Day 4

How have the institutions in our society treated people of color unfairly?

Being treated unfairly because of race has been happening to people of color for centuries. This video helps explain how unfairness can add up for families. Choose one book to read with your family, then discuss the question. Institutions means things like schools, governments, justice systems and police, banks, and other large organizations.

A Kid’s Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

Book for levels: K-2, 3-5

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano

Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

Yours for Justice Ida B Wells by Phillip Dray

Todos Iguales - All Equal by Christy Hale

Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins by Carole Boston Weatherford

Book for levels: 3-5