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1) An American story

Author

Alexander, Kwame

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Juv Readalong, Kindle

Description

"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"-- From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament...

2) Nigeria Jones

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner!

"An unwavering proclamation of Black girlhood." —Candice Iloh, author of National Book Award finalist Every Body Looking

From Ibi Zoboi, bestselling, award-winning author of American Street and coauthor of Punching the Air, comes a bold new YA coming-of-age story that explores race, feminism, and complicated family dynamics. The ideal next read for

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3) Talkin' about Bessie: the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman

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Description

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.

4) Goin' someplace special

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Description

There's a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color ... and 'Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it's someplace special and she's bursting to go by herself. When her grandmother sees that she's ready to take such a big step, 'Tricia Ann hurries to catch the bus heading downtown. But unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life's so unfair....

5) Miracle's boys

Author

Woodson, Jacqueline

Series

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.

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Series

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A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.

7) Bud, not Buddy

Author

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Juv Readalong, Large Print, Spoken CD

Description

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. It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He's the author...

Author

Draper, Sharon M

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Spoken CD

Description

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

9) Moses: when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom

Author

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Description

Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.

10) Day of tears: a novel in dialogue

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Description

Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including Emma.

11) Maritcha: a nineteenth-century American girl

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Description

A biography of a remarkable black girl growing up in the mid-1800's in Manhatten, N.Y.

12) Remember: the journey to school integration

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13) Ellington was not a street

Author

Shange, Ntozake

Description

A tribute to select African American men including Paul Robeson, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois, Ray Barretto, Earlington Carl "Sonny Til" Tilghman, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Dr. Kwane Nkrumah, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Virgil "Honey Bear" Atkins, and the Clovers.

14) The first part last

Author

Johnson, Angela

Series

Heaven trilogy volume 2

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

15) Beautiful blackbird

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Book, eAudiobook, Juv Readalong

Description

In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."

16) Bronx masquerade

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.

17) Elijah of Buxton

Author

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Series

Newbery honor book volume 2007

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Spoken CD

Description

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.

18) Let it shine: three favorite spirituals

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Description

Illustrated versions of three well-known hymns. Includes musical notation.

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Series

Description

A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.

20) In the time of the drums

Author

Siegelson, Kim L

Description

Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.