NAGC works to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research
By Jessica Stargardter
In my Blog post, I stated the initial steps I was going to take as a White teacher to reaffirm that Black Lives Matter in our gifted progamming. Here are additional ways we can promote anti-racism, equity, and inclusion.
Hands Up!, by Breanna J. McDaniel and Shane W. Evans
Hey Black Child, by Useni Eugene Perkins & Bryan Collier
I am Enough, by Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
Let’s Talk About Race, by Julius Lester, illustrated by Karen Barbour
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Something Happened in Our Town, by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present, by Jamia Wilson, illus. by Andrea Pippins.
A Good Kind of Trouble, by Lisa Moore Ramee
Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
One Crazy Summer, by Rita Garcia
Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
I am Alfonso Jones, by Tony Medina
Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas
Better Than Carrots or Sticks, by Dominique Smith, Douglas B. Fisher and Nancy E. Frey
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, by Monique W. Morris
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education, by Christopher Emdin
Teaching for Black Lives, by Dyan Watson, Jesse Hagopian, Wayne Au
Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students, by Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, Asa Hilliard III
How to be Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, by Layla F. Saad
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work, by Tiffany Jewell