Teen Anti Racism Resources - Niagara Falls Public Library Co

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

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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: 9am - 4pm
Thursday: 9am - 4pm
Contact us:
Email: NFLH@nioga.org
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LaSalle Library
8728 Buffalo Avenue

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

Our Memberships

American Library Assocation

New York Library Association

Nioga Library System

American Association for State and Local History

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