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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.0496 N4276h
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.0496 N4276h
Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.0496 N4276h
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c2011 | 1st ed. | Balzer + Bray | 108 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.0496 N4276h Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.0496 N4276h Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.0496 N4276h |
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2011 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Balzer + Bray | English | Available Online
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book j973.0496 N4276h
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book j973.0496 N4276h
Green Hills - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book j973.0496 N4276h
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[2019] | Findaway World, LLC | 1 Wonderbook (112 pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book j973.0496 N4276h Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book j973.0496 N4276h Green Hills - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book j973.0496 N4276h |
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An simple introduction to African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j796.357 N4276w
Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j796.357 N4276w
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j796.357 N4276w
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j796.357 N4276w Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j796.357 N4276w Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j796.357 N4276w | |
Library Use Only
Special Collections - Civil Rights Room 1 available Special Coll. j796.357 N4276w |
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO 796.357 N4276wU
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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p2009 | Library ed. | Brilliance Audio | 3 sound discs (ca. 2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO 796.357 N4276wU |
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Watkins Park - Kids Audiobook 1 available
PLAYAWAY j796.357 N4276w
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[released 2009], c2009 | Unabridged. | [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC | 1 sound media player (2 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Watkins Park - Kids Audiobook 1 available PLAYAWAY j796.357 N4276w |
Description
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.0496 S6445t
East - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.0496 S6445t
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.0496 S6445t
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2015. | First edition. | Roaring Brook Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.0496 S6445t East - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.0496 S6445t Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.0496 S6445t |
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Live Oak Media | English | Available Online
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"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--
4) Underground
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.7115 E9291u
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.7115 E9291u
Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j973.7115 E9291u
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2011 | 1st ed. | Roaring Brook Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.7115 E9291u Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.7115 E9291u Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j973.7115 E9291u |
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"A stellar introduction to the Underground Railroad, narrated by a group of slaves. Readers experience the fugitives' escape, their long nighttime journey punctuated by meetings with friends and enemies, and their final glorious arrival in a place of freedom."--Amazon.com.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j306.362 W3626f
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j306.362 W3626f
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j306.362 W3626f
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2016] | First edition. | Little Bee Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j306.362 W3626f Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j306.362 W3626f Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j306.362 W3626f |
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2017 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Dreamscape Media | English | Available Online
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Southeast - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Playaway j306.362 W3626f
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (14 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Kids Audiobook 1 available Playaway j306.362 W3626f |
Description
"As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to...
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Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j323.092 K537n
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j323.092 K537n
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 2 available
j323.092 K537n
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2012 | 1st ed. | Schwartz & Wade Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j323.092 K537n Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j323.092 K537n Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 2 available j323.092 K537n |
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2012 | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Description
Illustrates the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr., as they were presented in his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963.
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Hadley Park - Kids Biography 1 available
jB T874r
Main Library - Kids Biography 2 available
jB T874r
North - Kids Biography 1 available
jB T874r
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2000 | Alfred A. Knopf | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Biography 1 available jB T874r Main Library - Kids Biography 2 available jB T874r North - Kids Biography 1 available jB T874r |
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Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available
jB S369w
Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 1 available
jB S369w
Green Hills - Kids Biography 1 available
jB S369w
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2017. | First edition. | Candlewick Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available jB S369w Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 1 available jB S369w Green Hills - Kids Biography 1 available jB S369w |
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2020 | OverDrive | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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2020 | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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2019. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 Wonderbook (37 pages) : color illustrations ; 31 cm | English |
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Description
Highlights the life and legacy of Arturo Schomburg who worked during the Harlem Renaissance to raise awareness of Afro-Latin American and African American achievements and the contributions they made to society. Includes a timeline.
9) Clemente!
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Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available
jB C6264p
Madison - Kids Biography 1 available
jB C6264p
Main Library - Kids Biography 1 available
jB C6264p
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | 1st ed. | Henry Holt and Co | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available jB C6264p Madison - Kids Biography 1 available jB C6264p Main Library - Kids Biography 1 available jB C6264p |
Description
A little boy named Clemente is proud to learn about the life, career, and charitable work of his namesake, baseball great Roberto Clemente, the first Latin American player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
10) Coretta Scott
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Donelson - Kids Biography 1 available
jB K524sh
East - Kids Biography 1 available
jB K524sh
Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 1 available
jB K524sh
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2009 | 1st ed. | Katherine Tegen Books | 1 v. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Kids Biography 1 available jB K524sh East - Kids Biography 1 available jB K524sh Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 1 available jB K524sh |
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2013 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Weston Woods | English | Available Online
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Description
This extraordinary union of poetry and monumental artwork captures the movement for civil rights in the United States, and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott King.
