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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Our Black Sons Matter is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. From Trayvon Martin to Tamir Rice, the list of young black men who have suffered racial violence continues to grow. Young black people also deal with profound stereotypes and structural barriers. And yet, young black men are often paradoxically revered as icons of cultural...
71) The seeing stone
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own. The year is 1199 and on the borders of England and Wales young Arthur de Caldicot waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives Arthur a shining black stone, and in...
74) Look up!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A nearly wordless story about compassion, friendship, and perspective. High on a balcony, a girl watches the world - passerbys hurrying along, carrying umbrellas in the rain, riding bikes and walking dogs. She wishes that someone - anyone! - would look up and notice her. Finally, one day, a boy does. Realizing she can't anything but the tops of people's heads, he lays flat on the pavement..and then another person does...and another. The girl smiles,...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Fièvre offers affirmations and words of empowerment to help Black young men get through the day. In addition to prompts to help readers reflect and divulge what they are feeling on a deeper level, she includes instruction for gaining perspective, freedom, and power in the face of macro- and microaggressions. Designed to be spread over 52 weeks, the lessons will help you get motivated to make real changes in your life and your way of thinking. --...
80) Brown boy joy
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Series
Publisher
Thomishia Booker
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This volume is filled with all the things little brown boys love. Featured in Netflix Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices. The books featured in the series were chosen using a social justice education framework that focused on concepts of identity, respect, justice, and action.
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