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Social Justice and Activism

  • rcarrera73
  • Jan 20, 2022
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jan 13

The David and Joyce Milne Public Library is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and the mission of social justice. This young adult collection features books that open doors to our country's past and present struggles and triumphs. We encourage adults and teens alike to delve into the diversity that makes up our country as we strive for social justice. Learn from the past, change the future!

Here are some great titles that you can pick up in our Teen Room. An online resource guide can be found at the end of this post with links to websites of interest.


GRAPHIC NOVELS:

  • Almost American Girl
    Almost American Girl
  • Across the Tracks
    Across the Tracks
  • I Am Alfonso Jones
    I Am Alfonso Jones
  • They Called Us Enemies
    They Called Us Enemies
  • The Silence of Our Friends
    The Silence of Our Friends
  • March, Book One of Three
    March, Book One of Three
  • Run, Book One
    Run, Book One
  • American Born Chinese
    American Born Chinese
  • Displacement
    Displacement

STORY COLLECTIONS/NOVELS IN VERSE:

  • Living Beyond Borders
    Living Beyond Borders
  • Apple: Skin to the Core
    Apple: Skin to the Core
  • The Poet X
    The Poet X
  • Loving Vs. Virginia
    Loving Vs. Virginia
  • Long Way Down
    Long Way Down

HISTORICAL FICTION:

  • Call Me By My Name
    Call Me By My Name
  • We Are Not Free
    We Are Not Free
  • If I Ever Get Out of Here
    If I Ever Get Out of Here
  • Dreamland Burning
    Dreamland Burning
  • All The Stars Denied
    All The Stars Denied
  • X: A Novel
    X: A Novel
  • The Awakening of Malcolm X
    The Awakening of Malcolm X
  • Code Talker
    Code Talker
  • Last Night at Telegraph Club
    Last Night at Telegraph Club

CONTEMPORARY FICTION:

  • When Dimple Met Rishi
    When Dimple Met Rishi
  • Happily Ever Afters
    Happily Ever Afters
  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick
    Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick
  • The Voting Booth
    The Voting Booth
  • Black and White
    Black and White
  • Concrete Rose
    Concrete Rose
  • On the Come Up
    On the Come Up
  • Dear Martin
    Dear Martin
  • Dear Justyce
    Dear Justyce
  • All American Boys
    All American Boys
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover..
    Aristotle and Dante Discover..
  • Black Boy White School
    Black Boy White School
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican
    I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican
  • Slay
    Slay

NON FICTION:

  • To the Mountaintop
    To the Mountaintop
  • Invisble Man, Got the Whole...
    Invisble Man, Got the Whole...
  • Between the World and Me
    Between the World and Me
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism...
    Stamped: Racism, Antiracism...
  • Turning 15 on the Road to Free
    Turning 15 on the Road to Free
  • The Freedom Summer Murders
    The Freedom Summer Murders
  • Revolution in Our Time
    Revolution in Our Time
  • The March Against Fear
    The March Against Fear
  • The 57 Bus
    The 57 Bus
  • Claudette Colvin Twice Towards
    Claudette Colvin Twice Towards
  • The Indigenous Peoples' Histor
    The Indigenous Peoples' Histor
  • Black Birds in the Sky
    Black Birds in the Sky
  • Getting Away With Murder
    Getting Away With Murder
  • Everything You Wanted to Know
    Everything You Wanted to Know

GETTING ACTIVE:

  • Rise Up!
    Rise Up!
  • This Book is Anti-Racist
    This Book is Anti-Racist
  • The Black Friend
    The Black Friend
  • How I Resist
    How I Resist
  • You Call This Democracy?
    You Call This Democracy?

ONLINE RESOURCES:

  • DiverseBooks.org. We Need Diverse Books is a nonprofit organization created to promote diversity of multiple forms in children's literature and publishing, which grew out of the Twitter hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks in 2014.



  • embrace race: Our hope is to help nurture a generation of children with the tools and will to dismantle structural racism and inequity.


  • Art Against Racism is creating an international community of bold creatives, arts administrators, community organizations and activists dedicated to anti-racist social change.


  • Antiracism Meditation. Why We Created This Project...Two friends -- one Black, one White -- teaching the world how to be anti-racist through meditation. Our unique perspectives provide a 360 lens to personal and societal healing. We invite you to join us -- tune inward, reflect, awaken and grow.


  • Stop AAPI Hate. Our communities stand united against racism. Hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, we can stop it.


  • TED Talks, video series. From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these talks take an honest look at everyday realities of Black Americans and illuminate the way forward.


  • The Schomburg Syllabus archives Black-authored and Black-related online educational resources to document Black studies, movements, and experiences in the 21st century.





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