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Celebrate Black History Picture Books for Older Readers & Chapter Books
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The book itch : freedom, truth & Harlem's greatest bookstore
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there
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Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin A. Ramsey
When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on a pamphlet called "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them. Includes facts about "The Green Book."
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Black is a rainbow color
by Angela Joy
A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history and a legacy that lives on.
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Virgie goes to school with us boys
by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Introduces young readers to the struggles and sacrifices that young African Americans, especially girls, had to endure in order to attend school and become educated. By the illustrator of the Coretta Scott King Honor book, The Bat Boy and His Violin.
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Show way
by Jacqueline Woodson
Sonnie tells the tale of her great-grandma, who, sold into slavery when she was seven years old, created quilts called Show Ways, which were maps for slaves to follow to freedom, and passed this knowledge down for generations to come.
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Papa's mark
by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
With Election Day just around the corner, Simms excitedly begins teaching his father how to sign his name so that his father's first voting experience can be as proud and exciting as every other free man.
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A sweet smell of roses
by Angela Johnson
Inspired by the countless young people who took a stand against the forces of injustice, two Coretta Scott King Honorees offer a jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played such an invaluable role in the Civil Rights Movement. Reprint.
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Let the children march
by Monica Clark-Robinson
Documents the inspirational peaceful protests in 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, combining poetic text and poignant illustrations that celebrate the powerful words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the resolve of thousands of African-American children to march for their civil rights. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Night boat to freedom
by Margot Theis Raven
At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio, based on actual slave narratives recorded in the 1930s. Reprint.
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Stella by starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
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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Never forgotten
by Pat McKissack
A versed tale by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Mirandy and Brother Wind and illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning team of Ashanti to Zulu follows the experiences of a young boy from West Africa who is kidnapped, sold into slavery and remembered generations later by his descendants.
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Sugar
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Living on a Mississippi sugar plantation in the years after Emancipation, 10-year-old Sugar shares a forbidden friendship with the plantation owner's son and bonds with Chinese laborers who introduce her to their beautiful cultural traditions. By the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of Ninth Ward. 25,000 first printing.
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One crazy summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. 15,000 first printing.
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The unsung hero of Birdsong USA
by Brenda Woods
Gabriel, twelve, gains new perspective when he becomes friends with Meriwether, a Black World War II hero who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South
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Sounder [electronic resource]
by William H. Armstrong
A young boy's world is shattered when his father, a poor black sharecropper, is jailed for stealing food for his family
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Betty before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
A powerful middle-grade novel about the childhood activism of Malcolm X's wife, written by their daughter, describes how young Betty finds confidence and purpose by volunteering for the Housewives League in 1945 Detroit, learning skills and developing awareness that inspires her future as a Civil Rights icon. Simultaneous eBook.
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Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom
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Bud, not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids
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Martin rising : requiem for a King
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
The award-winning husband-and-wife team present a sumptuously illustrated tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s commitment to non-violent protest in support of civil rights, in a metaphorical and spiritually symbolic poetic requiem that covers King's final months and assassination.
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Unstoppable Octobia May
by Sharon Flake
Growing up in her nontraditional aunt's boarding house filled with retirees, Octobia May, a 10-year-old whose heart condition has shaped her emotional intelligence, confronts mid-20th-century cultural views about young girls and the racial beliefs of her vibrant African-American community. By the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Skin I'm In. Simultaneous eBook.
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The mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Academically gifted Deza Malone and her family embark on a journey to find her job-seeking father when he goes missing and end up in a shanty town in Flint, Michigan. By the Newbery Medal- and Coretta Scott King Medal-winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963.
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Midnight without a moon
by Linda Williams Jackson
Rose Lee Carter, an African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part ofan important movement
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It all comes down to this
by Karen English
When her family becomes the first African Americans to move into their upper class Los Angeles neighborhood in 1965, Sophie begins to experience the unfairness of widespread racism and strives to find acceptance among her peers
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Bird in a box
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes
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A big day for baseball
by Mary Pope Osborne
When Jack and Annie travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, they participate in a history-making baseball game with Jackie Robinson
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