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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces over four centuries of African American history, drawing on personal journals, interviews, and archival materials to document times ranging from the Colonial period and slavery through the Civil War and the Civil Rights era.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Your story begins in Africa. Your African ancestors defied the odds and survived 400 years of slavery in America and passed down an extraordinary legacy to you. Beginning in Africa before 1619, Your Legacy presents an unprecedentedly accessible, empowering, and proud introduction to African American history for children. While your ancestors' freedom was taken from them, their spirit was not; this book celebrates their accomplishments, acknowledges...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Based on the popular spiritual, this inspiring picture book starts in 1619 and spans more than 400 years, chronicling pivotal moments in African American history as well as celebrating those individuals who made an impact for generations to come.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents--
Author
Publisher
TOON Graphics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
59 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
""Black Heroes of the Wild West" celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy S Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A chapter book adaptation of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning"--
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Have I told you that we have never, ever accepted that Black lives don't matter? Not Frederick, Harriet, Sojourner, Martin, Rosa, Malcolm, or Nelson? We have always known and you must remember that Black lives matter. W. E. B. knew that Black lives matter. He preached about Black equality and liberation and would be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us today. Have I ever told you that? Have I told you that we have long been world-acclaimed poets...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Sometimes history is made by a dyslexic, mischievous boy who hates school, is a descendant of one of Frederick Douglass? half-sisters, and whose Pops was a Buffalo Soldier. In I Wanted to be a Pilot, one of the less than 100 living Documented Original Tuskegee Airman, Franklin J. Macon, tells the lively stories of how he overcame life?s obstacles to become a Tuskegee Airman. Soar through history with Franklin as he conquers dyslexia,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This chapter book edition of the groundbreaking #1 bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds is an essential introduction to the history of racism and antiracism in America RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word. But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do. Adapted from the award-winning, bestselling Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, this book takes readers on a journey...
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