“We who believe in freedom cannot rest.”
-Ella Baker
Thank you so much to all who joined us for the KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives, created and coordinated by Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jason Reynolds. Please share your reflections on social media with the hashtag #KidLit4BlackLives.
The Rally recording is currently available on our YouTube channel.
The Brown Bookshelf remains committed to the ongoing work of amplifying and celebrating Black voices, of rejecting white supremacy, and empowering young readers. It continues to be “our collective mission, therefore, to promote understanding and justice through our art; to bolster every child’s visceral belief that his or her life shall always be infinitely valuable.” Strive for equity and engage in the work of liberation. Use our site in your home, classroom, and library to find just a small fraction of the incredible number of stories by Black creators from all across the Diaspora. We feature picture book, middle grade, and young adult titles in all genres. Share the many different creator stories, titles, and multimedia resources in our 28 Days Later archives.
As Walter Dean Myers wrote, “There is work to be done.” We are sharing the resources listed below, and invite you to do the work, every day, and move toward justice.
The time is now. It is a matter of life and death.
The Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
The African American Children’s Book Project (read our interview with the founder, Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati, here.)
Fare of the Free Child Podcast
Just Us Books (read our Q&A with founders Cheryl and Wade Hudson here, and watch Just Us’ new YouTube series, “Just Us &”.)
The National Visionary Leadership Project
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
Black Children’s Books & Authors
Kweli Journal (read our conversation with founder Laura Pegram here.)
Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Cynsations
Organizations to Donate to:
Black Lives Matter
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Books:
We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be (Heinemann) by Cornelius Minor
Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension (Heinemann) by Sara K. Ahmed
Teaching for Black Lives (Rethinking Schools) ed. by Dyan Watson,
Jesse Hagopian and Wayne Au
Libraries, Literacy, and African American Youth (Libraries Unlimited) edited by Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Casey H. Rawson
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