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Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
It's Neighbor Day on Sesame Street and newcomer Ji-Young is excited to celebrate with her new community--and to share some of her Korean culture, until someone tells her she's not welcome, in this important book that illustrates how hurtful racism is.
Author
Publisher
Harper/HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018
Description
When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the preeminent black fraternity at Florida's flagship university, is discovered hogtied in the stygian swamps of the Suwanee River, his death sets off a firestorm. And when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime, the fire threatens to rage out of control. Contending with rising political tensions, racial unrest, and a sensational media, Towson's...
47) The black canary
Author
Publisher
Mulberry Books, an imprint of Walnut Springs Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Italian immigrants Sol and Micca Morelli have made their home in Helper, Utah, where they raise canaries that warn miners of poisonous gases in the underground tunnels. Sol and his son Loucas work in the coal mines. When the two men are pressured to join in a labor strike, they become embroiled in a conflict that could leave them jobless . . . or worse. Daughters Petra and Catrin--always at odds with each other--have blossomed into beautiful young...
48) I am Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
50) Freedom Summer
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.
51) Flight: a novel
Author
Description
Flight follows a troubled foster teenager--a boy who is not a "legal" Indian because he was never claimed by his father. The journey begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of decision, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why "Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s." Red River is only the first stop in an eye-opening trip through...
Author
Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
For most boys in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern one hot summer is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be cancelled due to their county's anniversary pageant, but after the death of the old man to whom twelve-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County that could fix everything.
56) Selma
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.
Author
Publisher
Blue Earth Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusettts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Formats
Description
Ford County lawyer Jake Brigance is thrust into the center of a murder trial and mystery after wealthy Seth Hubbard, who was dying of lung cancer, commits suicide and leaves all of his fortune to his African-American maid, raising questions about the circumstances of his death and a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row.
Author
Publisher
Lectorum Publications Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"A sus doce años, al pequeño Charlie parece habérsele acabado la suerte. Su padre, un aparcero, acaba de morir, y el capitán Buck --el hombre más temido de Mapache Triste, Carolina del Sur-- ha venido a cobrar una dueda. Charlie teme por su vida y decide llegar a un acuerdo con el capitán Buck: lo ayudará a rastrear a una banda acusada de robarle al capitán y a su jefe. No es un mal negocio para Charlie... hasta que se encuntra cara a cara...
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