The Literature of Witness
The importance of #ownvoices authors and their literature of witness for a new generation of African-American teens as we confront a nation in crisis.
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Original Sin
This is not what I wanted to return home to — the images of two African-American men gunned down by white police officers in as many days. We protest the killings...
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A Poisoned Pipeline
Michigan governor Rick Snyder won’t go to jail for the poisoned water, but thousands of children in Flint might. And this is why we need Black Lives Matter.
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Last Week’s News: Surviving Santiago as a Cautionary Tale
Thinking about the themes of Surviving Santiago in the wake of two incidents of political violence in the U.S. in the past week.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
