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• The Breaking News

  Reul, Sarah Lynne,

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• Not My Idea

  a Book About Whiteness,

  Higginbotham, Anastasia,

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• Anti-Defamation League's Suggested Children's Books

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  Help create a lasting impression using the best kid literature on bias, diversity and social justice from ADL's recommended collection of children's books.

• Something Happened in Our Town

  a Child's Story About Racial Injustice

  Celano, Marianne,

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• Talking to Kids about Racism and Justice - Oakland Public Library

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• The Whispering Town

  Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer

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  In Denmark during World War II, young Annet, her parents, and their neighbors help a Jewish family hide from Nazi soldiers until it is safe for them to leave Annet's basement.

• Unity and Justice Booklists a booklist from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

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  The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is a division of the American Library Association. ALSC’s core purpose is creating a better future for children through libraries. ALSC advances that purpose through the core values…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 'Working Together' a booklist from the Association for Library Service to Children

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  A follow up to compliment 'Unity.Kindness.Peace'

• Tell Them We Remember

  the Story of the Holocaust

  Bachrach, Susan D., 1948-

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  Draws on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's collections of artifacts, photographs, maps, and taped oral and video histories to teach young people about this period of history.

• As Good as Anybody

  Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom

  Michelson, Richard

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Different Now

  Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

  Johnson, Angela, 1961-

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  In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.

• Freedom Over Me

  Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life

  Bryan, Ashley,

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  Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away.

• A History of US

  Hakim, Joy

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  10 vol set covering Prehistory to the 20th Century