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Ginni Winters--Music book called, "I, too can Sing" because it gave me the permission to express myself vocally and introduced me the myriad number of Black Divas who shaped the world of classical music. 

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Ginni Winters--Music book called, "I, too can Sing" because it gave me the permission to express myself vocally and introduced me the myriad number of Black Divas who shaped the world of classical music. 

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What piece of text (e.g. book, poem, video, image, song, speech or etc.) speaks to how you view injustice in the world?Why?

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What piece of text (e.g. book, poem, video, image, song, speech or etc.) speaks to how you view injustice in the world?Why?

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What piece of text (e.g. book, poem, video, image, song, speech or etc.) speaks to how you view injustice in the world? Why?

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What piece of text (e.g. book, poem, video, image, song, speech or etc.) speaks to how you view injustice in the world? Why?

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Why did you select this text(s) to help others know who you are and what you believe? How does this text connect to who you are and what you believe? 

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Why did you select this text(s) to help others know who you are and what you believe? How does this text connect to who you are and what you believe? 

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•Review the Data
Note:

•Confirmation of thinking

•Surprises

•Differing of opinions

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Resources to Support Gender Justice of Black Girls

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Resources to Support Gender Justice of Black Girls

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What piece of text (e.g. book, poem, video, image, song, speech or etc.) speaks to how you view injustice in the world? Why?

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What piece of text (e.g. book, poem, video, image, song, speech or etc.) speaks to how you view injustice in the world? Why?

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Examine systemic factors that diminish positive educational outcomes for African American Girls.
Explore the beliefs, assumptions, and stereotypes that negatively impact African American Girls. 
Understand the impact of adultification and criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. 
Identify, examine, and utilize schoolwide and classroom strategies that support the development and learning of African American Girls. 
 Explore strategies for building safe, equitable, and nurturing spaces for African American Girls. 

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Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Unprotected

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Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Unprotected

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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood

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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood

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Blue Tights by Rita Williams-Garcia was my first book from middle school where I saw a girl like me! -Whitney

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Blue Tights by Rita Williams-Garcia was my first book from middle school where I saw a girl like me! -Whitney

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Stamped from the Beginning by Inbram X Kendi

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Stamped from the Beginning by Inbram X Kendi

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Public Enemy - Album Fear of a Black Planet, "
Song Fight the Power"

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This was one of the first books that introduced the term colorism to me and what that meant for me as a black woman in America.      Samantha

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This was one of the first books that introduced the term colorism to me and what that meant for me as a black woman in America.      Samantha

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I know why the Caged bird sings by Dr. Maya Angelou

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Poems of Maya Angelou was instrumental to my development as a Black Women.  It helped me to understand the power I had with words....and that writing and reciting orally was an art.

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The lyrics to this song have always moved me deeply and have set a fire in me to strive for equality in the face of injustice.

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My text that drives me is a quote from Frederick Douglass:
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"
I saw this quote at the Museum of African American History in DC.   It reminds me to strive to do everything I can to embed in my students "strength, confidence, the seeds of tenacity".

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A Raisin In The Sun

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God bless the child that has his own

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The Serenity Prayer is what guides me in every aspect of life.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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Help me, I'm alone. (can't get book to paste)

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Solange's album (along with almost anything by her sister, Beyonce) reminds me of my southern roots and feel empowered as a woman. -Whitney

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Solange's album (along with almost anything by her sister, Beyonce) reminds me of my southern roots and feel empowered as a woman. -Whitney

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I Know why the cage bird sings

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The time is always right to do what is right... Dr. King

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The time is always right to do what is right... Dr. King

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MLK speech

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by any means necessary

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The miseducation of the negro

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Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin, 1961
It disturbed idea that blacks are not paranoid, about injustice.

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almost always makes me weep.

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Countering the Adultification of Black Girls

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Countering the Adultification of Black Girls

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Countering the Adultification of Black Girls-MONIQUE W. MORRIS

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Packet--AA Girls in Crisis (GSRP Conf)-10-16-20

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sankofa read aloud "sankofa read aloud" "read aloud" "online read aloud" "stories for elementary school teachers" "stories for black girls" "stories for blac...

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As an educator and a mother in my community, I believe that is is vital that African American children are able to see themselves within the beautiful storie...

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There are so many wonderful picture books that feature strong, Black females as the main protagonist. Little girls can read about heroines from the past and present who have emerged as role models for all children. They can explore nonfiction books about famous female inventors who have contributed to society. Or they can enjoy stories about everyday kids just being kids. Whatever they're in the mood to read, either on their own or with a grown-up assisting, the one thing I can bet is they'll be able to find a book to fit!

Below I've rounded up 33 picture books featuring a Black female protagonist as the main character that are great for all kinds of readers. Spy any of your favorite Black girl magic books or any new ones you may have never heard of before?

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Picture Books Featuring Black Female Protagonists

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There are so many wonderful picture books that feature strong, Black females as the main protagonist. Little girls can read about heroines from the past and present who have emerged as role models for all children. They can explore nonfiction books about famous female inventors who have contributed to society.

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.  

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.  

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"This is America" by Donald Glover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY&list=PLuEuDPnfKg68HPR1kx4NN1TFuKx-NR6Br&index=3&t=0s

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"The Lord is my Shepard I shall not want." Psalm 23
"Black Boy" Richard Wright
"The Snowy Day"

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once you know who you are you don't have to worry anymore, nikki giovanni

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once you know who you are you don't have to worry anymore, nikki giovanni

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FsZLImSL4s

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And Still I Rise!

