![]() Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community. Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Read more about the history and causes of mass incarceration and how activists are reforming and rethinking justice. With growing awareness about unfair treatment in the justice system, more and more people are calling for change. This disproportionate impact can be traced back to slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the criminalization of Black people into the modern day. ![]() She was named the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic, a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Penguin Random House (PRH). ![]() ![]() In the United States, Black men are almost six times more likely to be imprisoned than white men. Author: Cicely Lewis Cicely Lewis is a school librarian with a passion for creating lovers of reading. ![]()
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