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Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (307 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene to better their lives and the lives of their families. Earn Marks is a young manager trying to get his cousin's career off the ground. Alfred is a new hot rapper trying to understand the line between real life and street life. Darius is Alfred's right-hand man and visionary. Van is Earns best friend and the mother of Earn's daughter.
1242) January's sparrow
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
94 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated middle-grade biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, the first African American man to win a Grand Slam tournament. Includes sidebars on related topics, timeline, glossary, and recommended reading"--
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.
1245) The reckoning
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A biography of African American writer, performer, and activist Maya Angelou, who turned a childhood of trauma and emotional pain to become one of the most inspiring voices of our lifetime. Includes afterword, author's note, and sources"--
1247) Martin Luther King, Jr
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Examines the life of the famous civil rights leader, from his early family life and experiences in education to his history-shaping speeches and the international responses to his assassination.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mae had a dream to make one-of-a-kind hats. But the path for a Black female designer was unclear, so Mae made a way, leaving her home in the segregated South to study at the Chicago School of Millinery. Now, Mae had the skills, but craved the independence to create her own styles. So Mae found a way. In Philadelphia, she became the first Black woman to own a business on South Street. Whether you were Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Marian Anderson or...
Author
Series
Summer beach volume 2
Language
English
Description
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family. In a hidden enclave in Sag Harbor affectionately known as SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Nineveh--there's a close-knit community of African American elites who escape the city...
1250) Who is Aretha Franklin?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of one of the bestselling artists of all time, from her start singing in front of her father's Baptist congregation to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From one of our top historians, a groundbreaking story of policing and 'riots' that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era ... Hinton's sweeping narrative uncovers an altogether different history, taking us on a troubling journey from Detroit in 1967 and Miami in 1980 to Los Angeles in 1992 and beyond to chart the persistence of structural racism and one of its primary consequences, the so-called urban riot ... [the author] draws...
1253) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, Roots followed several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga began with Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family's saga is depicted up until the Civil War where Kunte Kinte's grandson gained emancipation.
1255) A thousand and one
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City.
1256) Before she was Harriet
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Harriet Tubman written in verse, in which poem and watercolor come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
1257) I am Muhammad Ali
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Muhammad Ali, the leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, was an icon for a generation and his impact in sports and the Civil Rights Movement is still felt today.
1258) Black in Latin America
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a style similar to 'Wonders of the African World, ' Skip Gates will travel to places in Latin America where Africa has touched the continent with lasting cultural results to explore what happens when African and Hispanic worlds meet.
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
v, 266 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith."--
1260) The forgotten girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Iris sneaks out at night to make snow angels, she was not expecting to raise the ghost of Avery Moore, a girl her own age; but bringing to light the segregated and abandoned black cemetery seems like the perfect way to help Avery get the recognition she craves, and it will also be a good idea for the school project about the history of her small North Carolina town, where racial tensions are never far from the surface--only it...
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