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Colin Kaepernick athletes who made a difference / by Hoena, B. A.(CARDINAL)353253; Ledoyen, Sam.;

"This graphic biography traces Colin Kaepernick's road from young sports standout to athlete and activist. As Kaepernick protested violence against African Americans, he lost his career in football but gained a voice heard worldwide" -- Provided by publisher.Ages: 8-12 years Graphic Universe.Grades: 4-6 Graphic Universe.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Biographies.; Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Kaepernick, Colin, 1987-; San Francisco 49ers (Football team); African-American biographies.; Memoirs and biographies.; Adopted children; Adoption; African American athletes.; African American families.; African American families; African American interest.; African American men; African American men; African American men; African American men; African American men; African American political activists.; African American political activists; African Americans.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Baseball players; Baseball players; Baseball players; Baseball players; Black lives matter movement.; Black lives matter movement; Black lives matter movement; Discrimination.; Football players; Football players; Football players; Football.; Football; Football; Football; Multiculturalism.; Police brutality.; Police corruption.; Political activists.; Political activists; Political activists; Political activists; Prejudices.; Quarterbacks (Football); Race discrimination; Race relations.; Multiracial children; Multiracial families; Multiracial families; Multiracial people; Multiracial people; Multiracial people; Racism in sports.; Racism.; Social justice.; White supremacy movements; Biography.; Black Lives Matter movement.; Racism.;

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The heartbeat drum [audio-enabled device] : the story of Carol Powder, Cree drummer and activist / by Havrelock, Deidre,author.(CARDINAL)857505; Garcia, Kyla,narrator.(CARDINAL)356703; Aphelandra,illustrator.; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.(CARDINAL)868990;

Narrated by Kyla Garcia.Nisôhkisinân (We are strong) ... ninikamonân (We are singing) ... mîna nika-âhkamêyimonân (And we will continue) ... Whenever young Carol Powder sang along to her family's music, her heart felt light and full of joy. Learning from her grandfather, Moshum, Carol listened closely to the drums' heartbeat until one day Moshum made her a drum of her very own. As Carol grew up, she passed down her songs to her children, grandchildren, and many women in her community, just as Moshum taught her--even as women and children became increasingly excluded from sitting at the drum. Despite those who disapproved, she formed her own drumming group called Chubby Cree. Today, Carol and her group share their music to advocate at climate events, to honor residential school survivors at special ceremonies, and to spread healing for anyone who needs it. Empowering and joyfully illustrated, The Heartbeat Drum is a radiant celebration of preserving Indigenous traditions, finding your voice, and speaking out. Includes both an author's note and illustrator's note, as well as a personal note from Carol Powder herself.Pre-K to 3.Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature (CSMCL) Best Books, 2024

Subjects: Biographies.; Children's sound recordings.; Picture books.; Powder, Carol; Chubby Cree (Musical group); Women drummers (Musicians); Drummers (Musicians); Cree Indians; Drum;

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25 women who dared to compete / by Stanborough, Rebecca,author.(CARDINAL)622087;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Discover 25 women who challenged the stereotypes of what it means to play like a girl. These women worked to even the playing field and steppped up to score points for women all around the world"--Grades 7-9Ages 11-14990L

