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English
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"This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.
5) Fishing day
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
32 pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
When Reenie and her mother, who are African Americans, go fishing, Reenie decides to share the secret of their success with their needy white neighbors.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brimming with love and affirmation, this sweet board book shows bright brown baby girls and little ones everywhere that they can do anything. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and tender, charming illustrations from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, this inspirational ode is the perfect way to offer confidence at the earliest stage and show all little...
11) Ella Fitzgerald
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
55 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Having lost her mother at a young age, Ella Fitzgerald struggled as a child, especially during the Great Depression. But after winning over the audience with her singing at an Amateur Night at the Apollo, Ella's career began, and she eventually went on to become a world-renowned singer known as the First Lady of Song. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer with Aunt Ursa and her fourteen-year-old cousin Foley, twelve-year-old Nell is happy to be in the company of her cousin and his friend Slade until they ask her to hide a pistol in her old doll house.
16) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
59 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family's love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for guidance--and its light helped guide her way out of slavery. Her courage made it possible for her to help others reach freedom too." -- Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
324 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.
19) Peek-a-you!
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Peek-a-you, can you see? Here's the pretty brown face of me!
Rhyming text and bright illustrations capture the whimsical joy of a game of peek-a-boo with little ones.
20) Silent thunder
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.
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