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05059aam a22006134i 4500 001 77C3BD42B32C11E8822A2F5697128E48 003 SILO 005 20180908010019 008 171116t20182018nyua d 000 0 eng 010 $a 2017043558 020 $a 1524771961 020 $a 9781524771966 020 $a 152477197X 020 $a 9781524771973 035 $a (OCoLC)1012703692 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d DLC $d ILC $d OCLCO $d CGP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BJ1631 $b .N48 2018 082 00 $a 170/.44 $2 23 245 00 $a Nevertheless, we persisted : $b 48 voices of defiance, strength, and courage / $c foreword by Senator Amy Klobuchar. 246 3 $a Nevertheless, we persisted : $b forty-eight voices of defiance, strength, and courage 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c [2018] 300 $a 308 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Borzoi book-- title page verso. 500 $a Included index (pages 305-308). 500 $a Discussion questions (pages 297-302). 520 $a A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity-- but persisted. Among others: actress Alia Shawkat was told she was too "ethnic" for parts. Former NFL player Wade Davis bullied other gay classmates in an attempt to hide his own sexuality. Holocaust survivor Fanny Starr tells of her harrowing time in Auschwitz, where she watched her family disappear, one by one. They tell how they rose through the hate, overcoming the obstacles of their childhood to the hard-won lives they live today. 505 00 $t accidental activist / $r by Gavin Grimm. $t For brown girls who blossom on their own time / $r by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez -- $t Own world / $r by Alia Shawkat -- $t Your golden thread / $r by Matthew Burgess -- $t As is / $r by Alysia Reiner -- $t Everyone plays / $r by Amy Chu, with illustrations by Loui Chin -- $t From high-jumping to life support to wheelchair basketball in Afghanistan / $r by Jess Markt -- $t Nevertheless, love persisted / $r by Danielle Vabner -- $t (Young) man in the mirror / $r by Nate Smith -- $g The $t woman's place is in the kitchen / $r by Maneet Chauhan -- $t Be bigger than your story / $r a conversation with Tay Anderson and Leland Melvin -- $t Twisted-mouth / $r by Jeff Gomez -- $g The $t unfinished Maulik Pancholy pilot / $r by Maulik Pancholy -- $t You, sailor / $r by Erin McKeown -- $t Triple threat / $r a conversation with Tamika, Tauja, and Kenyon Catchings -- $t Making it better / $r by James Lecesne -- $t They didn't succeed, I survived / $r by Fanny Starr -- $t Learning about empathy / $r by Imran Siddiquee -- $g The $t roots of embodied education / $r by Liz Wolfson -- $t Not a doll / $r by Jadaida Glover -- $g The $t quietly relentless / $r by Soraya Chemaly -- $t More than my womb / $r by Melissa Marr -- $t Just the beginning / $r by Jesselyn Silva -- $t #Nofilter / $r by Azure Antoinette -- $t I didn't fit in, what a gift / $r by Vicki Saunders -- $t Window seat / $r by Representative Leslie Herod -- $t Reflections of a younger Silvercloud / $r by Johnny Silvercloud -- $t Sometimes you are better off not knowing / $r by Binta Niambi Brown -- $t How writing a college essay taught me more about myself than life / $r by Patricia Valoy -- $t Nevertheless, I write / $r by Amy Fox -- $g The $t new kid / $r by JoseÌ Antonio Tijerino -- $t Brown boy, white suburbia / $r by Pej Vahdat -- $g The $t practice of self-love / $r by Wade Davis -- $t Guts / $r by J. W. CorteÌs -- $t Black ancestry and artistry wielded against the police state / $r by Patrisse Khan-Cullors -- $t I am not Susanne, I am Soulaima / $r Soulaima Gourani -- $t We rise / $r by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez -- $t Rewriting the rules / $r by Dr. Gail Schoettler -- $t Beyond the baseline / $r a conversation with Jason and Jarron Collins -- $t My growth through drought / $r by Kiara Nirghin -- $t L'amour, maybe not / $r by Shruti Ganguly -- $t Writing my own story / $r by Jillian Mercado -- $g The $t accidental activist / $r by Gavin Grimm. 650 0 $a Conduct of life. 650 0 $a Persistence. 650 0 $a Courage. 655 4 $a Young adult nonfiction. 700 1 $a Klobuchar, Amy, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 17 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716023341.0 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626014933.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214040705.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207011222.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012024013.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220802014531.0 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20210924020030.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722055523.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110074726.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20191211013152.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20191123011442.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190315010224.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20190118010748.0 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20181030013350.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20181024013622.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20181016010523.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121513.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=77C3BD42B32C11E8822A2F5697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search