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YA: Black August

Black August is an annual commemoration observed primarily in the United States to honor the lives and struggles of Black revolutionaries and activists. It is a time to reflect on the contributions and sacrifices made by those who fought for racial justice and liberation. The observance often includes education about the historical and ongoing struggles against systemic racism and oppression. Black August was initiated by the Black Guerilla Family in San Quentin State Prison in 1979 when a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate the deaths of brothers Jonathan P. Jackson (d. August 7, 1970) and George Jackson (d. August 21, 1971) at San Quentin State Prison.

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11 items

  • Paul Robeson

    No One Can Silence Me

    Duberman, Martin B.,
    Book, 2021New York : The New Press, 2021. — YA BIO ROBESON

  • We Refuse

    a Forceful History of Black Resistance

    Jackson, Kellie Carter,
    Book, 2024New York : Seal Press, 2024. — 323.1196 JACKSON

  • All American Boys

    Reynolds, Jason
    Book, 2015New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. — YA FIC REYNOLDS

  • Just Mercy

    Adapted for Young Adults : a True Story of the Fight for Justice

    Stevenson, Bryan,
    Book, 2018New York : Ember, [2018] — YA 353.48092 STEVENSON 2018

  • Breaking the Chains

    African-American Slave Resistance

    Katz, William Loren,
    Book, 2023New York : Seven Stories Press, [2023] — YA 326.0973 KATZ

  • Mister Miracle

    the Great Escape

    Johnson, Varian
    Graphic Novel, 2022Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2022] — YA 741.5 JOHNSON

  • Dread Nation

    Ireland, Justina
    Book, 2018New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers ; [2018] — YA FIC IRELAND

  • Nat Turner

    Baker, Kyle
    Graphic Novel, 2008New York : Abrams, 2008. — 741.5 BAKER

  • Locked Up for Freedom

    Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade

    Schwartz, Heather E.
    Book, 2017Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017] — J 323.1196 SCHWARTZ

  • Captive Nation

    Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era

    Berger, Dan, 1981-
    Book, 2014Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014. — 364.3496 BERGER

  • Trouble Maker for Justice

    the Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

    Houtman, Jacqueline,
    Book, 2019San Francisco : City Lights Books, [2019] — YA BIO RUSTIN

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