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1) Freedom in Congo Square

Author

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Appears on list

Award Winning Books for Kids

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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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.

2) Small shoes, great strides: how three brave girls opened doors to school equality

Author

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

Formats

Book, eBook

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"A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson"--

3) Ruby Bridges

Author

Donaldson, Madeline

Series

History maker bios

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

c2009

Physical Desc

48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Description

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A biography of Ruby Bridges, the first African American student to attend William Frantz Public School (an all-white elementary school) in New Orleans and the subject of a 1964 Norman Rockwell painting.