Melrose Public Library Announces 74 New Books Centered On DEI

Melrose MA

03 February, 2022

8:48 PM

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The following was submitted but the City of Melrose: Melrose, MA –– The Melrose Public Library has announced there are 74 new books on its shelves that are either written by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) authors or highlight themes and promote messages of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The library was able to purchase the books through DEI funding provided by Melrose Mayor Paul Brodeur last year in honor of Juneteenth. "Last year, we made a commitment to help Melrose move closer to becoming one community, open to all. This is that vision coming to life," said Mayor Brodeur. "I'm grateful and proud of our amazing team at the Melrose Public library who curated a wide variety of materials that cover key diversity, equity, and inclusion topics. I encourage anyone with questions – about age appropriate books, or the selection itself, to turn to our expert librarians and library staff – their resourcefulness knows no bounds." The Melrose Public Library and the City of Melrose encourages everyone to check out one of these 74 titles in honor of Black History Month. There are books and graphic novels for every age group and reading level, and the Melrose Public Library librarians and staff are ready to help visitors looking to check one out. "Out of these 74 new books, there is a title for everyone, for every age," said Melrose Public Library Director Linda Gardener. "These books help to bring an awareness to LGBTQ+, diversity, equity, and inclusion topics, and a large portion of them are written by BIPOC authors. Our librarians and staff join the Educators at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, who believe books are one of the effective ways to introduce diversity and help create an environment where it's safe to discuss our human differences, such as race, gender, and more." A list of the new titles can be found below: Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & AbolitionBlackoutKindred (the graphic novel)Parable of Sower (the graphic novel)Black Boy JoyBaseball's leading lady: Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro LeaguesSomething to SayShirley Chisholm daredPushout: the criminalization of black girls in schoolAn Indian Among Los Indigenas: a native travel memoirHow to talk so kids Can Learn About Anti-racism and Social JusticeMeeting MimiTeach your Dragon About DiversityBamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My DreamsWhat We Don't Talk AboutChasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow SouthEdge caseL.A. WeatherIn Every Mirror She's BlackRamadan RamseySilent Winds, Dry SeasBuild Your House Around my BodySongs for the FlamesWilliam Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel of PhiladelphiaAngel of GreenwoodIt doesn't Take a GeniusThe Stars and the Blackness Between ThemWake: The Hidden History of Women-led Slave RevoltsWe Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest and PossibilityBouncing Back with Big Bird: A book about resilienceCaring with Bert & Ernie: A Book about empathyEveryone Has Value with Zoe: A Book about respectKeep Trying with Abby: A book about persistenceLooking on the Bright Side with Elmo: a book about positivityMe Love to share with Cookie Minster: a book about generosityBlack from the futureThe joy of living while blackWhy we flyAmerica on Fire: the untold story of police violence and black rebellion since the 1960sBlack American History for DummiesConversations in BlackDear Black girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your PowerFootnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White WayInvisible Men: The trailblazing Black Artists of Comic BooksTwisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair CultureWayward Lives, Beautiful ExperimentsNobody Knows the Trouble I've SeenOvernight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval EngineeringMouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian ThoughtYour Turn: How to be an AdultDemystifying DisabilityA Smart Girl's Guide: Race and InclusionBlack Birds in the SkyTextures: The History and Art of Black hairThe Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women's SelfPortraitsChild of the Flower-song PeopleRace to the SunWhen We say Black Lives matterRead this to Get Smarter about Race, Class, Gender, Disability and MoreBeing SeenBlack Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora [A Cookbook]We Are Not Like ThemRidgelineCivilizationsThe Other TalkThis is Our rainbowYour LegacyUntil I am freeMy MonticelloThe Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the DelawareYour next level lifeBlack Art: A Cultural HistoryAfrican Artists: From 1882 to NowOpal Lee and What It Means to be Free