How Black History Can Save Your Life
From the Talk to George Floyd, Everything You Need to Know to Deescalate a Racist Situation
By Ernest Crim III
How Black History Can Save Your Life by Ernest Crim III, a hate crime survivor and Anti-Racist Educator, is an essential guide for anyone seeking to combat interpersonal racism, understand the roots of discrimination, and gain actionable strategies through Black historical narratives. This black history book for adults book empowers individuals, parents, and educators with tools to challenge racism and foster equity in their communities.
Major Speaks
Conversations with a Black Revolutionary
By Toshio Meronek and Miss Major
2024 Stonewall Honor Award for Nonfiction
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and activist
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built.
Miss Major Speaks is both document of her brilliant life–told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity-and a roadmap for the challenges black, brown, queer and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today.
You Already Know
Connecting Student Knowledge to Mathematical Understanding
By Jose Luis Vilson
In You Already Know, José Luis Vilson shows teachers how to surface students’ existing knowledge and use it as the foundation for deeper, more engaging math learning. Practical, flexible, and immediately usable, this book offers a responsive approach to math instruction that helps students build confidence, take risks, and see themselves as mathematical thinkers.
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