paris: African American Culture in Europe (Freedom's Promise)
by Duchess Harris and Anitra Budd
March on Washington and Its Legacy (Freedom's Promise)
by Duchess Harris
Six young people discuss their feelings about their own ethnic backgrounds and about their experiences with people of different races.
Vanessa Nakate (Little People, Big Dreams)
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Vanessa Nakate, the Ugandan climate-justice activist. As a kid, when little Vanessa heard about climate change, she thought it was something that happened on the other side of the world. As an adult, she saw how droughts led to crop failure that left families hungry. Inspired by other activists, Vanessa took a stand and began campaigning to save the Congoli...
The Civil War (African American History) (African-American History (Abdo))
by Jim Ollhoff
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (Exploring the Issues)
Genocide in Armenia (Bearing Witness: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Modern)
by Zoe Lowery and Jeri Freedman
Killing of George Floyd (Special Reports)
by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD and Alexis Burling
Informed She/He/They/Them Understanding Gender Identity
by Rebecca Stanborough