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61) Amanda Gorman
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Little people big dreams volume 75
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English
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"From an early age, Little Amanda read everything she could get her hands on, from books to cereal boxes. Growing up with an auditory processing disorder and a speech impediment, Amanda had to work hard, but ultimately she took great strength from her experiences. After hearing her teacher read aloud to the class, she knew that she wanted to become a poet, and nothing would stand in her way. At the age of 19, she became America's first-ever National...
62) Rosa Parks
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24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
64) I am Rosa Parks
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English
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The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
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vii, 140 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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Chronicles the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and examines the role he played in the Civil Rights movement of the mid-twentieth century, his ideas of peaceful resistance, and his dream of an America where everyone has the same rights and opportunities regardless of race or nationality.
80) Coretta Scott
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English
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This extraordinary union of poetry and monumental artwork captures the movement for civil rights in the United States, and honors it most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott.
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