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Ms. Barns from Denton, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Black History in the Library

Help me give my students nonfiction books and biographies that reflect their Black History.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Barns's classroom raised $383

This project is fully funded

My Project

Books can be mirrors, reflecting who we are and what we know about the world we live in, and books can be windows, helping us to view and understand lives that are different than our own. For books to succeed at being mirrors and windows, they must reflect the diversity and complexity that exists in our community and beyond.

My goal with this project is to provide the students of my school with a variety of high-quality, award-winning literature highlighting Black history and culture.

When students of color don't see themselves represented in books, they internalize negative feelings of exclusion and inferiority, as if their lives don't matter. And when white students don't have the opportunity to read books representing diverse cultures, their susceptibility to harmful stereotypes and prejudices increases.

This project will increase the diversity of the library's collection, providing more culturally responsive books that can serve as mirrors and windows.

Ms. Barns Tomas Rivera Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Denton, TX View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

700 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carter Reads the Newspaper • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change • Amazon Business $15.98 1 $15.98
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual • Amazon Business $15.35 1 $15.35
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
An American Story • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight (Volume 7) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $13.08 1 $13.08
Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass (A Big Words Book, 8) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Who Is the Man in the Air?: Michael Jordan: A Who HQ Graphic Novel (Who HQ Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
The ABCs of Black History • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$291.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$325.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.42

Total project goal

$382.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $382.82

1 Donor

-$325.40

Donations toward project cost

-$325.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$57.42

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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