Social Justice
January Virtual Display
Fiction
1984
by Robert Icke

The classic story from George Orwell is adapted for the stage by Duncan Macmillan in this new version of 1984. The idea of the big-brother world and being constantly under surveillance is just as relevant now as when Orwell penned this classic.
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair

The horrifying conditions of the Chicago stockyards are revealed through this narrative of a young immigrant's struggles in America
Dragon Hoops
by Gene Luen Yang

An introverted reader starts understanding local enthusiasm about sports in his school when he gets to know some of his talented athletic peers and discovers that their stories are just as thrilling as the comics he loves
Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo

An evocative novel in verse by the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X follows the experiences of two grieving sisters who navigate the loss of their father and the impact of his death on their relationship.
The Music of What Happens
by Bill Konigsberg

A cool and popular gay teen who harbors a secret, intense crush and a poetic youth who is looking for Mr. Right in spite of his troubled family weigh what they are willing to risk while working together at an organic food truck during a blistering Arizona summer.
The Voting Booth
by Brandy Colbert

Preparing to vote for the first time, Marva is indignant when she observes a fellow teen turned away from the voting booth and teams up with him to fight a corrupt system and search for a missing cat. By the award-winning author of Finding Yvonne. 
The Good Muslim
by Tahmima Anam

The prize-winning author of A Golden Age presents a profoundly heartrending story about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh as seen through the eyes of one family
Mudbound 
by Hillary Jordan

In 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta
NonFiction
The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy
by David Margolick

Explores the untold story of the complex relationship between the two American icons, showing the complicated mix of mutual assistance, impatience, wariness, awkwardness, antagonism, and admiration that existed between them
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and The Speech That Inspired A Nation
by Barry Wittenstein

An introduction to Martin Luther King Jr’s legendary “I Have a Dream” speech shares the lesser-known story of how it was written and had not been originally intended to coincide with the history-changing 1963 March on Washington
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King

Shares the author's argument for equality and an end to racial discrimination that explains why the civil rights struggle is vital to the United States
A Queer History of The United States
by Michael Bronski

“In the age of Twitter and reductive history, we need a complex, fully realized, radical reassessment of history—and A Queer History of the United States is exactly that. Along the way, there are enough revelations and reassessments to fuel dozens of arguments about how we got to where we are today. I don't know when I have enjoyed a history so much.” —Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina
Apple: Skin to the Core: a Memoir in Words and Pictures
by Eric L. Gansworth

The Native American author recounts the story of his family, from the legacy of government boearding schools to his personal experiences fighting to be an artist balancing multiple worlds
Dreams From Many Rivers: a Hispanic history of The United States Told in Poems
by Margarita Engle

A versed history of Latinos in the United States is told through the voices of individuals ranging from Juan Ponce de León and Juana Briones to 18th-century slaves to modern-day sixth graders. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Surrender Tree
Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and The Betrayal of Puerto Rico
by Ed Morales

 
Freedom Libraries : The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in The South
by Mike Selby

 
On Fire : The (Burning) Case For A Green New Deal
by Naomi Klein

For more than twenty years, Naomi Klein has been the foremost chronicler of the economic war waged on both people and planet-and an unapologetic champion of a sweeping environmental agenda with justice at its center. In lucid, elegant dispatches from the frontlines of contemporary natural disaster, she pens surging, indispensable essays for a wide public: prescient advisories and dire warnings of what future awaits us if we refuse to act, as well as hopeful glimpses of a far better future. On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal gathers for the first time more than a decade of her impassioned writing, and pairs it with new material on the staggeringly high stakes of our immediate political and economic choices
Rad American History A-Z : Movements & Moments That Demonstrate The Power of The People
by Kate Schatz

Accompanied by dynamic paper-cut art, this illustrated collection, written in an A-to-Z format, tells the story of a significant moment in America’s progressive history, exploring several centuries of politics, art, activism and liberation
Stamped : Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds

A timely reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei

Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism
Uncounted: Voter Suppression in The United States
by Gilda R. Daniels

 
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