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Nicole Bills... Book called, "Just Grandma and Me" 

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Nicole Bills... Book called, "Just Grandma and Me" 

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Maya Angelou...
Her writings gave me a new, different, alternate perspective for life and a better understanding of who I am and how special I am. Among many other positive things.

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.  If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

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I,Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes

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Netflix- Bookmarks Series of Black Voices

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Netflix- Bookmarks Series of Black Voices

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Celebrity readers share children's books by Black authors to spark kid-friendly conversations about empathy, equality, self-love and antiracism. Watch trailers & learn more.

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Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices NEW Series Trailer | Netflix Jr

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Picture Books featuring Historically Black Colleges

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Picture Books featuring Historically Black Colleges

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The Bluest Eye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Precious (posted by Heather Barlow)

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The Bluest Eye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Precious (posted by Heather Barlow)

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The Very Good Gospel

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Paolo Freire's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, got me thinking about how and why we teach.

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Who Will You Be? by Andrea Pippins

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Black Christian Nationalist

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BCALA x GNCRT: Black Lives Matter Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List

September 23, 2020

As the next iteration of our ongoing collaboration between the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), and the Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table of the American Library Association (GNCRT), we are launching an updated version of our Black Lives Matter comics reading list with a focus on Black Literature. Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters.

This list of 50 comics titles for Juvenile, Teen (YA), and Adult audiences is centered on Black creators, Black stories, and Black histories for all ages. This list includes many titles from our earlier comics list, while adding others. The goal of this list is not to be a prescriptive spectrum of all the subject or format content out there in the landscape of Black stories or comics. Rather, this is a step, another step, towards building collections and conversations that spark hope, demand justice, address erasure, and agitate for learning - using both sides of our brains through words and pictures. Because when 'Black lives are lost, Black stories are lost' (Stacey Robinson).

Criteria for Inclusion in BCALA x GNCRT #BLM Comics Reading List

Title must be published sequential art, with one of more of the following elements:

Created by a Black storyteller

Displays empathy and respect for Black bodies

Introduces readers to Black art, people, history, organizations and communities

Represents Black experiences both domestically and throughout the world

Showcases a diversity of artistic mediums

Includes the lived experiences of Black people from all demographics

Reinforces Black stories of success, resistance, endurance and love

Employs a wide array of genres

Demonstrates an understanding of cultural nuance

Represents independent and non-traditional publishing

Includes stories of ancient Black civilizations as well as Black people's continued existence in the future

Improves access to authentic Black stories for all patrons

Exposes Black creators to wider audiences

*Not all elements listed above are required for inclusion; to date, all titles included are in English
NOW AVAILABLE AS A PRINTABLE PDF!
Additional Resources:

Black Lives Matter Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List

Children's Comics, Graphic Novels & Picture Books

Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons
James Otis Smith, writer and artist; Kadir Nelson, introduction
September 2020, TOON Graphics
This nonfiction graphic novel brings to life the tales of three African American historical figures who made an impact on the Western expansion of the United States, known for their success in stage coach driving, as a US marshal, and in horsemanship. Ages 8-12.
Worldcat

The Crossover (Graphic Novel)
Kwame Alexander, writer; Dawud Anyabwile, artist
2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Adapted from the Newbery award-winning novel in verse, this coming-of-age story features twins brothers, and their relationships to each other, to their father, and to basketball. Ages 9-12.
Worldcat

Young Adult Comics & Graphic Novels

Colorblind: A Story of Racism
Johnathan Harris, writer; Donald Hudson, artist; Fahriza Kamaputra, colorist
"Colorblind - Johnathan's story of multiculturalism - is a gripping story of a 15-year-old boy who had his civil rights violated by police officers in Long Beach, California. Jonathan's uncle, who was in prison at the time, teaches the young boy how to deal with racism by seeing the world through a multicultural lens rather than the color of people's skin. In the end, the two bestow upon each other the most valuable gift of all: freedom." - from publisher
Worldcat

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
Andrew Helfer, writer; Randy DuBurke, artist
Graphic nonfiction biography charting the life and times of Malcom X from his youth as Malcolm Little to the national spokesperson for the Nation of Islam.
Worldcat

Adult Comics & Graphic Novels

Are You at Risk for "Empathy Myopia"?
Ezra Claytan Daniels
Upgrade Soul author and BTTM FDRS writer Daniels offers readers a "thought experiment" to consider the narratives we tell about ourselves, the world we live in, and how a critical evaluation of these stories might break us free.
Also available in print through Radiator Comics.

The Massacre of Black Wall Street
Natalie Chang, writer; Clayton Henry, illustrator; Marcelo Mailo, colorist
This scrolling digital comic, commissioned as a companion piece to HBO's Watchmen series, tells the true and undertold story of the 1921 Massacre of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which as many as 300 Black Tulsans were murdered, thousands were left homeless, and the economic prosperity of Black Wall Street obliterated. This nonfiction comic features extensive source material links and resources.

The Nib is a webcomic publisher primarily focused on political and social commentary. Over the years, a number of creators have published invaluable work on Black experience in the United States. We have provided links to a few selections below, but it is not exhaustive.

Suggestions for further reading:

Task Force Committee:
BCALA

Deimosa Webber-Bey

Elisa Garcia

Sandra Farag

Shaundra Walker

Shauntee Burns-Simpson

Tamela Chambers

Tatanisha Love

GNCRT GNCRT Staff Liaison - Tina Coleman

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2020 Summer Reading List We Are Kid Lit Collective.pdf