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    145th Street: Short Stories
      Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader enga
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing

    47
      In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, a young slave without a name, learns from mysterious Tall John how to "neither a master nor a nigger be".
      Author: Mosley, Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Abraham's Battle
      An ex-slave named Abraham, a young Confederate soldier, and a girl from Gettysburg meet in the cataclysmic days of the Civil War battle. Abraham meets Lincoln after the President gives his famous address.
      Author: Banks, Sara Harrell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    African American Answer Book
      This book contains 325 multiple choice questions and answers, all about African American people and history. A name index is included.
      Author: Rennert, R.S. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
      The author is a historian who became interested in John Henry, a supposedly mythical ex-slave who outraced the steam engine in digging a tunnel through the side of the Allegheny Mountains. This book chronicles the author's efforts to find the truth about
      Author: Nelson, Scott Reynolds HSE Descriptors: social studies

    All Around Town
      Columbia, South Carolina of the 1920's and 1930's is chronicled by photographs by Richard Roberts and text by the author. One reader thought the text was too childish.
      Author: Johnson, Dinah

    All the Colors of the Race
      A collection of poems celebrating the family and minority heritages. The poems are spoken in the voice of a girl, the child of an African-American mother and Jewish father.
      Author: Adoff, Arnold

    American Plague, An
      Subtitled "The True and Terifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793," this account focuses on the 1793 outbreak in Philadelphia but also addresses the politics of medical research. It won several awards.
      Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
      When slaves on the ship Amistad rebelled and tried to return home to Africa, they were captured and embroiled in legal battles of slavery and abolition in the U.S. The book includes sections on Further Reading, Bibliography, Epilogue, and endpaper courtr
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies

    And Not Afraid To Dare
      This is a collection of short (15-20 page) biographies of 10 African American women: Ellen Craft, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Mary Fields, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Clara Hale, Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, Mae C. Jemison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
      Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Angel to Angel
      The author-poet celebrates mothers in this collection of poems illustrated by archival photographs of African American families.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Anthony Burns
      The subtitle of this book is "The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave." Especially appropriate for use in GED classrooms, Anthony Burns is based on fact and includes a timeline and historical footnotes. Hamilton fills out the details to crea
      Author: Hamilton, Virginia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    As Good as Anybody
      Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement.
      Author: Michelson, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
      The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res
      Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
      The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res
      Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope
      Framed by the story of an African American mother and her son, who keeps interjecting questions and comments, the narrative tells the story of Barack Obama around the theme of hope and the importance of education. Both the words of Nikki Grimes and the ar
      Author: Grimes, Nikki HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Bat Boy and His Violin, The
      Reginald is more interested in his violin than his father's job managing the worst baseball team in the Negro Leagues. Then his father makes him the team's bat boy, and his music begins to lead the team to victory. Father and son begin to understand each
      Author: Curtis, Gavin

    Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement
      Activist Bayard Rustin is the focus of this biography, although the book also provides a great deal of information about the 20th century Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
      Author: Haskins, James HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Before John Was a Jazz Giant
      The author imagines the sounds of John Coltrane's childhood that influenced his musical compositions as an adult. A historical note, selected listening and further reading are included.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston

    Before John Was a Jazz Giant
      The author imagines the sounds of John Coltrane's childhood that influenced his musical compositions as an adult. A historical note, selected listening and further reading are included.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston

    Bells of Christmas, The
      This long picture book may be read slowly, although it is not broken into chapters. It is a reminiscence of an African-American family's celebration of Christmas in the 1890s and is set in the farmlands of Ohio.
      Author: Hamilton, Virginia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Big Jabe
      This tall tale relates how Jabe helped slaves.
      Author: Nolen, Jerdine

    Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy
      This book tells about the life of a rodeo-riding African American cowboy. The book ends with a two-page history of Black cowboys.
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Birmingham, 1963
      A fictional narrator tells, in poetry, about the day she turned 10, which was also the day of the church bombing in Birmingham
      Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black and White Airmen: Their True Story
      The history of airmen in WWII is told through the experiences of two men from Cincinnati, one African American and one Caucasian. Information about race relations at the time is woven throughout the narrative.
      Author: Fleischman, John HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black Cowboy Wild Horses
      This book is based on the true story of Bob Lemmons, a former slave, whose adventures as a cowboy in Texas were legendary.
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black Hands, White Sails
      This book is mostly about the Atlantic whaling industry and the contributions of African American whalers. But it's also about abolition, the Underground Railroad, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Civil War. And it's about U.S. economics in the 18th and 19
      Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    Black Hoops: The History of African Americans in Basketball
      This book provides a history of basketball and African Americans in basketball. To help readers understand these issues, the author provides historical backdrops that address racism, segregation, the struggle to desegregate sports, and the civil rights mo
      Author: McKissack, Frederick, Jr. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson
      An interesting account of fightin' Black Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight of the world in 1910. The prejudicial issues of the era made this a monumental task. Bold words and bold color art combine to create a rhythmic text that captures the ener
      Author: Smith, Charles R., Jr. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Black Legacy
      This history of African Americans in New York City from a Dutch colony to the 1990's contains 18 chapters, documents and maps, Endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
      Author: Katz, William HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Black Pioneers
      This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map
      Author: Katz, William Loren HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Blacker the Berry, The
      The author explores all the warm colors of skin tones in delicious to the tongue words and images.
      Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol

    Blacker the Berry, The
      The author explores all the warm colors of skin tones in delicious to the tongue words and images.
      Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol

    Blues Journey
      Father and son team up to celebrate the blues in beautiful illustrations and lyrics. A short essay introduces the reader to the history and structure of blues. A timeline and glossary enable the reader to immerse himself in the form.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean

    Blues Singers, The
      The author tells his granddaughter about the origin of blues in America through 10 stories of great blues musicians he and his father had known. The interesting illustrations are done in a thick line, solid color style. A bibliography and a recording li
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
      Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information.
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
      Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information.
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence
      In 1991, New York's long-ignored African Burial Ground was rediscovered. The description of what scientists found there and how they pieced together information about life serves as a backdrop for stories of life for African Americans in Colonial New York
      Author: Hansen, Joyce, & McGowan, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    Brown Angels: An Album of Picture and Verse
      This book is a collection of very short poems and photographs of African-American children. Many of the photos are from the turn of the century.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
      This well illustrated book of poetry uses the metaphor of nurturing tea for the extended family.
      Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Bud, Not Buddy
      It's 1936, Flint, Michigan, and 10-year-old Bud (not Buddy) has run away from foster care to search for his father. (Newbery winner)
      Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Building a New Land
      Each of the short chapters in this well written picture book addresses the lives, rights, changing roles, and contributions of African Americans in a different area of Colonial America. The author includes a timeline and a bibliography.
      Author: Haskins, James & Benson, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Catching the Fire
      Philip Simmons, the great-grandson of slaves, became a revered artist and creator of ornamental iron work masterpieces in Charleston, South Carolina. Detailed color photographs convey his craftsmanship. The author interviewed Simmons and his co-workers
      Author: Lyons, Mary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars
      In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars
      In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Chicken Sunday
      Two African-American boys and their white friend, a girl, try to earn enough money to buy Miss Eula Mae the Easter bonnet she's been longing for. The children befriend a Jewish shopkeeper who helps them succeed.
      Author: Polacco, Patricia

    Childtimes
      Three African American women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, reminisce about their childhoods.
      Author: Greenfield, Eloise & Little, Lessive Jones

    Circle Unbroken
      A young girl learns the tradition of making sweet grass baskets.
      Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Coming Home
      The book tells the story of Langston Hughes' lonely childhood, demonstrating that certain themes and ideas that later emerged in Hughes' poetry grew from his experiences as a child.
      Author: Cooper, Floyd HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Coming On Home Soon
      A kitten comforts a young African American girl as she and her grandmother wait for the mother's return from working in Chicago during World War II.
      Author: Woodson, Jaqueline

