Our staff have organized several lists of books and films at New Lenox Library to better understand current events and the history of racism in America. These resources focus on a variety of topics, including historical context, systemic inequality, anti-Black violence, protest, intersectionality, allyship, education, hope, celebration, and resilience.
Our collection is always growing. View our New Releases for a list of monthly new media.
Non-Fiction Reading for Elementary Kids
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
Virginia Hamilton
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#BlackLivesMatter: Protesting Racism
Rachael L. Thomas
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Not My Idea: a Book about Whiteness
Anastasia Higginbotham
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Let's Talk About Race
Julius Lester
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The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby: the Story of Jimmy Winkfield
Crystal Hubbard
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Black Girl Magic: a Poem
Mahogany L. Browne
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42 is Not Just a Number: the Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero
Doreen Rappaport
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Vashti Harrison
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We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
Various Authors
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Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
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Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes & Friendship
Irene Latham & Charles Waters
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Who We Are! All About Being the Same & Being Different
Robie H. Harris
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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Carole Boston Weatherford
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
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Fiction Reading for Elementary Kids
It All Comes Down to This
Karen English
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Viewing for Elementary Kids
![Follow chester! [videorecording] : a college football team fights racism and makes history](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9781974967582/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)
Follow Chester! A College Football Team Fights Racism & Makes History (DVD)
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![Rebound [text (large print)] / by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9781432861988/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)