Born Out of StruggleRooted in the initial struggle of community members who staged a successful hunger strike to secure a high school in their Chicago neighborhood, David Omotoso Stovall's Born Out of Struggle focuses on his first hand participation in the process to help design the school. Offering important lessons about how to remain accountable to communities while designing a curriculum with a social justice agenda, Stovall explores the use of critical race theory

and herself

Will Tameika let their harsh words be her final curtain call

from the award-winning writer Roxane Gay calls "a consummate storyteller

We should not suppress it or seek to replace it with friendly emotions

A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care

and social justice scholar-advocate

where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl's display of finery

It brings to life past

where he gains new perspective on family and belonging

and deeply affecting

fast-paced

He realized that building antiracist societies safeguards all children from the harms of racism