We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide
Title
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We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide
Author
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Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine) author.
ISBN
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9781547600762
Physical Description
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270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note
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Includes reading group guide.
Subject Term
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
White people -- United States -- Attitudes -- History.
White people -- United States -- Politics and government.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Geographic Term
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
Added Author
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Bolden, Tonya
Local Subject
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Teen nonfiction collection.
Summary
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When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration was limited when blacks were physically blocked from moving away from the South; the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision was met with the shutting down of public schools throughout the South; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to laws that disenfranchised millions of African American voters and a War on Drugs that disproportionally targeted blacks; and the election of President Obama led to an outburst of violence including the death of black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri as well as the election of Donald Trump. This YA adaptation will be written in an approachable narrative style that provides teen readers with additional context to these historic moments, photographs and archival images, and additional backmatter and resources for teens. --
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | TEEN 305.8 AND | Teen Nonfiction |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | TEEN 305.8 AND | Teen Nonfiction |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | TEEN 305.8 AND | Teen Nonfiction |
Stillwater Public Library | TEEN 305.8 AND | Teen Nonfiction |