Subjects: Biographies.; Fiction.; Guidebooks.; 1976 Yale Women's Rowing crew.; Edwards, Tracy.; Ellis, Jill.; Jennings, Walsh Kerri.; Krone, Julia.; Nichols, Alana.; Treanoe-May, Misty.; United States Women's National Soccer Team.; White, Georgie.; Zaharias, Didrikson Mildred "Babe"; Biles, Simone, 1997-; Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893-1978.; Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.; Fukuda, Keiko.; Guthrie, Janet, 1938-; Heinerth, Jill.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969; Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-; Palmer, Violet, 1964-; Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-; Richards, Renée.; Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.; Taurasi, Diana.; Thomas, Sarah (Sarah A.); Tyus, Wyomia.; Visser, Lesley, 1953-; Williams, Serena, 1981-; Williams, Serena, 1981-; Williams, Venus, 1980-; Williams, Venus, 1980-; Kennedy family.; All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); NASCAR (Association); National Football League; Nike (Firm); Special Olympics, Inc.; U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.; Yale University; Olympic Games 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Wimbledon Championships.; African-American biographies.; Adoptees; African American athletes.; African American baseball players; African American baseball players; African American children.; African American families; African American girls; African American interest.; African American political activists.; African American political activists; African American track and field athletes; African American women political activists; African American women tennis players; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Air pilots; Air pilots; Air shows; Aircraft accidents; Airplanes; Airplanes; Airplanes; Argentine Americans; Athletes; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing; Automobile racing; Automobile rallies; Baseball fields; Baseball players; Baseball players; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Cave diving; Classism.; Deep-sea ecology.; Discrimination.; Earth sciences; Equal pay for equal work.; Erosion.; Feminism.; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminists; Fencing.; Foster children.; Foster home care.; gay & lesbian interest.; Girls; Glaciers.; Global warming.; Global warming; Global warming; Golf; Golfers; Golfers; Gymnasts; Gymnasts; Hispanic American women.; Hispanic Americans; Homosexuality.; Horse racing; Horsemen and horsewomen.; Hot air balloons; Immigrants.; Immigrants; Immigrants; Immigrants; Islam; Jockeys.; Journalists; Judo; Lesbianism.; Lesbians.; Lesbians; Martial artists.; Martial arts; Multiculturalism.; Muslim families.; Muslim women.; Muslim women; Muslim women; Muslims; Ocean bottom; Ocean; Oceanography; Oceanography; Olympic athletes.; Olympic athletes; Olympics; Olympics; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Philanthropists; Photographers; Political activists.; Political activists; Political activists; Political activists; Prejudices.; Presidents; Race discrimination; Race relations.; Racism in sports.; Racism.; Rafting (Sports); Rowing; Sailing ships; Scientists; Scientists; Scuba divers; Scuba diving.; Segregation.; Sexism.; Sexual minorities.; Sisters; Skateboarding; Skiers; Skis and skiing; Skydiving; Snowboarding; Soccer coaches; Soccer players; Social justice.; Sports; Surfing.; Swimmers; Swimming; Tennis players.; Tennis players; Tennis; Tennis; Tennis; Track and field athletes; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transsexualism.; Transsexuals; Twins.; Volleyball players.; Volleyball.; Wheelchairs; Women air pilots; Women athletes; Women baseball players.; Women gymnasts.; Women gymnasts; Women journalists; Women Olympic athletes.; Women philanthropists; Women physicians; Women physicians; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women soccer players; Women surfers.; Women surgeons.; Women tennis players; Women tennis players; Women with disabilities.; Women's rights; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Biography.; Feminism.; Feminists.; Girls.; Homosexuality.; Lesbianism.; Lesbians.; LGBTQ+ people.; Racism.; Sexism.; Sexual minorities.; Transgender identity.; Transgender people.; Transsexual people.; Transsexualism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;

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How can I be an ally? / by ElMekki, Fatima,author.(CARDINAL)876461; Wing, Kelisa,author.(CARDINAL)863299;

"Race in America has been avoided in children's education for too long. How Can I Be an Ally? explores the idea of how people can use their privilege to advance the culture of inclusion in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach race issues with open eyes and minds. Includes 21st Century Skills and content, as well as a PBL activity across the Racial Justice in America series. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities"--Grades 4-6900L

Subjects: Multiculturalism; Social integration; Social justice;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6

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The people remember / by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,author.(CARDINAL)624416; Wise, Loveis,illustratror.(CARDINAL)823345;

Includes bibliographical references."The People Remember tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land. Sumptuously illustrated, this is an important book to read as a family--a story young readers can visit over and over again to deepen their understanding of African American history in relation to their own lives and current social justice movements. By turns powerful and revealing, this is a lyrical narrative that tells the story of survival, as well as the many moments of joy, celebration, and innovation of Black people in America."--Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Biographies.; Informational works.; Picture books.; African Americans; African Americans; Children's poetry; Kwanzaa; Multiculturalism;

