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Wallace, Sandra Neil

Summary: "A picture book biography of Diane Nash, a Civil Rights Movement leader at the side of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Born in the 1940s in Chicago, Diane went on to take command of the Nashville Movement, leading lunch counter sit-ins and peaceful marches. Diane decides to fight not with anger or violence, but with love. With her strong words of truth and actions, she works to stop...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NAS

Smith, Sherri L.

Summary: "A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 629.13 SMI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 SMI

Kurtz, Jane.

Summary: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time -- long overdue -- for all people to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's words in language even the youngest reader can understand.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2008

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Padnani, Amisha

Summary: This book is inspired by "Overlooked," the New York Times series that celebrates extraordinary women, BIPOC and LGBTQIA figures, and people with disabilities who changed history. These people staggered us with their bravery, expanded our understanding of the world by innovating, and broke constraints in an unspoken mission to create a better future for others.--Adapted from back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2023

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Brathwaite, Lisa D.

Summary: "The life work of Eunice W. Johnson, co-founder of Ebony magazine and a visionary who championed Black elegance through the Ebony Fashion Fair--a cross-country fashion show fundraiser"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOH

Santella, Andrew

Summary: Examines the life of the famous civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., from his early family life and experiences in education to his history-shaping speeches and the international responses to his assassination.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIN

Eig, Jonathan

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: "Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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Patrick, Denise Lewis

Summary: "From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PAT

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE PAT

Summary: Gain an unprecedented look at the experiences and accomplishments of African Americans in the military, and learn why such a group of heroic men and women would fight for the freedom of others that they themselves weren't able to enjoy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FOR

Hobkirk, Lori.

Summary: "Starting a successful business is not an easy task. It was even more difficult for a Black woman to accomplish this in the 1900s. Yet, this is what Madam C.J. Walker did"--Page 5.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAL

Golkar, Golriz

Summary: "Describes the life and accomplishments of American civil rights champion, statesman, and politician John Lewis. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEW

Youssef, Jagger

Summary: "No discussion of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is complete without a close look at Martin Luther King Jr. This carefully researched book is an invaluable source of biographical information and uses King's own powerful words to tell the story of his life and the fight for equality. The Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act are among the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIN

Smith, Charles R.

Summary: "The story of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's career told in verse"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HEN

Buckley, James

Summary: African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants during the late 1800s. As part of the last generation of leaders born into slavery, Booker believed that blacks could better progress in society through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to directly...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAS

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAS

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