11) Nelson Mandela
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Madison - Kids World Language 1 available
jB M2716n
Thompson Lane - Kids World Language 1 available
jB M2716n
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2014. | Primera edición. | Editorial Juventud | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm. | Español | On Shelf
Madison - Kids World Language 1 available jB M2716n Thompson Lane - Kids World Language 1 available jB M2716n |
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Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available
jB M2716n
Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 2 available
jB M2716n
Green Hills - Kids Biography 2 available
jB M2716n
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2013], ©2013 | First edition. | Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers | [40] pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available jB M2716n Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 2 available jB M2716n Green Hills - Kids Biography 2 available jB M2716n |
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Bellevue - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book jB M2716n
Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book jB M2716n
Donelson - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book jB M2716n
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2018. | [Library Ideas, LLC] | 1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 32 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book jB M2716n Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book jB M2716n Donelson - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book jB M2716n |
Description
Presents a picture book biography of Nelson Mandela, describing his childhood, education, work to end apartheid, incarceration, and eventual freedom.
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Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j510.92523 L4813h
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j510.92523 L4813h
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j510.92523 L4813h
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j510.92523 L4813h Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j510.92523 L4813h Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j510.92523 L4813h |
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2018 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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2018 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j920.72 H322L
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j920.72 H322L
East - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j920.72 H322L
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | First edition. | Little, Brown and Company | 87 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j920.72 H322L Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j920.72 H322L East - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j920.72 H322L |
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2017 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Hachette Audio | English | Available Online
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2017 | OverDrive | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | English | Available Online
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2017 | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | English | Available Online
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Description
Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.
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Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available
jB T885we
Bordeaux - Kids Biography 1 available
jB T885we
Green Hills - Kids Biography 1 available
jB T885we
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c2006 | 1st ed. | Hyperion Books for Children | [42] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available jB T885we Bordeaux - Kids Biography 1 available jB T885we Green Hills - Kids Biography 1 available jB T885we |
Description
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
15) We march
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Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available
E Evans
East - Kids Easy 1 available
E Evans
Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available
E Evans
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2012 | 1st ed. | Roaring Brook Press | {32} p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Evans East - Kids Easy 1 available E Evans Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available E Evans | |
2016 | 1st Square Fish ed.: 2016. | Square Fish, Roaring Brook Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | Library Use Only
Special Collections - Civil Rights Room 1 available SpecColl E Eva NCR |
Description
Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available
E Clark-R
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Clark-R
Edgehill - Kids Easy 1 available
E Clark-R
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[2018] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Clark-R Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Clark-R Edgehill - Kids Easy 1 available E Clark-R |
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2018 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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2018 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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Madison - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book E Clark-R
Southeast - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book E Clark-R
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2019. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Madison - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book E Clark-R Southeast - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book E Clark-R |
Description
Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available
E Johnson
Donelson - Kids Easy 1 available
E Johnson
Goodlettsville - Kids Easy 1 available
E Johnson
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c2005 | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 27 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Johnson Donelson - Kids Easy 1 available E Johnson Goodlettsville - Kids Easy 1 available E Johnson |
Description
A stirring yet jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played an invaluable role in the Civil Rights movement.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available
E Miller
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Miller
East - Kids Easy 1 available
E Miller
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[2016] | Chronicle Kids | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Miller Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Miller East - Kids Easy 1 available E Miller |
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | English | Available Online
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Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Ramsey
Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available
E Ramsey
Inglewood - Kids Easy 1 available
E Ramsey
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | Carolrhoda Books | [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Ramsey Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available E Ramsey Inglewood - Kids Easy 1 available E Ramsey |
Description
When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on a pamphlet called "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them. Includes facts about "The Green Book."
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2009 | 1st ed. | Lee & Low Books | [40] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. | English |
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2009 | OverDrive | Lee & Low Books | English | Available Online
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Description
"A biography of African American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame many obstacles as a young woman to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword about Savage's adult life and works, plus photographs"--Provided by publisher.