Stamped is not a history book. Instead, it covers the history of racism, slavery in the United States in a conversation-like manner. When did racist ideas emerge? What is a segregationist versus an assimilationist versus an antiracist? How and what actions contributed and still contribute to them? Jason Reynolds has done an amazing job adapting Ibram X Kendi’s original works (Stamped from the Beginning) into an understandable but informative version for young adults. Stamped is a must-read history lesson that focuses on history from a new and different lens.