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Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Reveals the history of African American children--from the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, Virginia, to the present day--through historical documents, journal entries, news articles, and interviews.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
7) Rosa
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movements that resulted in the end of the segregated South.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year. Discover the incredible bravery of one young Black girl who faced terrible persecution to get...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Examines the Montgomery Bus Boycott through primary source photographs, including Rosa Parks' role in the effort, other important leaders, the daily struggles of the boycott, and the end of segregation on Montgomery's buses"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Melanie Kroupa Books
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
“When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can’t sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’” – Claudette Colvin
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ruby Bridges tells the story of how she helped end racial segregation in the New Orleans public school system when she was in the first grade.