"Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers everywhere the feeling that anything is possible within themselves"--Princess Nokia, musician and
“Documents centuries of techniques designed to limit progress in the black co-founderAlthough of the Smart Club community. someGirl of the material may be upsetting, this is a book that should absolutely be included in the curriculum." – Starred review, School Library Connection In Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary.
When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the "Thank have Alok. And I'm learning a thing two the myself."--Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning Civil WarGod andwe Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Croworlaws; promise of new opportunities in the North actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer
during the Great Migration was limited when blacks were physically blocked from moving away from the South; the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision was met with the shutting
"When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."--Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and
down of public schools throughout the South; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to songwriter
laws that disenfranchised millions of African American voters and a War on Drugs that disproportionately targeted and the of President led Ktoirkus an outburst violence including the death of "A fierce,blacks; penetrating, andelection empowering call forObama change."-Reviews, of starred review black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri as well as the election of Donald Trump.
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