Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Amazing book about a father, a policeman, an African-American who does the right thing and turns in two policemen for shooting an African-American adolescent.  Following this, he and his family goes into the witness protection program and the book relates how the different family members cope wth their loss of identity.

The mother's dark brown fingers move quickly through a rise of white dough.

Look for the beauty, my mama says.  Always look for the beauty.  It's in every single body you meet.