African Americans
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African Americans
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African Americans
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Incoming Resources
- Booker T. Washington, [Emma E. Haldy ; illustrated by Jeff Bane]
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Redemption, Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours, Joseph Rosenbloom
- A kind of freedom, a novel, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Stony the road, Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow, Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- 50 American heroes every kid should meet, Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
- Black heroes of the wild west, a toon graphic by James Otis Smith, introduction by Kadir Nelson ; [editorial director and books designer, Françoise Mouly ; colors by Frank Reynoso]
- American founders, how people of African descent established freedom in the new world, Christina Proenza-Coles ; Foreword by Edward L. Ayers
- Martin Luther King Jr., fighting for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman and Anne E. Schraff
- I got the Christmas spirit, Connie Schofield-Morrison ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, by Karina Yan Glaser
- Young, gifted and black, meet 52 black heroes from past and present, words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- The scary library shusher, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- Young, gifted and Black too, [words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins]
- Ghosts don't ride bikes, do they?, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- Genesis begins again, Alicia D. Williams
- Look for me in the whirlwind, from the Panther 21 to 21st-century revolutions, Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Shaba Om, and Jamal Joseph ; edited by déqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer ; foreword by Imam Jamil Al Amin ; afterword by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Get a hit, Mo!, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Sam Ricks
- We cast a shadow, a novel, Maurice Carlos Ruffin
- Before she was Harriet, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Detroit., Annapurna Pictures presents ; a Harper Ferry/Page 1 production ; a film by Kathryn Bigelow ; produced by Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Matthew Budman, Colin Wilson ; written by Mark Boal ; directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Widescreen
- The classic slave narratives, edited and with an updated introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Jefferson's sons, a founding father's secret children, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis ; adapted by Brandy Colbert and Jeanne Theoharis
- Getting away with murder, the true story of the Emmett Till case, by Chris Crowe
- Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and American hero, by Dr. Hugh Roome ; poem by Jodie Shepherd
- The hate u give, Angie Thomas
- Rock star, by Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
- Swing, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Who was Booker T. Washington?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky, the graphic novel, adapted by Robert Venditti ; illustrated by Olivia Stephens ; coloring by Laura Langston ; lettering by Ariana Maher
- Your black friend and other strangers, by Ben Passmore
- God help the child, Toni Morrison
- Standing in the need of prayer, a modern retelling of the classic spiritual, written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
- Amos Fortune, free man, Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin
- I am Harriet Tubman, Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Bad men and wicked women, Eric Jerome Dickey
- Dark sky rising, Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with Tonya Bolden
- Benny doesn't like to be hugged, Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Purple Wong
- Because of you, John Lewis, the true story of a remarkable friendship, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown
- Everybody's son, a novel, Thrity Umrigar
- Lockdown, Walter Dean Myers
- The care and feeding of ravenously hungry girls, Anissa Gray
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- The journey of Little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
- God help the child, a novel, Toni Morrison
- 1619, Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy, James Horn
- Dear Martin, Nic Stone
Outgoing Resources
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