Available copies: 86 / Total copies: 90

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Charlotte the ballerina : the true story of a girl who made nutcracker history / by Nebres, Charlotte,author.; Marley, Alea,illustrator.(CARDINAL)356737; Warren, Sarah,author.;

"The only thing Charlotte loves as much as ballet is Christmas. So, when she gets the opportunity to play Marie in the New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker, she leaps at the chance. Dancing takes practice-hours of adjusting her arms and perfecting her jumps. With the help of her Trinidadian and Filipino families, encouragement from her sister, and a view of her mom and dad in the audience, Charlotte finds the strength to never give up. In this spectacular debut full of fluid, dynamic illustrations, Charlotte provides youngsters with a multicultural tale of family, dance, and holiday cheer."-- 4-6 years.Grades preschool-1.510L

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Readers (Publications); Nebres, Charlotte; New York City Ballet; Nutcracker (Choreographic work); Ballet; African American ballerinas; African American girls; Christmas;

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The beauty in breaking / by Harper, Michelle.(CARDINAL)865709;

Michele: a wing and a prayer -- Dr. Harper: the view from here -- Baby Doe: born perfect -- Erik: violent behavior alter -- Dominic: body of evidence -- Jeremiah: cradle and all -- In the name of honor -- Joshua: under contract -- Paul: murda, murda -- Sitting with Olivia -- Jenny and Mary: what falls away."A series of connected personal stories drawn from the author's life and work as an ER doctor that explores how we are all broken--physically, emotionally, and psychically--and what we can do to heal ourselves as we try to heal others"-- Provided by publisher Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in an abusive family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Philadelphia, when he told her he couldn't move with her. Her marriage at an end, Harper began her new life in a new city, in a new job, as a newly single woman. In the ensuing years, as Harper learned to become an effective ER physician, bringing insight and empathy to every patient encounter, she came to understand that each of us is broken--physically, emotionally, psychically. How we recognize those breaks, how we try to mend them, and where we go from there are all crucial parts of the healing process

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Memoirs and biographies.; Biography.; Emergency physicians.; Emergency medical personnel.; Abused children; African Americans.; African American authors.; African American Interest.; Discrimination.; African American women physicians.; Prejudices.; Abused women; Intimate partner violence; Abusive men; Women physicians; Women physicians; Racism.; Physicians; African American physicians.; Women; African American women; Classism.; Sexism.; African American women; Multiculturalism.; Race discrimination; Intimate partner violence.; Racism.; Women.; Womyn.; Sexism.;

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Once upon a quinceanera : coming of age in the USA / by Alvarez, Julia.(CARDINAL)169420;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a "phenomenal, indispensable" (USA Today) exploration of the Latina "sweet fifteen" celebration, by the bestselling author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies. The quinceanera, a celebration of a Latina girl’s fifteenth birthday, has become a uniquely American trend. This lavish party with ball gowns, multi-tiered cakes, limousines, and extravagant meals is often as costly as a prom or a wedding. But many Latina girls feel entitled to this rite of passage, marking a girl’s entrance into womanhood, and expect no expense to be spared, even in working-class families. Acclaimed author Julia Alvarez explores the history and cultural significance of the "quince" in the United States, and the consequences of treating teens like princesses. Through her observations of a quince in Queens, interviews with other quince girls, and the memories of her own experience as a young immigrant, Alvarez presents a thoughtful and entertaining portrait of a rapidly growing multicultural phenomenon, and passionately emphasizes the importance of celebrating Latina womanhood. "[Alvarez] brings a critical eye to long-held myths…Each page is a love song to the cultural ties that bind generations of women from a diverse group of countries."—Chicago Sun-Times

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Immigrant experience.; Memoirs and biographies.; Dominican Americans.; Coming of age.; Autobiographies.; Biography.; Immigrants; Immigrant families.; Immigrants.; Immigrants; Quinceañera (Social custom); Latin Americans; Hispanic American children.; Mexican Americans.; Multiculturalism.; Cultural pluralism.; Mexican American children.; Mexican American families; Mexican American women.; Mexican Americans; Mexican Americans; Hispanic Americans.; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic American families.; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans;

