Showing 1–9 of 9 titles
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Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
This reference book about the Black Lives Matter movement and its historical context includes helpful lists, timelines, and photographs.
- Nonfiction, History, US History, Social Sciences, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2022
- Older
- ISBN: 9780358573418
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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Accompanied by striking cut-paper illustrations, this moving picture book biography illuminates Mamie Till-Mobley’s life and the ways in which the murder of her son affected her activism during the civil rights era.
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Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
The 1961 Freedom Rides come to life in Bausum's book through the unflinching personal stories of two men uniting for a common cause: Lewis, the African American Southerner and Zwerg, the Caucasian Midwesterner. The dynamic book design includes Civil Rights song lyrics, first-hand accounts and provocative black-and-white photographs layered with lavender-and-gray panels. Exemplary documentation and end notes further illuminate the journey.
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H Is for Harlem
Accompanied by gorgeously detailed illustrations, this alphabetical ode to Harlem's Black history and culture celebrates historical figures, buildings, institutions, works of art, and more.
- Nonfiction, History, US History, Alphabet Books, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2023
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780316322379
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A History of Me
Powerful illustrations illuminate this tale of a Black girl’s journey to finding self-acceptance and pride in her heritage despite the racism she faces as the only Black person in her class.
- Nonfiction, History, US History, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2023
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780823442577
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Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men
This account details the successful efforts of African American attorney Scipio Jones to free 12 wrongly convicted Black men in 1924.
- Nonfiction, History, US History, Social Sciences, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2022
- Older
- ISBN: 9781629798165
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Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch
Rich collage artwork brings depth and detail to the story of MaVynee Betsch and how she used her voice to save formerly segregated American Beach from developers.
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Biography, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2022
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781101996294
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Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America
This little-known Civil War story celebrates formerly enslaved fugitive George Scott, whose courageous acts helped the Union army defeat Confederate soldiers at Fortress Monroe.
- Nonfiction, History, US History, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2023
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781635925821
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Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
In poetry and prose framed around themes of stars and the universe, Zoboi tells the story of the singular and visionary science fiction writer Octavia Estelle Butler.
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Biography, Literature, African American
- Notable Children's Books 2023
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399187384