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Book

Stamped (for kids) : racism, antiracism, and you

Call Number

  • J 305.8 CHER (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, 2021.

Physical Description

164 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Audience

Ages 6-10 Little, Brown and Company.

Summary

"A chapter book adaptation of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning."--

Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.

Notes

"Adapted from Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning), published in hardcover in March 2020 by Little, Brown and Company." -- Title page verso.

Contents

  • Talking about race
  • A great big lie
  • Stolen land, stolen lives
  • People aren't property
  • Flawed Founding Fathers
  • Fighting back
  • Words vs. actions
  • Words matter
  • War over slavery
  • To be free
  • Truth tellers
  • Racism on-screen
  • Free to be
  • New laws
  • Fighting for freedom
  • March on Washington
  • Pain and protest
  • Black power
  • History repeats
  • Antiracism rising
  • Fight the power
  • Unequal tests
  • A Black president
  • An antiracist movement
  • Black Lives Matter
  • An antiracist future
  • Timeline.

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