Civil & Human Rights
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Man on a Mission: James Meredith and the Battle of Ole Miss
$22.95 Add to cartIn 1962, James Meredith famously desegregated the University of Mississippi (a.k.a. Ole Miss). As the first Black American admitted to the school, he demonstrated great courage amidst the subsequent p
- Author: Goudsouzian, Aram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: July 06 2022
- ISBN10: 168226212X
- Language: English
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Simple Acts: The Busy Teen’s Guide to Making a Difference
$16.99 Read moreSimple and actionable tools to help busy young people make a difference in the world.
Young people can make a difference in the world no matter how busy they are. Simple Acts shows them how, with easy- Author: Silverstein, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1631986260
- Language: English
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They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds
$14.99 Add to cartThey Called Me 299-359 is an anthology of poetry and essays written, edited, and compiled by incarcerated youth who are Free Minds Book Club members, held both at the DC Jail and in adult federal faci
- Author: Writers, Free Minds
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: November 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1950807150
- Language: English
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The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found
$18.99 Read moreAn unflinching look at ten young lives suspended outside of time–and bravely proceeding anyway–inside the Katsikas refugee camp in Greece.
Every war, famine, and flood spits out survivors. The Unite- Author: Nayeri, Dina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1536213624
- Language: English
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Unequal: A Story of America
$12.99 Read moreFinalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award
New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau show how racial inequality perm- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0759557039
- Language: English
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A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
$19.99 Read moreThis mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of cul
- Author: Hartfield, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0358667992
- Language: English
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The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging
$24.95 Read morePeople with disabilities (PWDs) have the same aspirations for their lives as you do for yours.
The difference is that PWDs don’t have the same access to education, employment, housing, transportation
- Series: Orca Issues
- Author: Leavitt, Hannalora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1459819284
- Language: English
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Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town That Looked Away
$19.99 Add to cartHere is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges … [more below]
- Author: Cooper, Candy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1662620136
- Language: English
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Taking on the Plastics Crisis
$9.99 Add to cart“Taking on the Plastics Crisis delivers straightforward advise for getting involved in the global movement to eliminate single-use plastics.” — Booklist, Starred Review
“Brief yet inspirational, this- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Testa, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 593223330
- Language: English
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The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
$17.99 Read moreThe instant New York Times bestseller
Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists a… [more below]- Author: Joseph, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1536217018
- Language: English
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One Person, No Vote (YA Edition): How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally
$19.99 Add to cartA timely and essential history of Black voter suppression, adapted from the National Book Award longlisted adult book
This young adult adaptation brings to light the shocking truth about how not every- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1547601078
- Language: English
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Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights
$13.95 Read moreA book about the fight for queer rights, beautifully illustrated with bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight.
Around one o’clock in the morning on June 28, 1969, police raided- Author: Lawson, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717914
- Language: English
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Stay Up: Racism, Resistance, and Reclaiming Black Freedom
$14.99 Add to cartAn incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice.
Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where
- Author: Dill, Khodi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1773218085
- Language: English
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Breaking the Chains: African American Slave Resistance
$16.95 Read moreCentering Black voices and the narratives of enslaved people, this young adult history offers a thoroughly researched account with first-hand testimonies of how people in bondage were themselves a dri
- Author: Katz, William Loren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 164421265X
- Language: English
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I Have the Right
$18.95 Read moreA BOOKSTAGANG FUTURE CLASSIC, 2023
A stunningly illustrated and essential volume on children’s rights: an introduction for kids and a reminder for adults.
I have the right to have a name and a nationa
- Author: Dalvand, Reza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1957363444
- Language: English
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Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the Comfort Women of World War II
$19.99 Add to cart**Recommended by the New York Public Library among its list of ’50 Best New Comics for Adults’ in 2023**
They have waited 75 years for an acknowledgment that what was done to them was a war crime. The- Author: Seong-Won, Han
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 080485663X
- Language: English
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Born a Girl: It Takes Courage
$29.95 Add to cart★“This informative and inspiring offering should help teens assert their rights.”— Booklist, starred review
When you’re born a girl, some parts of the world are kinder places to grow up in than
- Author: Dussutour, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 145983898X
- Language: English
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What Makes Us Human
$18.99 Add to cart“The profundity of the topic of language itself hits its mark. A beautiful addition to all libraries.” — School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
A poetic riddle about language, history, and culture,- Author: Santos, Victor D. O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 080285625X
- Language: English
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Freedom Summer 1964: Turning Point for Voting Rights
$31.32 Read moreVoting gives people a voice in their communities. In the past, racist laws and practices kept Black American voices silent. No place was more affected by this racism than the state of Mississippi. In … [more below]
- Author: Nnachi, Ngeri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669062090
- Language: English
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Imaginary Borders
$9.99 Add to cart“It won’t take you long to read this book, but it will linger in your heart and head for quite a while, and perhaps inspire you to join in the creative, blossoming movement to make this world work.” –… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Martinez, Xiuhtezcatl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0593094131
- Language: English