    Coretta Scott
      Coretta is a poetic tribute to the life of Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights movement. This is an amazing biographical tribute in poetry which is most readable and offers all kinds of teaching opportunities. The art work by Kadir Nelson really make
      Author: Shange, Ntozake HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader
      Although she is best known for shepherding the "Little Rock Nine" through the dangers and stresses of the first school integration test, Daisy Bates pursued a life of community crusading despite obstacles and personal difficulties before and after Little
      Author: Polakow, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
      Dave is an amazing artist, poet and potter who lived in South Carolina in the 1800's. His artistry was all the more amazing because of his slave status. The writing is spare and poetic and the illustrations are truly amazing and make the text come alive f
      Author: Hill, Laban Carrick HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies

    Days of Jubilee
      Subtitled "The End of Slavery in the United States," this book chronicles the U.S. Civil War with particular attention to the different times and circumstances in which slaves were freed. The text is sprinkled with excerpts from slave narratives, letters,
      Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Dear Mr. Rosenwald
      This is a fictionalized story of one community's efforts to build a school based on the historical Rosenwald schools. These schools in the American South were financed by Julius Rosenwald of Sears Roebuck and required collaboration of black and white com
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Dear One, The
      15-year-old, pregnant Rebecca arrives at her mother's college friend's house to await the birth of her baby. She and others in the house learn to embrace differences and develop friendships.
      Author: Woodson, Jacqueline

    Dear Willie Rudd
      Miss Elizabeth, thinking 50 years back, remembers Willie Rudd, the African American housekeeper who raised her, her mother, and her grandmother. She writes a letter to the long-dead Willie Rudd in which she explains the past and expresses her feelings.
      Author: Gray, Libba Moore

    Deep Blues
      Bill Traylor, who worked as a farm laborer before and after the Civil War, was "discovered" as a folk artist at the age of 85.
      Author: Lyons, Mary E.

    Do I Dare Disturb the Universe:
      Charlise Lyles grew up in Cleveland in the 1960s and 1970s. This memoir focuses on life in the projects, her family's struggle to survive, her mother's relentless work to provide opportunities for children. Mostly, though, it's about Charlise-- her though
      Author: Lyles, Charlise

    Drawing in the Sand, A
      In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an artist--the people who encouraged him and the African American artists who established a tradition for him to join. Some students may find the uses of different type face distracting
      Author: Butler, Jerry HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Dream Keeper and Other Poems, The
      A reissue of Hughes' poetry book with seven additional poems (total of 66). The poems are short and make appropriate reading for all levels of learners. Many of the poems deal with issues of the African-American experience.
      Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Drylongso
      Drylongso, which takes place west of the Mississippi in 1975, is the story of a poor farming family's battle with a drought. Drylongso, "a youth imbued with simple human kindness . . . a folk hero" (author's notes) arrives, and with him comes ho
      Author: Hamilton, Viginia

    Duke Ellington
      This is the story of one of the greatest musicians and composers of the 20th century, Duke Ellington. (Coretta Scott King Award Winner; Caldecott Honor Book)
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Elijah of Buxton
      Eleven-year-old Elijah, the first to be born free in a Canadian settlement for runaway slaves at the end of the Underground Railroad, though considered "fra-gile" and talkative by adults, performs an heroic feat with his chucking stones.
      Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul

    ellington was not a street
      The poet lovingly remembers her family's recent history that was filled with stars of the African American firmament. Brief biographies of the people depicted add welcome information.
      Author: Shange, Ntozake HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words
      This edited and illustrated book provides generous excerpts from Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. No textbook description of slavery could have even a tiny portion of the power of this chilling account.
      Author: McCurdy, Michael (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Finding Fish
      This is the autobiography of Antwone Fisher (basis for a movie made by Denzel Washington). Antwone's childhood was filled with emotional and physical abuse. He found a way to overcome this difficult beginning.
      Author: Fisher, Antwone

    Finding Lincoln
      Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story.
      Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Finding Lincoln
      Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story.
      Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies

    First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson
      This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retired from professional baseball, is accompanied by photographs. A timeline that notes African American sports milestones concludes the book.
      Author: Dingle, Derek T. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    First Part Last, The
      [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsive, eager, restless. On his 16th birthday, he learns that his girlfriend Nia is pregnant. Their lives change dramatically, both during the pregnancy and after baby Feather is born.
      Author: Johnson, Angela

