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Ms. Granado from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Student's Need To Discover The Color of Water

My students need 25 copies of "The Color of Water : A Black Man''s Tribute to His White Mother" to prove the attainability of the American dream.

  • $395 goal

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Ms. Granado has another project! Donate to Stitching Creativity: Machines for Ms. G.’s Sewing Club to help her classroom.

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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 Students

Show my students that the American dream is very much attainable! Much of American Literature addresses the American dream, especially how elusive this dream can be. The Color of Water depicts life's hardships, but it also shows that the American dream is very much attainable.

My students are very much like James McBride, from Brooklyn and Queens.

They face a similar reality that McBride faced with the temptations of drugs, neighborhoods ridden with violence, the risk of dropping out, and conflict at home. Some are counterparts to Ruth, a few Polish and immigrants, and a great many Caribbean and Latin students who can also relate to her immigrant experience.

My Project

Help me show my young Ruths and McBrides a more positive and relevant outlook of the American dream with McBride's story of coming of age to discover his identity, to pursue college, and to find his career as an artist, a musician and a writer. My students will not only be able to prove the attainability of the American dream in their research projects, but they will also be able to finish this unit with a book that has a more uplifting and inspirational ending, an ending that they may very well duplicate in their own lives. They will write narratives, not just theirs but also that of the most important person in their lives. This project will lead directly to their college essays. If Ruth, in her prime, and McBride with all his mistakes could both achieve their dreams of college and more, so can my students! This book will be their inspiration.

For many of my students, this book, The Color of Water : A Black Man''s Tribute to His White Mother, will be the difference between just getting a job right after high school and taking a chance on themselves, applying to college and achieving their dreams like Ruth and McBride.

Ms. Granado Enterprise Bus & Technical High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Color of Water : A Black Man''s Tribute to His White Mother • AKJ Books $11.84 25 $296.00

Materials cost

$296.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$335.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.20

Total project goal

$394.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $394.64

3 Donors

-$394.64

Donations toward project cost

-$335.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.20

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