Angie Thomas
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Angela Thomas is an American young adult author, known for her contributions to young adult fiction. She gained international recognition for her novel The Hate U Give which addresses police violence
Thomas at the 2025 Texas Book Festival
Killing of Oscar Grant
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Oscar Grant was a 22-year-old Black man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fig
Angie Thomas
…same name by Fox 2000, starring Amandla Stenberg. The novel was influenced in part by contemporary events involving police violence, which includes the shooting of Oscar Grant, as well as the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and Sandra Bland. Thomas cites Tupac Shakur as inspiration for her writing…
Oscar Grant III
Fruitvale BART station, where Grant was shot and killed
Protesters holding signs on January 8, 2009
March for Oscar Grant, 14 January 2009