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Ms. McKinney from Oklahoma City, OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Black History Month & Beyond

Help me give my students young adult titles like For Lamb, African Town, The Davenports and more. Additionally, help me give their infants and toddlers picture books like We are Here, and Because You Matter.

  • $501 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Although 94% of our students come from marginalized backgrounds, recent legislation has severely limited their ability to access information about their own heritage and history in the classroom. The school library is the perfect place for our students to gain exposure to Black authors, illustrators, narrators, and more. I am requesting picture books and young adult titles that feature protagonist of color. These titles will be available to anyone who chooses to read them; but, students will neither be graded, nor will they be required to read any book that makes them feel uncomfortable. These materials will make a difference in students' learning because they will return to class refreshed and ready to learn. What's more, they will return to class knowing that they are accepted and appreciated at our school.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” ~James Baldwin

We hope that, through these materials, students can start conversations about their identities that go well beyond the month of February. The ultimate goal of this project is for our students from under-represented populations to feel seen, heard, valued, and safe.

Ms. McKinney Emerson North High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Oklahoma City, OK 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

230 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Daughters of Oduma • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Play the Game • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
For Lamb • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Wrong Kind of Weird • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Minus-One Club • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Sun Keep Rising • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
A Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Racial Trauma Handbook for Teens: CBT Skills to Heal from the Personal and Intergenerational Trauma of Racism (The Instant Help Social Justice Series) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love • Amazon Business $17.59 1 $17.59
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice • Amazon Business $17.18 1 $17.18
My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Promise Boys • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Life Doesn't Frighten Me (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition) • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Monday's Not Coming • Amazon Business $15.20 1 $15.20
The Davenports • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
We Are Here (An All Because You Matter Book) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
An American Story • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
The Nickel Boys: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.24 1 $13.24
African Town • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The ABCs of Black History • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40

Materials cost

$360.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$425.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.03

Total project goal

$500.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $500.22

2 Donors

-$250.10

Donations toward project cost

-$212.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.51

match offer

-$250.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$212.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.52

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