SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART The For Freedoms Reading Library on equity, diversity, and civic action is compiled by Frankie de Vera, librarian at San José Public Library in response to issues addressed by artists in the exhibition Rise Up! Social Justice in Art from the Collection of J. Michael Bewley, on view at SJMA through September 30, 2018.
CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?
Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
by Irene Latham and Charles Waters; illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko LET'S TALK ABOUT RACE by Julius Lester; illustrated by Karen Barbour JULIÁN IS A MERMAID by Jessica Love MORE GIRLS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD
Heroines from Ada Lovelace to Misty Copeland
CHILDREN All books can be borrowed from San José Public Library Suggested books on social justice for children 11 and under
by Michelle Roehm McCann; illustrated by David Hahn A IS FOR ACTIVIST by Innosanto Nagara MAMA MITI
Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by written by Donna Jo Napoli; illustrated by Kadir Nelson DREAMS OF FREEDOM IN WORDS AND PICTURES by Amnesty International RUBY'S WISH by Shirin Yim Bridges; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
SHE TAKES A STAND
16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World
by Michael Elsohn Ross
ONE GREEN APPLE by Eve Bunting; illustrated by Ted Lewineland
PRIDE: THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG by Rob Sanders; illustrated by Steven Salerno
IT'S YOUR WORLD
RAD AMERICAN WOMEN A–Z
Get Informed, Get Inspired, & Get Going!
by Chelsea Clinton ¡SÍ, SE PUEDE! = YES, WE CAN! Janitor Strike in LA
by Diana Cohn; illustrated by Francisco Delgado LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History... and Our Future!
by Kate Schatz; illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl RAD WOMEN WORLDWIDE
Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History
by Kate Schatz; illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl
MARLEY DIAS GETS IT DONE And So Can You!
by Marley Dias, with Siobhan McGowan; introduction by Ava DuVernay GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS
100 tales of extraordinary women
by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo STRANGE FRUIT
Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
by Gary Golio; illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb I AM JAZZ! by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings; illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
For Freedoms is a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, founded in 2016 by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman. As part of the For Freedoms 50 State Initiative, a non-partisan, nationwide campaign to use art as a means of inspiring broad civic participation, SJMA will host a For Freedoms Town Hall meeting on September 5, 2018.
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