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Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography about Ida B. Wells and her life as a suffragist, with a focus on the Women's March of 1913"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With [this book], ... Oluo aims to show how people across America are working to create real positive change in our structures. Looking at many of our most powerful systems--like education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more--she highlights what people are doing to create change for intersectional racial equity. She also illustrates various ways in which the reader can find entryways into change in these same areas, or can bring some...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 554 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping yet personal overview of the latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the US population,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
483 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools. Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the changes sweeping the country. On Chicago's North Shore,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
v, 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A pioneering scholar offers this new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works and how we can fight back, revealing how hard-to-see systemic connections function to disproportionately contain, exploit and punish Black people and showing us how to create a more just America for us all.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Our Hidden Conversations is a unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories. --
The prompt seemed simple: Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send. The answers,...
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