    Fly High!
      This is an illustrated biography of Bessie Coleman, whose interest in aviation and desire "to be somebody" led her to become the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license.
      Author: Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary Kay HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Follow the Drinking Gourd
      Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation teaching slaves the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd," which conceals directions for the route north to freedom. The book follows one slave family as they are directed north to the Underground Railroad and
      Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Followers of the North Star
      These poems present a profile of African-American heroes in an historical and cultural context. Heroes and heroines include Benjamin Banneker, Harriet Tubman, cowboy Deadwood Dick, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, Leontyne Price, and Martin Lut
      Author: Altman, Susan & Lechner, Susan HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Francie
      This engaging novel shows a slice of life in small-town Alabama in the 1940s, as told from the perspective of 13-year-old Francie. Francie, her mother, and her brother anxiously await a chance to join her father in Chicago. In the meantime, Francie comes
      Author: English, Karen

    Free To Dream
      This book, subtitled The Making of a Poet: Langston Hughes, offers Hughes's poetry as well as a biography.
      Author: Osofsky, Audrey HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice
      These are stories about the Freedom Riders during the early years of the Civil Rights movement. The detail and "human" perspective provided goes well beyond most written descriptions. This is an engaging account of the actions of incredibly brave heroes.
      Author: Haskins, James HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Freedom River
      In this true story, John Parker, an ex-slave in Ripley, Ohio, helps a family on the Underground Railroad. Beautiful watercolor collages illustrate the story. Historical notes, additional books, suggested websites, and maps make this useful in the classr
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Freedom Walkers
      This detailed account of the Montgomery bus boycott that began the Civil Rights Movement includes material on the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, but also focuses on other heroes like Rev. Robert Graetz, Joanne Robinson and
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Freedom's Children
      Thirty African Americans tell their youthful experiences in the civil rights movement. The book includes a chronology, a who's who, a list of acronyms, and a bibliography.
      Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Freedom's Fruit
      Mama Marina, a conjure woman in the Low Country of the Carolinas in the time of slavery, uses a magic spell to free her daughter and the man she loves. The book includes an Author's Note that compares the American folktale with the Greek myth of Persepho
      Author: Hooks, William

    Freedom's Gifts
      An African American girl visits Texas relatives and learns about the history of Juneteenth, the day for celebrating freedom from slavery.
      Author: Wesley, Valery HSE Descriptors: social studies

    From Miss Ida's Porch
      People from the street gather on Miss Ida's porch to hear stories, especially stories about important Black musicians (Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Marian Anderson) and their personal connections to them. These I-remember-when stories are both heartfelt a
      Author: Belton, Sandra HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
      This book is a partnership between African American artist, Michele Woods, who returned to the South and painted her family history, and author Toyomi Igus, who gave words to Woods's paintings.
      Author: Igus, Toyomi HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land
      This is a topical history of women in early America (1600s to beginning of American Revolution). Primary source material is used to the extent possible. Lives of White, Black and Native American women are featured. An index, bibliography, and a website b
      Author: Miller, Brandon Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Grandmama's Pride
      This is a most beautiful book focusing on the segregation practiced in the south during the 1950's leading to the civil rights laws passed in the 60's. The illustrations make the book come alive with details showing the inequalities practiced in every day
      Author: Birtha, Becky HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Grandmama's Pride
      This is a most beautiful book focusing on the segregation practiced in the south during the 1950's leading to the civil rights laws passed in the 60's. The illustrations make the book come alive with details showing the inequalities practiced in every day
      Author: Birtha, Becky HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Great Migration, The
      This book consists of reprints of a series of sixty paintings, by Jacob Lawrence, depicting the migration of African-Americans from the South to the North. In search of a better life, people moved by the thousands, from rural lifestyles to urban poverty.
      Author: Lawrence, Jacob HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Harlem Hellfighters, The
      This book is mostly about the "Harlem Hellfighters," the 369th Infantry Regiment in WWI. This story is set in the larger context of the role of African American men in war prior to WWI.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Harriet and the Promised Land
      The text, consisting of a single rhyming poem, is an accompaniment to Lawrence's contemporary and vivid paintings. The poem tells the story of Harriet Tubman, a slave who led other slaves to freedom.
      Author: Lawrence, Jacob HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Harriet Powers's Bible Quilts
      This oversized paperback includes 24 photos of Powers' Bible quilts, a difficult introductory essay, and two pages of identifying information about the stories behind the quilts.
      Author: Perry, Regina

