Four adolescent boys enjoying summer vacation are introduced to the first African American family they have ever met. Cousins Jacob, Floyd, Freddie, and their friend Henry quickly befriend eleven year old William who had been living with his missionary parents and five-year-old sister in Africa. Racial prejudice and ignorance threaten the harmony in this farming community outside Lansing, Michigan "with heroic and tragic results".

A young woman befriends a Chinese family despite the racism and fear that overwhelm the residents of her small western mining town at the end of the gold rush.

Book explains how one can overcome racism and be successful, no matter what color you are.

Explores the consistent pattern of racial bigotry, religious intolerance, violence, and exploitation by the Klan since its founding in the post-Civil War period.

From D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation in 1915 to the recent Get Out, audiences and critics alike have responded to racism in motion pictures for more than a century. Whether subtle or blatant, racially biased images and narratives erase minorities, perpetuate stereotypes, and keep alive practices of discrimination and marginalization. Even in the 21st century, the American film industry is not "color blind," evidenced by films such as Babel (2006),...

For thirteen-year-old Makena, clothes are a way for her to connect with others, but when some people make hurtful assumptions about her because she is Black, she discovers how to use fashion to speak up about injustice.