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African American agriculturists Biography Juvenile literature African American civil rights workers African American cooking African American novelists African Americans African Americans Civil rights Agriculturists United States Biography Juvenile literature Carver, George Washington 1864?-1943 Juvenile literature Civil rights workers United StatesBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921CARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverNelson, Marilyn
Summary: George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born a slave in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master's degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver truly found his calling. He spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 811.54 NELHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: A look at the life of America's Plant Doctor, who rose from slavery to international fame, details his childhood, his thirst for knowledge, and his revolutionary innovations that profoundly impacted American agriculture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARNelson, Marilyn
Summary: A collection of poems that combine to provide a portrait of the life of nineteenth-century African-American botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Front Street 2001
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1 available in We the People bookshelf, Call number: J 811.54 NELElliott, Lawrence.
Summary: A biography of the Afro-American scientist whose agricultural research revolutionized the economy of the South.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARAbrams, Dennis
Summary: Presents the life and legacy of the pioneering American agriculturist who was born into slavery and went on to become a college professor famous for finding numerous uses for various types of plants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARGigliotti, Jim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630.92 CARZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BUTJones, Amy Robin
Summary: A biography of the African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, discussing her role in creating opportunities for African-Americans in education and government.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BETSánchez, Erika L.
Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH SANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH SANFischer, David Hackett
Summary: "A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 FISOnwuachi, Kwame
Summary: "A cookbook celebrating the food of the African diaspora, from Nigeria and Ethiopia to the Bronx, the Caribbean, and the American South, from the James Beard Award-winning author of Notes from a Young Black Chef"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 ONWLong, Michael G.
Summary: "This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013