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By Walter Dean Myers, Floyd Cooper. 2017
Biography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) explores the role of literacy and how it shaped his youth while he was a…
slave. Recounts his journey to freedom, and his life as a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, statesman, and a social reformer. For grades 2-4. 2017By Andrew Speno. 2017
Recounts the historic event, the First Annual International Transcontinental Foot Race, which came to be known as the Bunion Derby.…
Nearly two hundred men registered for the 3,400-mile race from Los Angeles to New York City and faced all manner of obstacles to make the cross-country journey in 1928. For grades 6-9. 2017By Teri Kanefield. 2017
Biography of the first Secretary of Treasury, founding father Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804). Begins with his tragic youth in the West…
Indies and ambition for a better life and continues until his untimely death in a reluctant duel in 1804 with Vice President Burr. Some violence. For grades 5-8. 2017By Nikki Grimes. 2017
Collection of poetry with a fresh look at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance, including voices like Langston Hughes, Clara…
Ann Thompson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era. Grimes combines their work with her original poetry by using the Golden Shovel poetic form. For grades 6-9. 2017By Jason Chin. 2017
An exploration of the Grand Canyon, from its length of 277 miles to its width of 18 miles. Highlights the…
ancient rock layers and the staggering elevations, and identifies the creatures and vegetation that thrive there. For grades 3-6. 2017By Ann Bausum, National Geographic Kids. 2017
In 1966, James Meredith, an African American, was shot in Mississippi while marching to fight racism and fear. Recounts how…
civil rights leaders organized a group to continue the protest in the name of equality and justice. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017By Andrew Maraniss. 2017
Adaptation for a younger audience of a biography of Perry Wallace (born 1948), the first African American offered a sports…
scholarship in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) of the NCAA. Discusses the challenges he faced on campus during the civil rights movement. For grades 6-9. 2017By Tonya Bolden. 2017
By Roxane Orgill, Francis Vallejo. 2016
A collection of poems recounts the efforts of Esquire magazine graphic designer Art Kane to photograph a group of famous…
jazz artists in front of a Harlem brownstone in 1958. For grades 4-7. 2016Discusses the protests that erupted across the nation following President Richard Nixon's announcement of the Cambodian invasion and the subsequent…
shooting deaths of Kent State University students by the National Guard in 1970. Highlights the iconic photograph that became a symbol of the antiwar movement. For grades 5-8. 2017By Jabari Asim, E. B. Lewis. 2016
Portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis during his childhood. Young John tended the family farm's flock of chickens and…
regularly practiced his sermons on his new hen congregation. For grades K-3. 2016By Margot Lee Shetterly. 2016
Profiles four African American women who worked as human computers for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, now known as…
NASA. Details their lives and groundbreaking contributions to the space program. Basis for the 2016 movie. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2016By Sue Bradford Edwards. 2016
Explores police shootings and vigilante violence toward African Americans in the United States, community reactions, activist-driven protests, and court proceedings…
surrounding the trials. Highlights the origins of the Black Lives Matter movement, and a call for change. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2016By Bryan Collier, Troy Andrews. 2015
Autobiography of music prodigy Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, who was leading his own band by age six. Today this Grammy-nominated…
artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest. Coretta Scott King Award. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2015By Ken Burns, Gerald Kelley. 2016
Profiles forty-three American presidents and provides insight into their personal lives, from odd nicknames to the types of pets they…
owned--President Woodrow Wilson used his sheep to trim the White House lawn--to the occupations they held prior to holding office. For grades 5-8. 2016By Susan E. Goodman, E. B. Lewis. 2016
Recounts the story of four-year-old Sarah Roberts, an African American girl who took her fight to court in order to…
integrate a local white school in Boston. Discusses how the mid-nineteenth-century case set the tone for equality in education. For grades 2-4. 2016By Russell Freedman. 2013
Recounts the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station. The San Francisco Bay island served as an entry point for…
half a million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early twentieth century. Highlights life in the detention barracks, interrogations, and the hardships the immigrants endured. For grades 5-8. 2013By Brian Floca. 2009
By Allan Drummond. 2016
Recounts the story of Greensburg, Kansas, a town that rebuilt completely green after a deadly tornado leveled Greensburg in nine…
minutes. Describes how they recycled their old kitchen cabinets, built sustainable homes and businesses, constructed a hurricane-proof water tower, and more. For grades K-3. 2016By Teri Kanefield. 2016
Biography of Susanna "Suzy" Wright (1697-1784), a Quaker who was an intelligent, independent woman and who helped settle the Pennsylvania…
frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors. For grades 5-8. 2016