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The Hate U Give Hardcover dustjacket (2017, 1st ed.) Author Angie Thomas Cover artist Debra Cartwright Publisher Balzer + Bray Publication date February 28, 2017 Publication place United States Pages 444 ISBN 978-0-06-249853-3 Preceded by Concrete Rose The Hate U Give is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in ...
Angie Thomas was born on September 20, 1988, in Jackson, Mississippi where she was raised. [1] [2]Thomas was subjected to multiple instances of gun violence at a young age. She grew up near the home of assassinated civil rights activist Medgar Evers, stating that her mother heard the gunshot that had killed him.
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco , BART Police officers detained Grant and several other ...
Several reviewers commented that it would be an effective aid for starting discussions about police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement with younger children. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Michelle H. Martin, writing for The Horn Book Magazine , described the book as a "well-crafted, twenty-first-century love poem" and applauded its positivity ...
Mary Luana "Lulu" Williams was born on October 13, 1967 in East Oakland, California [1] as the fifth daughter to Randy and Mary Williams. Both of her parents were members of the Black Panther Party, an organization dedicated to stopping police brutality toward African-Americans, and helping African Americans who lacked employment, education, and healthcare.
According to Mapping Police Violence, black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than whites. 2. Black Americans are more than twice likely to be unarmed when killed during ...
Children's books about American slavery (20 P) Pages in category "Children's books about African-American history" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
Having more police did not necessarily lead to fewer crimes. Canady, who spent 25 years working as a police officer and 12 years working in schools before taking over as director of NASRO over five years ago, said he thinks school police officers are “totally necessary” — assuming they have finished specific NASRO training.