Castrovilla, Selene
Summary: Recounts the story of an enslaved man seeking sanctuary during the Civil War whose heroism saved Fortress Monroe and helped convince President Lincoln that slavery must be abolished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.5 CASJohnson, Angela
Summary: In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOHKurtz, Jane.
Summary: Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC KURWoodson, Jacqueline.
Summary: When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2012
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Summary: After being denied a seat on a New York City streetcar, Elizabeth Jennings begins the fight for equality by telling her story in churches, to newspapers, and finally in the courtroom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JENNorman, Geoffrey.
Summary: A little girl's father helps her get over her fear of the dark before he goes off to war, and she uses the stars they painted on her ceiling to remind her of him while he is away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009
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Summary: "Discover how the black and white citizens of one Alabama city chose peace over violence in the struggle to end segregation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 BASHenderson, Leah
Summary: "A tribute to the joy and grounding that fathers bring to their children's lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HENWoodson, Jacqueline.
Summary: Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOOEmanuel, Gabrielle.
Summary: A young child describes her experiences of life in Mali as she spends a day carried in a blanket on her mother's back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, An Imprint of Penguin Group, (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC EMAGolio, Gary
Summary: "The story of Blind Willie Johnson--the legendary Texas musician whose song "Dark Was the Night" was included on the Voyager I space probe's Golden Record"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHSan Souci, Robert D.
Summary: Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction San Souci 2010Bingham, Winsome
Summary: As a little girl accompanies her grandma on a walk to the polling station, members of their community join and the grandmother explains the importance of their journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BINWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children--human beings--this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots. Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEAHudson, Wade
Summary: "In a poetic narrative of the origins of Black America, acclaimed Black author and publisher Wade Hudson teaches us about the little-known men and women who had a profound effect on the history of the nation. Black America was built by brave pioneers--men and women taken from Africa, who suffered and struggled to build a country, a culture, and institutions. Emphasizing that freedom didn't ring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023