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Almost brown / by Gill, Charlotte,1971-author.(CARDINAL)424016;

A Little Circle -- Colonial Love -- Half-Castes in Wonderland -- Limbo -- What Are You? -- Goodbye, Motherland -- Naturalized Citizens -- Towelhead -- How Should a Daughter Be? -- A Moonbeam from Lightning -- Zones of Alienation -- Something to Declare -- Borderlands -- Fibrillations -- A Well-Worn Groove -- Bubbles -- Beige Utopia -- Inheritance."An award-winning writer retraces her dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting family's journey as she reckons with ethnicity and belonging, diversity and race, and the complexities of life within a multicultural household. Charlotte Gill's father is Indian. Her mother is English. They meet in 1960's London when the world is not quite ready for interracial love. Their union, a revolutionary act, results in a total meltdown of familial relations, a lot of immigration paperwork, and three children, all in varying shades of tan. Together they set off on a journey from the United Kingdom to Canada and to the United States in elusive pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness-a dream that eventually tears them apart. Almost Brown is an exploration of diasporic intermingling involving parents of two different races and their half-brown children as they experience the paradoxes and conundrums of life as it's lived between race checkboxes. Eventually, her parents drift apart because they just aren't compatible. But as she finds herself distancing from her father too--why is she embarrassed to walk down the street with him and not her mom?-she doesn't know if it's because of his personality or his race. As a mixed-race child, was this her own unconscious bias favoring one parent over the other in the racial tug-of-war that plagues our society? Almost Brown looks for answers to questions shared by many mixed-race people: What are you? What does it mean to be a person of color when the concept is a societal invention and really only applies halfway if you are half white? And how does your relationship with your parents change as you change and grow older? In a funny, turbulent, and ultimately heartwarming story, Gill examines the brilliant messiness of ancestry, "diversity," and the idea of "race," a historical concept that still informs our beliefs about ethnicity today"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Gill, Charlotte, 1971-; Multiracial women; Multiracial people; Multiracial families; Multiracial families; Race awareness in children.; Women authors, Canadian; Immigrants; British;

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The loneliest Americans / by Kang, Jay Caspian,1979-author.(CARDINAL)604135;

Includes bibliographical references and index.How We Got Here -- The Making of Asian America -- How the Asians Became White -- Koreatown -- Flushing Rising -- What Are We Talking About? -- The Rage of the MRAZNs -- Bruce and Me."A riveting blend of family history and original reportage by a conversation-starting writer for The New York Times Magazine that explores--and reimagines--Asian American identity in a Black and white world. In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigrants to the United States. Nobody, including the lawmakers who passed the bill, expected it to transform the country's demographics. But over the next four decades, millions arrived, including Jay Caspian Kang's parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They came with almost no understanding of their new home, much less the history of "Asian America" that was supposed to define them. The Loneliest Americans is the unforgettable story of Kang and his family as they move from a housing project in Cambridge to an idyllic college town in the South and eventually to the West Coast. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Asian America, as millions more immigrants, many of them working-class or undocumented, stream into the country. At the same time, upwardly mobile urban professionals have struggled to reconcile their parents' assimilationist goals with membership in a multicultural elite--all while trying to carve out a new kind of belonging for their own children, who are neither white nor truly "people of color." Kang recognizes this existential loneliness in himself and in other Asian Americans who try to locate themselves in the country's racial binary. There are the businessmen turning Flushing into a center of immigrant wealth; the casualties of the Los Angeles riots; the impoverished parents in New York City who believe that admission to the city's exam schools is the only way out; the men's right's activists on Reddit ranting about intermarriage; and the handful of protesters who show up at Black Lives Matter rallies holding "Yellow Peril Supports Black Power" signs. Kang's exquisitely crafted book brings these lonely parallel climbers together amid a wave of anti-Asian violence. In response, he calls for a new form of immigrant solidarity-one rooted not in bubble tea and elite college admissions but in the struggles of refugees and the working class"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Kang, Jay Caspian, 1979-; Kang family.; Korean Americans; Asian Americans; Korean Americans; Autobiographies.; Biographies.;

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