Topical/Black History
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Brick by Brick
$9.99 Add to cartThe compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part of history rarely taught. From Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd Cooper.
The home of the
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0061920843
- Language: English
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Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide
$16.99 Read moreWhere did the Triple T Token come from? And can Arcade keep the token for himself … or will sinister forces steal it from his grasp Finally, the answers you–and Arcade–have been waiting for!?Arcad
- Series: Coin Slot Chronicles #2
- Author: Jennings, Rashad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0310767431
- Language: English
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
$18.99 Add to cartYou can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.
You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr.- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0802723683
- Language: English
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The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World
$17.99 Read moreA dynamic collective biography that presents 44 of America’s greatest Black movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN’s TheUndefeated and illustra
- Author: The Staff of the Undefeated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1328940624
- Language: English
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The Escape of Robert Smalls: A Daring Voyage Out of Slavery
$18.95 Add to cartThe mist in Charleston Inner Harbor was heavy, but not heavy enough to disguise the stolen Confederate steamship, the Planter, from Confederate soldiers. In the early hours of May 13, 1862, in the mid… [more below]
- Author: Jones-Radgowski, Jehan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 154351281X
- Language: English
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Arcade and the Triple T Token
$16.99 Read moreEleven-year-old Arcade Livingston has a problem. Several, actually! The Tolley twins are making Arcade’s move to a new city harder than it needs to be and bullying him into doing their homework. And t
- Series: Coin Slot Chronicles #1
- Author: Jennings, Rashad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0310767415
- Language: English
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A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story
$19.99 Read moreFrom Sharon Langley, award-winning author Amy Nathan, and award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper, a picture book telling the true story of how a ride on a carousel made a powerful Civil Rights stateme… [more below]
- Author: Langley, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 141973685X
- Language: English
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Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
$18.99 Read more“A visually striking, enlightening picture-book biography.” —Booklist (starred review)
“An absolutely indispensable illustrated biography.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“A well-sourced,… [more below]- Author: Wallace, Sandra Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1481443879
- Language: English
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You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen
$19.99 Add to cartIn this “masterful, inspiring evocation of an era” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford “wields the power of poetry to tell [the] gripping historical story”… [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1481449389
- Language: English
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Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
$17.99 Read moreIn 1854, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was unjustly denied entry to a New York City streetcar, sparking the beginnings of the long struggle to ga… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1629799394
- Language: English
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March Forward, Girl
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow So… [more below]
- Author: Beals, Melba Pattillo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 24 2019
- ISBN10: 132860392X
- Language: English
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist)
$15.99 Add to cartAn astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.
A National Book Award Finalist
A YALSA Award for Excellence- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250073499
- Language: English
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Little Rock Nine
$7.99 Add to cartTwo teen friends, one black and one white, weather the fallout of school integration together in their hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Sixteen-year-old William McNally and fifteen-year-old Thomas J- Series: TurningPoints
- Author: Poe, Marshall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1416950664
- Language: English
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Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
$21.99 Read moreCall and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times bes
- Author: Chambers, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0358573416
- Language: English
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My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth
$19.99 Read moreThe remarkable true story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, an iconic figure of the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.
Writ
- Author: Turner, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 60758988
- Language: English
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Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her
$7.99 Add to cartBillie Holiday–also known as Lady Day–had fame, style, a stellar voice, gardenias in her hair, and lots of dogs. She had a coat-pocket poodle, a beagle, Chihuahuas, a Great Dane, and more, but her f
- Author: Novesky, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 054480905X
- Language: English
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Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom
$8.99 Read moreAn awe-inspiring African American woman! A talented seamstress, born a slave, bought freedom for herself and her son.
This picture book biography weaves together historical details, vibrant collages,- Author: Schofield-Morrison, Connie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 823456110
- Language: English
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Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring
$18.99 Read moreGrowing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn’t see any artists who looked like her. She didn’t see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. As a young woman studying art
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1939547652
- Language: English
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Lewis Latimer: The Man Behind a Better Light Bulb
$8.99 Add to cartWhy is Lewis Latimer important? His invention of the carbon filament made light bulbs more afforable and longer lasting. Readers follow his journey from working with Alexander Graham Bell to improving… [more below]
- Series: Little Inventor
- Author: Dickmann, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1977117864
- Language: English
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Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis
$9.99 Read moreLong before the natural-food movement gained popularity, Edna Lewis championed purity of ingredients, regional cuisine, and farm-to-table eating. She was a chef when female chefs–let alone African Am
- Author: Gourley, Robbin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0544809017
- Language: English
