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Racial Justice and Anti-Racism 
Resources​ for Teens


Websites
  • Center for Racial Justice in Education
    Resources to empower educators to dismantle patterns of racism & injustice in schools and communities.
Nonfiction Books
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
March: Volume One by John Lewis, co-written by Andrew Aydin, art by Nate Powell
Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by Phillip Hoose
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Black Lives Matter by Sue Bradford Edwards
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Loving Vs. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans written and illustrated by Don Brown
We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
The March against Fear : the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power by Ann Bausum
This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell ; illustrated by Aurélia Durand
Youtube Videos
Fiction Books
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brian Kiely
I'm Not Dying With You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Poet X by
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Black Enough: stories of being young and Black in America, edited by Ibi Zoboi
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Podcasts
NPR Podcast: Code Switch
Podcast: Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race

Hours and Contact Information

Main Library
​1425 Main Street 

Hours:
Monday:        9am - 9pm
Tuesday:        9am - 9pm
Wednesday:  9am - 9pm
Thursday:     9am - 5pm
Friday:           9am - 5pm
Saturday:      9am - 5pm
Sunday: Closed
​716-286-4894


​Email: 
nflref@nioga.org

Local History Dept.
1425 Main Street

Hours:
Monday: 5pm - 8pm
Tuesday: 9am - 4pm
Wednesday: 1pm - 4pm
Thursday: 9am - 4pm
Contact us:
Email: NFLH@nioga.org

*Requests for items from archives must be submitted 2 business days in advance. 

LaSalle Library
8728 Buffalo Avenue

Hours: 
Monday:        10am - 8pm
Tuesday:        10am - 8pm
Wednesday:  Closed
Thursday:     10am - 5pm
Friday:           12pm - 5pm
Saturday:      Closed
​Sunday:        Closed
​716-283-8309

Our Memberships

American Library Assocation
New York Library Association
Public Library Association
Nioga Library System
American Association for State and Local History
Western New York Library Resources Council
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  • Library Cards & Borrowing Policies
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  • Digital Downloads
  • Online Research (Databases)
  • Passport Service
  • Meeting Room Reservations
  • Library Board
  • Code of Conduct
  • Employment
  • Local History Department
    • Memories of Niagara Falls >
      • Video Library
  • Children and Families
  • Genealogy
  • Connect With Health Information
  • 5for5
  • Library Policies
  • Tool Library