African Americans
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In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow
$20.95 Add to cartThe killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. These chil
- Author: Mayer, Robert H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1588384373
- Language: English
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Thomas and Beulah
$15.95 Add to cartA collection of poetry by Rita Dove.
- Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry
- Author: Dove, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0887480217
- Language: English
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Lola at the Library
$17.99 Add to cartIn this Lola Reads picture book, learn about the library, checking out books, and story time with Lola, as she discovers the joy of reading!
Every Tuesday Lola and her mommy go to the library. Lola me- Series: Lola Reads
- Author: McQuinn, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1580891136
- Language: English
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Slay
$12.99 Add to cartA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
“Gripping and timely.” —People
“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the … [more below]- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1534445439
- Language: English
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Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family
$18.99 Read moreThis beautifully illustrated story connects past and present as a girl bakes a chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa.
Chocolate is the p- Author: Zunon, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1681196409
- Language: English
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The Favorite Uncle Remus
$34.99 Add to cartThis book brings together for the first time in one volume the best stories of Joel Chandler Harris.
- Author: Harris, Joel Chandler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 30 1973
- ISBN10: 0395068002
- Language: English
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Robert Smalls: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 3 Volume 3
$23.95 Read more“Joel Christian Gills shows how ordinary people fight for our collective liberation and whose stories are not often at the forefront of our historical consciousness.” –Ibram X. Kendi, author of How t… [more below]
- Series: Tales of the Talented Tenth
- Author: Gill, Joel Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1682750663
- Language: English
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What You Never Knew about Beyoncé
$31.32 Read moreShe’s not called Queen B for nothing! What makes Beyoncé a megastar? High-interest details and bold photos of her fascinating life will enthrall reluctant and struggling readers, while carefully leve… [more below]
- Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies
- Author: Schuh, Mari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669002918
- Language: English
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Psalm Twenty-Three
$10.00 Add to cartThrough poignant, heart-warming images of an urban African-American family, children experience the comfort and encouragement this favorite psalm still offers — the powerful message that they can rel… [more below]
- Author: Ladwig, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0802851630
- Language: English
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Leaves to My Knees
$6.99 Add to cartCamille is determined to rake her own pile of leaves–all the way up to her knees! She swishes leaves to and fro, watching her pile grow bigger alongside the piles made by Daddy and her little brother… [more below]
- Author: Mayer, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1595729607
- Language: English
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Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me: The Life of the Legendary Artist and Activist (Adapted for Young Adults)
$28.99 Add to cartThe inspiring life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson–one of the most important public figures in the twentieth century–adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson b
- Author: Duberman, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1620976498
- Language: English
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Cane
$15.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1923, Jean Toomer’s Cane is an innovative literary work–part drama, part poetry, part fiction–powerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomer’s impressionistic… [more below]
- Author: Toomer, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 13 2011
- ISBN10: 0871402106
- Language: English
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Before She Was Harriet
$8.99 Add to cartAn evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Award-winning picture book.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, bu- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0823444295
- Language: English
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Keats’s Neighborhood: An Ezra Jack Keats Treasury
$29.99 Add to cartEzra Jack Keats is widely acknowledged as one of the first people to feature realistic, friendly, multi-ethnic urban settings in his picture books-forever changing the landscape of children’s literatu… [more below]
- Series: Ezra Jack Keats Treasury
- Author: Keats, Ezra Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 28 2002
- ISBN10: 0670035866
- Language: English
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How Many Stars in the Sky?
$9.99 Add to cartMama’s away one night, and her son can’t sleep. He tries to relax by counting stars, but the more of them he sees, the more determined he is to count every single one…
Then the boy finds that Daddy c
- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Hort, Lenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 20 1997
- ISBN10: 068815218X
- Language: English
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John Henry
$8.99 Read moreJulius Lester and Jerry Pinkney’s warm, humorous retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad.
When John Henry was born the birds, bears, rabbits, and even a unicorn came to see him. He grew so- Author: Lester, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140566228
- Language: English
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The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom
$7.99 Read moreThe images stitched into Hannah’s quilt lead to secret signposts on the Underground Railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom.
Now that Hannah’s papa has de- Author: Stroud, Bettye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0763635197
- Language: English
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The Confessions of Matthew Strong
$25.99 Read moreAn NPR Best Book of the Year
A wildly original, incendiary story about race, redemption, the dangerous imbalances that continue to destabilize society, and speaking out for what’s right. One could arg- Author: Power-Greene, Ousmane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1635422086
- Language: English
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Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People
$16.95 Add to cartThe first introductory and illustrated biography of the civil rights icon.
The untold story of Pauli Murray, activist, lawyer, poet, and Episcopal priest, who broke records and barriers throughout her
- Author: Linck, Deborah Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1640655573
- Language: English
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Monarch Rising
$19.99 Read moreIn a chilling near-future New United States of America, Jo Monarch has grown up in the impoverished borderlands of New Georgia. She’s given one chance to change her fate… if she can survive a boy tr… [more below]
- Author: Glenn, Harper
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1338741454
- Language: English
