I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

A phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on th more...0 points

A phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly three years, this memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s.  Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women,
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The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol

Over the last 15 years, the state of inner-city pu more...0 points

Over the last 15 years, the state of inner-city public schools has been in a steep and continuing decline. Since the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation of black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968. In many inner-city schools, a stick-and-carrot method of behavioral control traditionally used in prisons is now used with students. Meanwhile, as high-stakes testing takes on pathological and punitive dimensions, liberal....0 points

Henry's Freedom Box (Caldecott Honor Book) by Ellen Levine

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody kee more...0 points

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. When Henry grows up and marries, he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry fina...0 points

Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patitllo Beals

An innocent teenager.

An unexpected hero.

In 1957, M more...0 points

An innocent teenager.

An unexpected hero.

In 1957, Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.

Throughout her harrowing ordeal, Melba was taunted by her schoolmates and their parents, threatened by a lynch mob's rope, attacked with lighted sticks of dynamite...

We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools (Multicultural Education (Paper)) by Gary R. Howard

Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary more...0 points

Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary Howard outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. Howard brings his bestselling book completely up to date with today's school reform efforts and includes a new introduction and a new chapter that speak directly to current issues such as closing the achievement gap, and to recent legislation such as No Child Left Behind. With our nation's student population becoming ever more div...0 points

We're Different, We're the Same (Pictureback(R)) by Bobbi Kates

Illustrated in full color. The colorful characters more...0 points

Illustrated in full color. The colorful characters from Sesame Street teach

young children about racial harmony. Muppets, monsters, and humans compare

noses, hair, and skin and realize how different we all are. But as they look

further, they also discover how much we are alike.




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White Male Privilege: A Study of Racism in America 40 Years After the Voting Rights Act by Mark Rosenkranz

Discrimination and racism has existed in America s more...0 points

Discrimination and racism has existed in America since the very early days of colonization. In the Declaration of Independence, our founding fathers declared "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." and yet, it would be another 189 years before Americans would be equal by law. It has been suggested that with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, America had finally overcame its ugly past of racism and discrimination. As we entered into the new millennium...0 points