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973.0496 Asi
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2018. | First edition. | Black Dog & Leventhal | 96 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 973.0496 Asi |
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"Critically acclaimed writer Jabari Asim guides readers ages 9-12 through the history of African Americans, from the slave trade to the Black Lives Matter movement, in the latest volume in Black Dog's bestselling, award-winning Child's Introduction series. This illustrated introduction to African American history goes beyond what's taught in the classroom giving young readers a more comprehensive look at this timely and important topic. Author Jabari...
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Fiction Shabazz, I
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Shabazz, I
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Shabazz, I
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2018. | First edition. | Farrar Straus Giroux | 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Shabazz, I Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Shabazz, I Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Shabazz, I |
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Southside - Children's Audiobooks J 1 available
Fiction Shabazz, I
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017]. | Unabridged. | Macmillan Audio | 4 audio discs (4.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Audiobooks J 1 available Fiction Shabazz, I |
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Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Rhodes, J
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Rhodes, J
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239 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Rhodes, J Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Rhodes, J | |
239 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
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Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.
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[2014]. | Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) | 336 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 811.54 Woo |
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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
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305.8 Lac
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
305.8 Lac
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | PowerKids Press | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available 305.8 Lac Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 305.8 Lac |
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Sometimes you can sort out a problem on your own. But sometimes you need to ask for help. This book helps young children to make this decision and find out about and understand racism. It features seven case studies from children who have a range of racism problems from a girl who is being left out because she is Muslim to the new boy in school from another country who is struggling to fit in. The end of the book features a short playscript to act...
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
811.54 Sha
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
811.54 Sha
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available
811.54 Sha
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2004 | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available 811.54 Sha Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available 811.54 Sha Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available 811.54 Sha |
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In this reflective poetic tribute, the author remembers growing up when many of the great figures in African-American history gathered in her family home to talk and share ideas and even sing.
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Fiction Lockington, M
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Lockington, M
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Lockington, M
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2019. | First edition. | Farrar Straus Giroux | 321 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Lockington, M Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Lockington, M Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Lockington, M |
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Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.
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Fiction Williams, A
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Williams, A
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Williams, A
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[2019]. | First edition. | Atheneum | 364 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Williams, A Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Williams, A Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Williams, A |
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Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.
9) Ghost boys
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2018. | First edition. | Little, Brown and Company | 214 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. | English |
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"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
10) Langston Hughes
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
811.52 Hug
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
811 Hug
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c2006 | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 811 Hug | |
[2006], c1994 | 48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available 811.52 Hug |
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A brief profile of the African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
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Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available
323.092 Pin
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
323.092396 Pin
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c2000 | 1st ed. | Harcourt | xi, 107 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available 323.092 Pin | |
[2013], ©2000 | [Reprint edition]. | Sandpiper/Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt | xi, 107 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available 323.092396 Pin |
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Tells the stories of ten African-American women freedom fighters.
12) New kid
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Audiobooks J 1 available
MP3 spoken Fiction Craft, J
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2019]. | Unabridged. | HarperCollins | 1 audio disc (2 hr.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Audiobooks J 1 available MP3 spoken Fiction Craft, J |
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Southside - Children's Graphic Novels 1 available
Fiction New
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2019] | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers | 249 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Graphic Novels 1 available Fiction New |
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"Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
306.362 Hoo
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
306.362 Hoo
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available
306.362 Hoo
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[2019] | Capstone Editions | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available 306.362 Hoo Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available 306.362 Hoo Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available 306.362 Hoo |
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"Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America's most famous founding fathers, George Washington. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Ona seized the opportunity to escape when she was brought to live in the President's...
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Fiction Taylor, M
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
Fiction Taylor, M
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[2016] | 40th Anniversary Special edition. | Dial Books for Young Readers | 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Taylor, M Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Taylor, M |
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Main Library - Children's Audiobooks J 1 available
CD spoken Fiction Taylor, M
Southside - Children's Audiobooks J 3 available
CD spoken Fiction Taylor, M
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p2001 | Random House | 6 sound discs (7 hrs., 26 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Audiobooks J 1 available CD spoken Fiction Taylor, M Southside - Children's Audiobooks J 3 available CD spoken Fiction Taylor, M |
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A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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Fiction Draper, S
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2015]. | First edition. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 320 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available Fiction Draper, S |
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When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
305.9069 Lea
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
305.9069 Lea
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[2017] | Annick Press | 56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available 305.9069 Lea Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 305.9069 Lea |
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A desperate last hope for safety and freedom. The plight of refugees risking their lives at sea has, unfortunately, made the headlines all too often in the past few years. This book presents five true stories, from 1939 to today, about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vietnam; José tries to reach the...
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[2017] | Lerner Publications | 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 323 Bra |
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Profiles individuals involved in such issues as representative government, equal rights, worker's rights, and freedom of information, including activists in Hong Kong, Black Lives Matter leaders, and Edward Snowden. --Publisher.
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[2019] | Lerner Publications | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 323.1196 Bra |
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Civil rights have been in the news with the rise of Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games, and more. Yet civil rights activists have many other causes they are fighting for, such as calling attention to police brutality and combating racism in everyday life. The Civil Rights Movement started in the 1800s and remains a prominent movement within our modern society. Find out how activists such as Martin...
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379.263 Boy
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
379.263 Boy
Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available
379.263 Boy
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2019. | Bloomsbury Children's Books | 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available 379.263 Boy Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available 379.263 Boy Southside - Children's Juvenile 1 available 379.263 Boy |
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"In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered...
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323.092 Wea
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available
323.092 Wea
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2015. | First edition. | Candlewick Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Juvenile 1 available 323.092 Wea Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile 1 available 323.092 Wea |
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Southside - Children's Audiobook E 1 available
WB BIO HAMER, F
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2019. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 Wonderbook (34 pages) : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Audiobook E 1 available WB BIO HAMER, F |
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Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.