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Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2007
Description
What do all these people have in common: the first man to die in the American Revolution, a onetime chief of the Crow Nation, the inventors of peanut butter and the portable X-ray machine, and the first person to make a wooden clock in this country? They were all great African Americans. For parents and teachers interested in fostering cultural awareness among children of all races, this book includes more than 70 hands-on activities, songs, and games...
8) The twentieth century and the Harlem Renaissance: a history of black people in America, 1880-1930
Author
Publisher
Abdo
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the achievements of African-Americans during the first part of the century, focusing on the cultural center formed in Harlem.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of African-American people in Colonial times.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The African American experience in America has ranged from the horrors of slavery to the election of the first African American president. Readers will uncover fascinating facts along the journey of African American history. This volume explores the discrimination African Americans have faced, highlighting the people and events that have shaped American history.
13) Perseverance
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 7
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"From Juneteenth to the Tulsa Race Massacre, many important moments in Black American history have not been taught in schools or covered in the media. Discover these events and how they are remembered in the Black community today"--
Author
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A series of paintings chronicles the journey of African Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North.
18) The undefeated
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is...
Author
Publisher
TOON Graphics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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"--
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