Black Lives Matter: Grassroots Movement to Global Phenomenon: ISBN 978-1-6782-0030-5 / eBook: 978-1-6782-0031-2
Police Defunding and Reform: What Changes Are Needed?: ISBN 978-1-6782-0026-8 / eBook: 978-1-6782-0027-5
Systemic Racism and the African American Experience: ISBN 978-1-6782-0024-4 / eBook: 978-1-6782-0025-1
Racial Injustice: Rage, Protests, and Demands for Change: ISBN 978-1-6782-0028-2 / eBook: 978-1-6782-0029-9
WASHYARG, May 1, 2023
This is a series to introduce readers to racism, discrimination and bias based on being Black in the United States. It includes topics such as systemic racism towards African-Americans when it comes to housing, employment, health and policing. Also included are topics such as racial injustice and how it leads to protesting and demands for change, the history behind the BLM movement, and the demands for defunding the police and what that means. The Police Defunding book gives a broad view with researched data about the hot-button issue.
Recommended Age: Middle School, Junior High, High School
Police Defunding and Reform: What Changes Are Needed?: ISBN 978-1-6782-0026-8 / eBook: 978-1-6782-0027-5
Booklist, April 1, 2021
This book in the Being Black in America series (4 titles) discusses what defunding the police would mean and addresses the rationale behind it as well as the objections from those who say it's too radical. The impetus behind the movement stems primarily from the 2020 killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, as well as the deaths of other Black Americans at the hands of police. The book describes police reforms that have been enacted in many cities and state governments since then, like the banning of chokeholds and no-knock warrants and the institution of new de-escalation training for police, as well as other reforms that are being examined now. This timely and well-sourced book evenhandedly presents both sides of a debate that's still unfolding in the news.
— Sharon Rawlins