Bibliography
Bajaj, Varsha. Count Me In: A Novel. New York: Puffin Books, 2020. This book discusses more current day issues in immigration and discrimination.
Chee, Traci. We Are Not Free. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. A powerful book that discusses Japanese internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
“Felicitas Méndez.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, May 29, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicitas_M%C3%A9ndez. This link contains biographical information.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass. Tantor Media, 2016. A novel that integrates both oral tradition of Native Tribes as well as a love for biology and science.
“Linda Chavez-Thompson.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, June 26, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Chavez-Thompson. This website contains biographical information.
Michals, Debra “Fannie Lou Hamer.” National Women’s History Museum. 2017. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer. This website contains biographical information.
Moulite, Maika, and Maritza Moulite. One of the Good Ones / Shouldn't Being Human Be Enough? Inkyard Press, 2021. This novel addresses the treatment of African American girls and women by social media and how they are fetishized. It also discusses the historical significance of the Greenbook and how that was used to ensure safety during the Jim Crow Era. Some topics are a little heavy for middle school students but could more easily be used in a high school setting.
Norwood, Arlisha. "Ida B. Wells-Barnett." National Women's History Museum. 2017. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-wells-barnett. This website contains biographical information.
Reynolds, Jason, and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2020. Chronicles African American history from before colonization to the present. Written at a higher than middle school level but could more easily align with high school.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Ghost Boys. NY, NY: Thorndike Press, a Part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. The story of a young man who is a victim of police brutality and how his story aligns with Emmitt Till.
“Robin Wall Kimmerer.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, June 21, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wall_Kimmerer. This website provides biographical information.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. Farmington Hills, MI: Thorndike Press, a Part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. Story of a family post-Mexican Independence who is forced to move to the United States to find work.
Sánchez, Erika L. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, a Part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020. Written more for a high school audience, discusses the issues of immigration in the United States and what it is like living as an illegal immigrant.
Shabazz, Ilyasah, and Renée Watson. Betty before X. First edition. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018. Betty Shabazz’ story of her childhood prior to her connection to Malcom X. Addresses Jim Crow laws in the United States following World War II.
Stone, Nic. 2018. Dear Martin. London, England: Simon & Schuster Children’s Books. This book is also targeted more towards high school students but addresses a young man’s desire to live a more nonviolent life when he is constantly being presented with violence.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming. New York: Puffin Books, 2014. Written as a verse novel, the book is easily read by students of all levels. Addresses Jim Crow Laws, Great Migration, as well as the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a child growing into adulthood throughout these time periods.
“Yuri Kochiyama.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, June 27, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Kochiyama. This website contains biographical information.
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