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Series
Publisher
[Playaway Products, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market--the system that controls money in America--plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called “Hoovervilles” named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many...
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States. The overarching nonfiction narrative follows author Tiffany Jewell from early elementary school through her time at college, unpacking the history of systemic racism in the American educational system...