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Going Back Home : An Artist Returns To The South

Attribution
pictures by Michele Wood ; interpreted and written by Toyomi Igus
Publication Details
Book, Children’s Book Press, 1996
Description
More than half a century after her family moved north to find a better life, African American artist Michele Wood returned to the south to see and feel the land where her ancestors lived. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Wood, Michele · Juvenile literature · African American painters · Biography · African Americans in art · African Americans · Southern States · Artists · Afro-Americans · Women · Art appreciation · Social life and customs · Wood, Michele · Igus, Toyomi
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 759.13 W877g AVAILABLE

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Bayard Rustin : Behind The Scenes Of The Civil Rights Movement

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James Haskins
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Hyperion Books for Children, 1997
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Rustin, Bayard, · 1912-1987 · Juvenile literature · Civil rights workers · United States · Biography · Juvenile literature · African Americans · Civil rights · Civil rights movements · History · 20th century · Afro-Americans · Haskins, James, 1941-
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 920 R971h 1997 AVAILABLE

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Minty : A Story Of Young Harriet Tubman

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by Alan Schroeder ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996
Description
-Kirkus Reviews, pointer review Awards: ( Winner of the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration ( An ALA Notable Book ( An American Bookseller “Pick of the Lists” ( A Time Magazine Best Children’s Book of the Year ( Winner of the Christopher Award ( An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Tubman, Harriet, · 1820?-1913 · Childhood and youth · Juvenile literature · Slaves · United States · Biography · African Americans · Underground railroad · Antislavery movements · Afro-Americans · Women · Underground railway · Schroeder, Alan · Pinkney, Jerry
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Wilma Unlimited : How Wilma Rudolph Became The World’s Fastest Woman

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Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by David Diaz
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Harcourt Brace, 1996
Description
This is the dramatic and inspiring true story of runner Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Rudolph, Wilma, · 1940- · Juvenile literature · Track and field athletes · Afro-Americans · Biography · Women · Krull, Kathleen · Diaz, David
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My Dream Of Martin Luther King

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by Faith Ringgold
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Crown, 1995
Description
The dream includes scenes of King’s childhood and the major events of his life, from the boycott of the segregated buses to his “I Have a Dream” speech to his assassination. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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King, Martin Luther, · Jr., · 1929-1968 · Juvenile literature · African Americans · Biography · Civil rights workers · United States · Juvenile literature · Baptists · Clergy · Afro-Americans · Ringgold, Faith
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Black Frontiers : A History Of African American Heroes In The Old West

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by Lillian Schlissel
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Book, 1st ed, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995
Description
Black Frontiers chronicles the life and times of black men and women who settled the West from 1865 to the early 1900s. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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African American pioneers · West (U.S.) · History · Juvenile literature · Biography · Juvenile literature · African American trappers · African American cowboys · Afro-Americans · Cowboys · Afro-American soldiers · Frontier and pioneer life · Schlissel, Lillian
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OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 978 Sch344b AVAILABLE

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Malcolm X : His Life And Legacy

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Kevin Brown
Publication Details
Book, Millbrook Press, 1995
Description
Biography of Malcolm X (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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X, Malcolm, · 1925-1965 · Juvenile literature · Black Muslims · Biography · African Americans · Afro-Americans · Brown, Kevin, 1960-
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Marian Wright Edelman : The Making Of A Crusader

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Beatrice Siegel
Publication Details
Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995
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Edelman, Marian Wright · Juvenile literature · African Americans · Biography · Social reformers · United States · Juvenile literature · Children’s rights · History · 20th century · Civil rights workers · Afro-Americans · Women · Reformers · Siegel, Beatrice
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Master Of Mahogany : Tom Day, Free Black Cabinetmaker

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Mary E. Lyons
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Scribner’s, 1994
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Day, Thomas, · ca. 1801-ca. 1861 · Juvenile literature · African American cabinetmakers · Biography · Juvenile literature · Furniture workers · Afro-Americans · Lyons, Mary
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 749 L991m AVAILABLE

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Dizzy Gillespie And The Birth Of Bebop

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by Leslie Gourse
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Atheneum, 1994
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Gillespie, Dizzy, · 1917-1993 · Juvenile literature · 1917- · Jazz musicians · United States · Biography · Juvenile literature · Bop (Music) · History and criticism · Musicians · Afro-Americans · Gourse, Leslie
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Martin Luther King

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words by Rosemary L. Bray ; paintings by Malcah Zeldis
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Greenwillow Books, 1995
Description
In direct, punchy writing, Bray makes understandable the broadening of King’s political work to include his antiwar activity and his war on poverty….Zeldis’s folk art, gouache primitives, are bright eye-catchers….She and Bray breathe new life into King’s story and into the details of the civil rights movement as well.”–Kirkus Reviews. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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King, Martin Luther, · Jr., · 1929-1968 · Juvenile literature · African Americans · Biography · Civil rights workers · United States · Juvenile literature · Baptists · Clergy · Civil rights movements · History · Afro-Americans · Bray, Rosemary L · Zeldis, Malcah
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Ray Charles : Voice Of Soul

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David Ritz
Publication Details
Book, Chelsea House Publishers, 1994
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Charles, Ray, · 1930- · Juvenile literature · 1930-2004 · Singers · United States · Biography · Afro-Americans · Blind · Physically handicapped · Ritz, David
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Toni Morrison

Attribution
Douglas Century
Publication Details
Book, Chelsea House, 1994
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Morrison, Toni · Biography · Juvenile literature · African American women novelists · 20th century · Authors, American · Afro-Americans · Century, Douglas
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 920 M882c AVAILABLE

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Black Diamond : The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues

Attribution
Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr
Publication Details
Book, Scholastic, 1994
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Negro leagues · History · Juvenile literature · Baseball · United States · Afro-Americans · Biography · McKissack, Pat, 1944- · McKissack, Fredrick
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 796.357 M158b AVAILABLE

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Escape From Slavery : The Boyhood Of Frederick Douglass In His Own Words

Attribution
edited and illustrated by Michael McCurdy ; foreword by Coretta Scott King
Publication Details
Book, Knopf, 1994
Description
From his days as a young boy on a plantation to his first months as a freeman in Massachusetts, here are Douglass’s own firsthand experiences vividly recounted–expertly excerpted and powerfully illustrated. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Douglass, Frederick, · 1818-1895 · Childhood and youth · Juvenile literature · 1817?-1895 · Slaves · United States · Biography · African Americans · Abolitionists · Juvenile literature · Afro-Americans · Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 · McCurdy, Michael · Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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