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(0)J. Brian Pinkney
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
AD 970L
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to the history, symbols, and customary celebration of this African-American holiday." (Kirkus Reviews)
For more than 25 years, African-American families have celebrated Kwanzaa--a holiday, inspired by their ancestors, that celebrates the harvest season. With a rich, informative text, this story will help young children to begin their own Kwanzaa celebration. Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning...
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 58 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in which two friends, Clement and Hippolyte, encounter love, zombies, and danger on the island of Martinique.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories -- beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 --...
10) In your hands
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"--
14) Jackie's bat
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages: illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
16) Alvin Ailey
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
©1993
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life, dancing, and choreography of Alvin Ailey, who created his own modern dance company to explore the black experience.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
243 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day.
