The Fort Washington Library by Fort Washington Library https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69 Created by and shared by the staff of The Fort Washington Library en-us 2021-02-21 06:56:37 UTC 2025-10-10 16:31:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Injustice for All NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222637891 The African American experience is rich in culture, diversity, and celebrates many historical achievements both past and present.  
Yet for many the “American Dream” is still unobtainable due to systemic issues in society.
These titles explore and discuss some of the issues that are barriers for many.
]]> 2021-02-21 07:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222637891 The New Jim Crow NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222678576 by Michelle Alexander

Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund. It has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.
(Available in book, ebook, and audiobook formats)

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]]> 2021-02-21 07:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222678576 The Presumption of Guilt: the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr and race, class and crime in America NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222694756 by Charles J. Ogletree

The Crowley-Gates incident was a clash of absolutes, underscoring the tension between black and white, police and civilians, and the privileged and less privileged in modern America. Charles Ogletree, one of the country's foremost experts on civil rights, uses this incident as a lens through which to explore issues of race, class, and crime, with the goal of creating a more just legal system for all. 
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]]> 2021-02-21 07:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222694756 The Address Book: What street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222708862 by Deidre Mask

The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn't-and why.
Tells the story of how streets got their names and houses their numbers, and why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or enforce power.
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]]> 2021-02-21 07:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222708862 The Sum of Us: What racism cost everyone and how we can prosper NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222715383 by Heather McGhee

"Heather C. McGhee's specialty is the American economy--and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. As she dug into subject after subject, from the financial crisis to declining wages to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common problem at the bottom of them all: racism--but not just in the obvious ways that hurt people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It's the common denominator in our most vexing public problems, even beyond our economy.
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]]> 2021-02-21 07:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222715383 Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?: and other conversations about race NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary https://padlet.com/NYPLFortWashingtonLibrary/osj7kbyac8n00u69/wish/1222723379 by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious.
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