In June 2020, staff organized several lists of books and films at New Lenox Library to better understand current events and the history of racism in America. These resources focus on a variety of topics, including historical context, systemic inequality, anti-Black violence, protest, intersectionality, allyship, education, hope, celebration, and resilience.
Our collection is always growing. View our New Releases for a list of monthly new media.
Non-Fiction for Little Readers
![TITLEAUTHOR](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780062742469/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling
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Fiction for Little Readers
![Not quite Snow White / written by Ashley Franklin ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn. cover](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780062798602/MC.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=hw7)
Not Quite Snow White
Ashley Franklin; Illustrated by Ebony Glenn
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![Woke baby / Mahogany L. Browne ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III. cover](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9781626722958/MC.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=hw7)
Woke Baby
Mahogany L. Browne; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
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![Freedom bird / written by Jerdine Nolen ; illustrated by James E. Ransome. cover](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780689871672/MC.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=hw7)
Freedom Bird
Jerdine Nolen; illustrated by James E. Ransome
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![Overground railroad / Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome. cover](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780823438730/MC.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=hw7)
Overground Railroad
Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome
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![Hey Black Child / by Useni Eugene Perkins ; illustrated by Bryan Collier](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780316360302/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)
Hey Black Child
Useni Eugene Perkins
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![Freedom on the menu : the Greensboro sit-ins / by Carole Boston Weatherford ; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=0803728603/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)
Freedom on the Menu: the Greensboro Sit-ins
Carole Boston Weatherford
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![My hair is a garden / written and illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780807509234/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)
My Hair is a Garden
Cozbi A. Cabrera
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![Noodlephant / Jacob Kramer ; K-Fai Steele](http://www.syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9781592702664/mc.gif&client=prairiearealib&type=snui)
Noodlephant
Jacob Kramer, K-Fai Steele
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