R. Gregory Christie
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Description
In this update of the classic fable, City Mouse and his cousin, Country Mouse, exchange visits and, although they find many things to like in each other's homes, they quickly learn that each prefers his own.
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Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression. Includes foreword about Congo Square by Freddi Williams Evans, glossary, and historical notes.
6) Jazz baby
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Description
Baby and his family make some jazzy music.
7) Black magic
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Description
Presents a poem celebrating the African-American experience and what it means to be part of a strong, proud, and free people.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
This engaging book provides a chance for young readers to learn about the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence.
Step into the shoes of thirteen men and women of color, and discover how the American Revolution rattled the chains of slavery. Woelfle examines the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence....
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much and how little racism has changed since our country's founding.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Tells the true story of Jackie Robinson's battle against prejudice while serving in the military during World War II, covering his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of an integrated bus.