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Nick Swekosky

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Hi there! 👋 I’m Nick, the creator of Social Justice Booklist! It all started with a mission to make it easier for people to discover books about social justice leaders—like the one my Aunt Rosita wrote about my incredible great aunt, Pauli Murray. 🌟 Link to her book: https://www.socialjusticereads.com/books/pauli-murray-the-life-of-a-pioneering-feminist-and-civil-rights-activist Over time, my passion grew, and so did the vision for this community. I wanted to learn more stories and connect with others who share this interest. That’s why I added a way to discover articles about social justice leaders written every day. If you ever have questions or need help, I’ve got your back! Just click on your profile picture, select "Support," and send me an email—I’d love to hear from you. Let’s keep discovering and learning together! 📚

Book Lists Made by Nick Swekosky

Nick Swekosky's Submitted Books

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They She He Me: Free to Be!'s image
"The authors have succeeded in creating a gorgeous and much-needed picture book about pronouns and gender fluidity. A beautiful and gentl...
They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I's image
A study of real accounts of the everyday violence experienced by emancipated African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms's image
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Chri...
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.'s image
Boys, let us get up a club.With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend’s mansion, pulled pillowcases over th...
They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds's image
They Called Me 299-359 is an anthology of poetry and essays written, edited, and compiled by incarcerated youth who are Free Minds Book C...
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom's image
In this stirring and powerfully illustrated story, an enslaved young man uses his ability to read and write to educate others in the purs...
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems's image
An award-winning novel in verse about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growing up on the border the only way that ...
These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can't Afford to Abandon Our Public Schools's image
A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all stu...
These Olive Trees's image
The story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye...
These Hands's image
Joseph’s grandpa could do almost anything with his hands. He could play the piano, throw a curveball, and tie a triple bowline knot in ...
There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables's image
A hilarious new picture book that exposes vegetables for what they truly are—leaves, roots, flowers, and stalks—by National Book Awar...
There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up's image
There Goes the 'Hood analyzes the experience of gentrification for residents of two predominantly black New York City neighbourhoods. It ...
There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights's image
Historian, scholar, and award-winning author Milton Meltzer outlines the struggle of African Americans for "life, liberty, and the pursui...
There Are Trans People Here's image
There are trans people here in the past, the present, and the future. H. Melt’s writing centers the deep care, love, and joy within tra...
The Zyprexa Papers's image
On December 17, 2006, The New York Times began a series of front-page stories about documents obtained from Alaska lawyer Jim Gottstein, ...
The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent's image
The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List - PreK-2 (2024) The New York Times New Yor...
The Young Lords: A Radical History's image
Against the backdrop of America’s escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a serie...
The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement's image
An authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the...
The Year We Learned to Fly's image
Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López's highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bestseller The Day You Begin illuminates t...
The Year of the Dog's image
This funny and profound debut novel by prolific illustrator Lin tells the story of young Pacy who, as she celebrates the Chinese New Year...
The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero's image
In this “sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend” (Publishers Weekly)—the remarkable Major Taylor w...
The World We Need: Stories and Lessons from America’s Unsung Environmental Movement's image
The inspiring people and grassroots organizations that are on the front lines of the battle to save the planet As the world's scientists ...
The World Belonged to Us's image
Two children’s book superstars—#1 New York Times bestseller Jacqueline Woodson, the author of The Day You Begin, and Leo Espinosa, th...
The Worker Center Handbook: A Practical Guide to Starting and Building the New Labor Movement's image
Worker centers are becoming an important element in labor and community organizing and the struggle for fair pay and decent working condi...
The Wonder of the World Leaf: Band 10/White (Collins Big Cat)'s image
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created ...

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