Something Happened in Our Town
A Child's Story About Racial Injustice

4★ “Something bad happened in our town. The news was on the TV, the radio, and the internet the grown-ups didn’t think the kids knew about it. But the kids in Ms. Garcia’s class heard some older kids talking about it, and they had questions.” Of course they had questions. I remember asking plenty of awkwa......more

'Something Happened in our Town' by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazard, who all have PhD's, is a children's book about racial prejudice. It is a picture book that discusses the shooting of Black men by police officers. It also mentions White people are treated better generally by polic......more

Two kids, black Josh and white Emily question why a black man was shot by the police. The white family said it was a mistake, but the big sister said it was because he was black. Then they discussed the roles of blacks, whites, slavery, and breaking patterns. The black family said it was wrong when......more

Young children learn the hard way how police murder unarmed American Descendants of Freed Slaves for sport. Emma, a young white girl learns she is white. Emma tells her mother how there are white people who believe they are better than American Descendants of Freed Slaves and believe they are dangero......more