Victory. Stand! : raising my fist for justice
Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile
A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today.
Poemhood, our black revival : history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology
edited by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas & Erica Martin
Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
Cool. Awkward. Black
edited by Karen Strong
Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection–drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic–celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
A long time coming: a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie
Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much and how little racism has changed since our country’s founding.
