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A Dream of Freedom : The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968
Diane Mcwhorter
Scholastic Nonfiction, 2004
Powerful history, with great pictures
+ Spectacular book!
+ Another exceptional book from Diane McWhorter
Snap shots of the Civil Rights movement. Each year's events explained in narrative detail, with great pictures. A personal touch of Diane Mcworter, a white child growing up right next door to all these events and oblivious to what was happening. It has taken her years of research to see the ...
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A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson (Picture Book Biography)
David A. Adler
Holiday House, 1997
The first African American to play in the major leagues.
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Freedom River (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)
Doreen Rappaport
Hyperion Book CH, 2000
Worthy of a rating of more than 5 stars
+ Poignant and beautiful
+ Great Book
+ Freedom River
+ Freedom River
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Tar Beach
Faith Ringgold
Dragonfly Books, 1996
LIB 527 Amazon Report
+ Modern Art Stuff
+ Tar beach
+ Class Book
+ I want to get away. I want to fly away.
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Tell All the Children Our Story : Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America
Tonya Bolden
Amazon Remainders Account, 2002
Can't recommend it highly enough!
Imagine a scrapbook compiled collectively and intimately by African Americans from the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, through the Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction and right up to our own time, amply illustrated with compelling images, literature, personal recollections, ...
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A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman (Picture Book Biography)
David A. Adler
Holiday House, 1993
A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman
+ Great book for children!
This is a great book for young readers. I used it to introduce second graders to Harriet Tubman and the times in which she lived. David Adler uses simple sentences to explain complex issues including slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and other issues surrounding this time in ...
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A Picture Book of Rosa Parks (Picture Book Biography)
David A. Adler
Holiday House, 1995
Great book in a series of Picture book biographies
+ Fantastic Book
+ Freedom to be Black
+ Review of "A Picture Book of Rosa Parks"
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Rosa
Nikki Giovanni
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2005
Mulitcultural Literature
+ Great intro to Rosa Parks
+ Rosa
+ Rosa
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Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America
Mary Schmidt Campbell
Harry N. Abrams, 1994
A wonderful overview.
+ Wonderful!
This is a very nice looking book that not only provides context about the Harlem Renaissance and the proliferation of Black artists during the 20's and 30's, but it also includes many reproductions of some of the period's most representative works. From the cover photo which is a copy William ...
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The Other Side
Jacqueline Woodson
Putnam Juvenile, 2001
A Picture Book for Middle Schoolers
+ The Other Side
+ The Other Side
+ The Other Side
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. . . If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine, Larry Johnson
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1993
An excellent source of UGRR info for children and adults!
+ An Epic book
+ How to Escape the Underground Railroad
+ It was okay.
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Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
Walter Dean Myers
HarperTrophy, 1996
It's Wonderful, Adorable, and Heart Warming
+ Wonderful book!
+ Wow!
+ A Wonderful Collecton of Photos and Verse
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A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall (Picture Book Biography)
David A. Adler
Holiday House, 1999
The first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court.
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Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
Anne Rockwell
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2000
She could not be silenced
+ A Story for All Times, All Races, All Ages
+ The story of a real fighter for freedom
+ The Voice of Freedom.....
+ review on only passing through
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African American Inventors (Black Stars)
Otha Richard Sullivan
Wiley, 1998
Seller is Great!
+ African American Inventors (Black Stars Series)
+ African American Inventors
This Seller is Great,
The book I ordered was new as stated. Shipment came within the stated time frame. I would buy from this seller again.
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