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Illuminating Black Voices

Help me give my students the opportunity to hear about the Black experience from Black authors. Including, but not limited to, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver, bell hooks, and current authors as well.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Neubacher's classroom raised $710

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Please give my students the opportunity to hear Black experiences through Black voices.

Combining authors from the Civil Rights era (Martin Luther King, Jr.

and Malcolm X) with other Black voices from American history (James Baldwin, Frederick Douglass, Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver) and contemporary authors (Ibram X. Kendi, Amber McBride, Nicole Hannah Jones, Brandy Colbert, and Kwame Alexander), students will learn about authentic Black experiences, and be able to view history, humanity and literature through a new lens. They can then apply that lens to current events to better understand the world.

Ms. Neubacher Sonoma Valley High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $10.19 4 $40.76
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center • Amazon Business $25.10 1 $25.10
The Portable Malcolm X Reader: A Man Who Stands for Nothing Will Fall for Anything (Penguin Classics) • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America • Amazon Business $24.44 1 $24.44
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America • Amazon Business $21.98 1 $21.98
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story • Amazon Business $20.46 1 $20.46
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances • Amazon Business $18.48 1 $18.48
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Gone Wolf • Amazon Business $16.64 1 $16.64
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story (King Legacy) • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Forgive Me Not • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
We Are All So Good at Smiling • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Notes of a Native Son • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
the Little Book of Big Quotes: Eldridge Cleaver & Kathleen Cleaver • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre • Amazon Business $11.93 1 $11.93
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Soul on Ice • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Evidence of Things Not Seen • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Their Eyes Were Watching God • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
Chaos Theory • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks • Amazon Business $10.37 1 $10.37
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, Special 75th Anniversary Edition (Martin Luther King, Jr., born January 15, 1929) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Assata An Autobiography • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Susie King Taylor: Nurse, Teacher & Freedom Fighter (Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
Why We Can't Wait (Signet Classics) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Souls of Black Folk • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89

Materials cost

$517.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$603.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.43

Total project goal

$709.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $709.52

1 Donor

-$709.52

Donations toward project cost

-$603.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$106.43

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