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In honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, it is time to reckon with our past and redeem our future by supporting the reparations movement in the United States.

Black racial harm did not end. It compounds every day we wait. Federal comprehensive reparations is how we finally break a cycle that can benefit everyone. It is a practice of peace, and the next 250 years begins with what we do now.

The wounds of chattel slavery lives on in housing segregation built through public policy and private practice, in underfunded or closed down schools serving majority Black students, in violent policing and the expansion of the carceral system in the early 20th century, disparity in poverty rates, the deliberate disruption of Black political power during Jim Crow, and the long-standing and systemic disparate environmental-based harm to redlined Black communities.

When the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling the enslavement of African people the gravest crime against humanity early this year, the United States voted no.

In partnership with @liberationventures three artists turned federal reparations research into visual art: @beeharris @noadenmon and @jenijenkins . Repair is not optional. It is a debt that needs to be paid.

These artists carry those ideas and research into classrooms, city streets, and communities nationwide. These images are meant to be seen and shared, download the free artwork, show it to your loved ones, and let it support the work you’re doing in your communities to build a culture of repair for everyone in the US.

How much do you think the history of chattel slavery in the US still shapes people’s lives today?

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august sky with noa + tyler

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More wonderful elementary read alouds focused on our shared history! Check them out at your next library or bookstore visit!

#libraries #readaloud #elementary #Antarctica #America

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Bonus post in celebration of Disability Pride Month! We hope you check these books at tour local library or buy them from your local bookseller!

Remember, picture books are for everyone.

#picturebooks #disability #neurodiversity #libraries #booksellers

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I had the honor of curating a gorgeous powerful @amplifierart collection for Pride Month and it's the last day to check out these new and timeless fine art prints there 🔻 The riot continues 🔻

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Today we joined thousands of people from across the country in Washington DC to launch the declaration of interdependence with @next250us - follow to learn more and join the movement 🔊🔊🔊 This is just the beginning.

Reparations now artwork by @noadenmon @beeharris for @liberationventures

Sneak peak of our #nationalcreativeassembely artwork series by @tracieching @liberaljane @jenijenkins and @kimchi.juice launching next week 🤫

Big love to @lsarsour @msladyjustice1 @tamikadmallory and @bobblandofficial ❤️

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This July 4th marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As we look back, we must also look forward because how we imagine the next 250 years matters just as much. A future that includes everyone doesn’t happen by accident. Reparations is how we build it.

In partnership with @liberationventures, we commissioned three artists to make the case for reparations through powerful visual art and to join the Week of Repair alongside artists, leaders, and organizations committed to one truth: our systems can’t be fixed without reparations.

Reparations isn’t a political debate. It’s an internationally recognized framework for how societies heal. Most people think of it as financial compensation but the full definition includes material and systemic repair for those who experienced harm, their families, and society as a whole.

Applied to U.S. chattel slavery and its enduring legacies — racial violence, Jim Crow, lynching, high maternal mortality rate for Black women, redlining, gentrification, mass incarceration, the war on drugs, and more — reparations means facing the gross human rights violations of slavery, naming it, taking responsibility, and making it right.

Federal reparations for Black and African Americans wouldn’t just repair the past. It would create a culture of repair whose benefits extend to everyone.

In the words of @beeharris:
“Slavery is not confined to history. Its effects continue to shape disparities in wealth, health, education, and the well-being of Black communities today. When we talk about reparations, we’re talking about repairing harm and investing in generations to come.”

Slide 1 and 2 artwork by @noadenmon
Slide 3 and 4 artwork by @beeharris

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Juneteenth is more than a day – it’s a celebration of Black independence, joy, and freedom. Today, we honor those stories, voices, and histories on our shelves that continue to shape and strengthen our communities. 📚❤️

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🫶🏿 Every June 19th, we commemorate the federal emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. by celebrating Juneteenth—however, this holiday is so much more than a reminder of this shameful aspect of American history.

Juneteenth is first and foremost a time to celebrate the culture and achievements of Black Americans, and in particular, their resilience as individuals and a community.

Here are two awesome picture books that celebrate Black history past, future, and present. What are some of your favorites?

Featuring:
✊🏾 A SONG FOR JUNETEENTH by Zetta Elliott, illus. by Noa Denmon
🤟🏿 WE ARE JOY by Chrystal D. Giles, illus. by Kitt Thomas

A heartfelt thanks to Little, Brown BFYR, Hachette Children’s, and Random House Children’s Books for copies of these, and a very happy Juneteenth to our readers!

#childrensbooks #juneteenth #picturebooks

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📚SUMMER READING - I’m excited that my picture book, THEY BUILT ME FOR FREEDOM:THE STORY OF JUNETEENTH AND HOUSTON’S EMANCIPATION PARK, is part of @kindredstorieshtx Summer Reading Challenge. Here’s just a few of the amazing books for kids in the 4-8 age category. ☀️Check out the complete list, and learn about all the prizes readers can win on their link in bio at @kindredstorieshtx!

#summerreading #summerreadingprogram #summerreadingchallenge #raisingreaders @ktliterary @thepbpros @brownbookshelfteam @pbrisingstars

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Children’s books are one of the most powerful ways to help your little ones understand and celebrate Juneteenth!

🎶New release A SONG FOR JUNETEENTH by Zetta Elliott @zettaelliott and illustrated by Noa Denmon @noadenmon is emotional, lyrical, and rooted in the resilience of Black families and the power of community. A complete warm embrace!

Explore our full Juneteenth collection in store and online.

#juneteenth #childrensbooks

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We are living in a time when power has shed its disguise. What we’re seeing is greed, domination and violence dressed up as leadership.

And again and again, it’s women who open the door to something else.

We’ve spent over a decade making art alongside some of them and we want you to know their names.

@aijenp who organized the workers America made invisible — the nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers holding families together — and won them Domestic Workers Bills of Rights in states across the country. A compassionate leader who showcases that care is the infrastructure everything else runs on.

@osopepatrisse who in 2013 created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer and watched it become one of the largest racial justice movements in human history, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and deeply rooted in love for community.

@valariekaur Sikh civil rights lawyer and filmmaker, who asked the question that became a lifeline for millions: Is this the darkness of the tomb, or the darkness of the womb? Her Revolutionary Love Tour has now traveled to over 65 cities, calling people back to courage.

@simone.sister who got on a bus with a group of nuns and took moral clarity straight to the people, challenging systems of inequality with faith as a shield.

@allieyoung13 Diné activist and founder of Protect the Sacred, who is making sure Indigenous voices and stories are told with the full weight of their truth and power.

@adriennemareebrown whose visionary writing invites us to imagine futures built not on fear, but on pleasure, care, and collective joy, because the world we want has to be practiced, not just demanded.

@renee.diresta who walks into the machinery of disinformation so the rest of us can see more clearly.

MariaElena Fournier who knows that real change is built one conversation, one relationship, one act of courage at a time.

This is what it looks like to refuse to be a bystander.

To all the women building, healing, and dreaming us forward, we see you. We’re with you. We’re grateful for you 🧡

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