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Goldberg, Vicki.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Photographic Arts 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779 GOL

Anta, Julio

Summary: "As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ANT

Berger, Martin A.

Summary: Photographers shot millions of pictures of the black civil rights struggle between the close of World War II and the early 1970s, yet most Americans today can recall just a handful of images that look remarkably similar. In the popular imagination, the civil rights movement is remembered in dramatic photographs of protestors attacked with police dogs and fire hoses, firebombs and shotguns, tear...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University Of California 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.119 FRE

Withers, Ernest C.

Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WIT

Kalman, Bobbie.

Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the pioneers describing their homes, tools, jobs, clothes, and travel.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.03 KAL

Greenberg, Mark

Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, BARACK GRE

Michna-Bales, Jeanine

Summary: "They left in the middle of the night--often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. An estimated one hundred thousand slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 embarked on a journey of untold hardship in search offreedom, many with the aid of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light : Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad imagines how...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7 MIC

Summary: In a unique collaboration with photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, eighteen immigrant teenagers create an alphabet defining their experiences in pictures and words. Wendy helped the teenagers pose for and design the photographs, interviewing them along the way about their own journeys and perspectives. America Border Culture Dreamer presents Wendy and the students' poignant and powerful...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.23 EWA

Stanton, Brandon

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles on foot, all in his attempt to capture ordinary New Yorkers in the most extraordinary of moments"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 974.70022 STA

Sandler, Martin W.

Summary: Presents the story of immigration to the United States. Highlights the period from 1870 to 1920. Includes quotes from immigrants and statistical data.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 325.73 SAN

Morales, Areli

Summary: "In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOR

Summary: "September 11, 2001. A day that shook the world and left thousands dead in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in the Pennsylvania countryside. This book serves as a testament to those who lost their lives, to those who fought to save them, and to those who are endeavoring to rebuild."--Book jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pearson Education 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SEP

Kelly, Brian

Summary: Featuring photography by Brian Kelly and essays by Rick DeVos, founder and chairman of ArtPrize, Adam Lerner, director and chief animator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and Dustin Dwyer, reporter with Michigan Radio, the book tells the unique story of the ArtPrize event, capturing the energy and enthusiasm that inhabits each year of the competition.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ArtPrize 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 ART

Anuta, Michael J.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1993

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 387.2 Anuta

Graham, Felicia

Summary: Flat track roller derby is one of the country's fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world. Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game, which is poised to become an Olympic sport, and highlights the women who have become known as the godmothers of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.21 GRA

Krans, Angela Pham

Summary: "Follows young Mai and her mother's perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa--who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRA

Raúl the Third

Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

Gerster, Michelle

Summary: "A poignant bilingual YA graphic memoir about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This compelling young adult graphic memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH GER

Audubon, John James

Summary: Catalog of a travelling exhibition of the original watercolors from Audubon's Birds of America held by the New-York Historical Society.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books/Random House 1993

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 598.2 AUD

Summary: "As familiar as we are with images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the charming former first lady, fewer know the dynamic woman who called New York City home. Shortly after JFK's assassination in 1963, Jackie moved to Manhattan and lived there for the next three decades. This intimate collection of photographs celebrates her life in the city as a mother, book editor, style icon, and most of all,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY NEW

Katz, David

Summary: "A personal, intimate, photographic celebration of President Barack Obama in the years prior to his presidency, from friend and former aide David Katz"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 KAT

Moore, Johnny Ray

Summary: "Meet Martin Luther King Jr., the celebrated civil rights leader. With this simple book, little learners will discover who Martin was--how he excelled in school, became a minister, and worked to end segregation in America."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: JE MOO (BOARD)

Brown, Monica

Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Castellanos, Alexis

Summary: "A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CAS

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