Board and Picture Books
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A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara
Description: A book for families that want to raise their kids to be activists. For children who want to grow up in a world where there is justice for all no matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, etc....
These Hands
Margaret Mason
Description: A touching story about a young boy with great talent in the 1950s and 1960s who was forbidden from working in a bread factory because of his race. These Hands discusses the fight against discrimination so that Joseph (the protagonist) and all kids around him could do anything they wanted no matter their race.
We March
Shane W. Evans
Description: In this beautifully illustrated piece, Evans shines a spotlight on the remarkable March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The Little Bit Scary People
Emily Jenkins
Description: Some people appear to be "scary" from the outside, because we don't understand them or they're different than us. But once you get to know those that you are not alike, you'll find out those people aren't scary after all.
The Other Side
Jacqueline Woodson
Description: A story of a young girl living in a segregated town that separates the black side where Clover lives and the white side where Anna lives. Against all social odds the girls strike up a friendship challenging the racist community they both grew up in.
Something Happened in our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice.
Marianne Celano
Description: The story follows two families -one black one white- as grapple with the shooting of a black men by police officers in their community. This story helps children address how to deal with such traumatic events and to counter racism in their own lives.
Freedom Summer
Don Mitchell
Description: As part of the 1964 Freedom Summer, three freedom fighters were trying to help black citizens vote. However, these young men were killed by the KKK. The disappearance of these three men caused an uproar and this book outlines the fight that so many citizens fought to gain complete freedom.
Let the Children March
Monica Clark-Robinson
Description: This historical fiction book is set during the time of the 1963 Children's Crusade. These children fought against segregation and the brutal discrimination that black Americans experience. This story is extremely powerful, and can show children how important their voices are.
In Your Hands.
Carole Boston Weatherford
Description: A story about the many hopes that a black mother has for her child featuring beautiful illustrations.
A Taste of Colored Water.
Matt Faulkner
Description: A picture book set during the Civil Rights era depicts two white children, unaware of the injustices around them, mistaking the "colored" in a "colored water" sign for something extraordinary.
Anti-Racist Baby.
Ibram X. Kendi
Description: Follow the 9 steps outlined in the book in order to create a more equal world. This book teaches not only children but also parents the tools necessary in the fight for racial equality.