Amberly R. Carter

Stop the Erasure—5 banned books that keep Civil Rights history alive! 📚✊🏾

1. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice – Shines a spotlight on the 15-year-old who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks—proof that teens spark revolutions!

2. Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh – Tells the 1940s story of Sylvia Mendez and the case that paved the way for Brown v. Board, demolished for “controversial” discussions of segregation.

3. They Called Themselves the K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti – Unflinchingly documents white-supremacist terror and why vigilance still matters—often yanked for being “too graphic.”

4. We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson & Tonya Bolden – Connects Reconstruction to today’s voter-suppression battles; some districts ban it for “political content.”

5. Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes – Follows two biracial brothers navigating racist school discipline; sidelined for daring to confront systemic bias head-on.

👉🏾 Action step: Screenshot this list, tag a friend, and buy these books from my Amazon Storefront. Let’s keep truth in circulation! 🖤📖

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