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
      Bessie was 103 and Sadie was 105 when they collaborated with Amy Hill Hearth to write this story of their lives and times. Additionally the Delany sisters offer their perspectives on society, living conditions, people, events, etc. from the past century.
      Author: Delany, Sarah & Delany, A. Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Hell Fighters: African American Soldiers in World War I
      This book tells the story of the "Hell Fighters," a voluntary infantry that was one of the few African American regiments to see action during World War I.
      Author: Cooper, Michael L. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Her Stories
      The book focuses on stories of females-animal stories, supernatural tales, folktales, and oral histories. It includes an afterword by Virginia Hamilton and an excellent bibliography.
      Author: Hamilton, Virginia

    Here in Harlem
      Walter Dean Myers recreates the Harlem of his youth in poetry and populates it with colorful characters through their voices.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean

    Hired Hand, The
      When Old Sam hires a new hand to work at the sawmill, the hired hand teaches Sam's lazy son a lesson when the son tries to con an old man. Retold from an oral African American tale, the story is beautifully illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
      Author: San Souci, R. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Hoop Kings
      A dozen NBA stars provide the focus for these poems. In endnotes, the author describes his writing process.
      Author: Smith Jr., Charles R.

    Hoop Queens
      This is a collection of 12 poems about stars of the WNBA. An afterword explains how the poet found a focus for each poem by considering the woman's play.
      Author: Smith Jr., Charles R.

    How I Discovered Poetry
      Marilyn Nelson describes her childhood in America in the 1950s, as the daughter of an African American Army officer. The poems span from her fourth to fourteenth year and touch aspects of civil rights, "Red Scare," atom bomb and the stirrings of the femin
      Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing

    Hundred Penny Box, A
      A young boy loves his Great Aunt Dew, her stories, and her box of one hundred pennies, one for each of her birthdays. But Michael's mother is impatient with them both and wants to throw the box out.
      Author: Mathis, Sharon

    I Have Heard of a Land
      A hardworking African American woman stakes a homestead claim in the Oklahoma Territory in the period after the Civil War. Told in rich, lyrical language, the beautifully illustrated story reminds us that African Americans were a part of the settlement o
      Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies

    I Live in Music
      Each line of Shange's poem is placed with one of Romare Bearden's paintings. The book ends with the complete poem, and with short biographies of Shange and Beardon.
      Author: Shange, Ntozake HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    I Saw Your Face
      Sketches from Tom Feelings's sketch book are used to frame a simple yet powerful poem about the "face game" played by the author with his mother that celebrates African-American heritage.
      Author: Dawes, Kwame HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    I See the Rhythm
      The author and illustrator use different type faces, colors, a timeline, and paintings to involve the reader in the history, mood and movement of African American music. Types of music included are blues, ragtime, jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz and gospel.
      Author: Igus, Toyomi HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
      Patsy, a 12-year-old slave girl, keeps a diary during 1865, describing the changes in the plantation that come with the Emancipation Proclamation. The author appends historical notes, archival photographs, the wording of Constitutional Amendments 13,14,
      Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies

    I, Too, Sing America
      This is a collection of poetry, arranged chronologically, by African-American poets. Biographies of the poets accompany their poems.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine (comp.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Indigo and Moonlight Gold
      A little girl looks at the stars and dreams.
      Author: Gilchrist, J.S.

    Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes
      This is a collection of annotated newspaper cartoons about African American sports figures. The book is organized into chapters by type of sport. The cartoons originally appeared in newspapers (1930-1980).
      Author: Lee, George

    Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade
      Irene Jennie is missing her parents as Christmas Day approaches in the slave quarters. The wild parade known as the Johnkankus diverts her loneliness and brings her a surprise.
      Author: Smalls, Irene HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Jabberwocky
      With his wonderfully bright, energetic illustrations, Myers gives an Mezo-American and African American spin to the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. Myer's "reimagined" famous poem by Carroll is unique in its contemporary setting of an urban street basket
      Author: Carroll, Lewis HSE Descriptors: literature and arts

    January's Sparrow
      After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers.
      Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    January's Sparrow
      After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers.
      Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Jazz ABZ
      Each letter of the alphabet introduces a famous jazz musician in a different poetic form. Of particular interest to teachers and students are the biographical sketches of the musicians and excellent notes on the poetic forms. The phenominal art work is
      Author: Marsalis, Wynton HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Jazz: My Music, My People
      This stunningly illustrated book offers short biographies of dozens of musicians, from Leadbelly and Jelly Roll Morton to Lena Horne and Dizzy Gillespie.
      Author: Monceaux, Morgan

    Jip: His Story
      Jip, a young orphan in the mid-1850s, lives on a farm, interacts with Put "the lunatic," and wonders about his past. Eventually he attends school and, with the help of Teacher (Lyddie from the Paterson book by the same name) and her Quaker friend, discov
      Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire
      This is a retelling of the effects of a firestorm in 1894 on a train and its 150+ passengers. John Blair, the train's porter, became a hero for his common sense and bravery in the face of extraordinary danger.
      Author: Nobisso, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    John Brown: One Man Against Slavery
      This book tells the story of John Brown, White abolitionist and dissident, from the point of view of his daughter Annie. The book brings historical ideas and moral conflicts alive in a personal and elaborate way. The book answers the question: Can one p
      Author: Everett, Gwen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    John Henry
      This beautifully illustrated, award-winning book tells the tale of the ex-slave John Henry who outraced the steam engine in digging a tunnel through the side of the Allegheny Mountains. The book begins with introductory notes from both Julius Lester and
      Author: Lester, Jerry

    Jumping the Broom
      An eight-year-old slave girl describes the preparations and customs for her sister's wedding on the plantation. The combination of hardships and vitality depicted in this book creates a strong sense of community and of extended family.
      Author: Wright, Courtni HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Juneteenth
      Photographs from various locations in the U.S. depict the celebration of Juneteenth, June 19, 1865, the day African Americans learned of their freedom.
      Author: Branch, Muriel Miller HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Keep on Singing
      The story of the life of the singer Marian Anderson is told in ballad form. The author's notes at the end of the book include additional biographical information.
      Author: Livingston, Myra Cohn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Knoxville, Tennessee
      This brief and beautifully illustrated poem celebrates a young child's summer in Knoxville, TN.
      Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Langston Hughes: American Poet
      This is a reissue of a picture book biography of Langston Hughes (originally published in 1974). The illustrations and Author's Note (a must read) are new.
      Author: Walker, Alice HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Leon's Story
      A custodian at a Maryland school tells his own story of growing up poor in North Carolina, of racism, of hatred, of resilience, of Martin Luther King, and of the things that matter in life.
      Author: Tillage, Leon Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Let It Shine
      These ten essays on African American women introduce well-know and some lesser known freedom fighters. The colorful illustrations, the informative text, and the chatty tone will attract readers. The author's introducation and suggestions for further read
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Let Them Play
      This beautifully illustrated book tells the true story of the 1955 state champion little league team from South Carolina, who were all African-American and who encountered segregation problems as they continued to win.
      Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Letters from a Slave Girl
      Drawn from her 1861 autobiography, these fictionalized letters tell the story of Harriet Jacobs, a slave from North Carolina who went through great struggles to escape slavery. The book ends with two family trees, one a Black family and one White, a glos
      Author: Lyons, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me
      In this single poem, Angelou celebrates courage to face internal and external fears, the courage that grows out of a belief in ourselves. The contemporary art is bold and child-like but may have the power to scare children. The text is repetitive and ea
      Author: Angelou, Maya

    Life Is So Good
      This is the autobiography of George Dawson, grandson of slaves, who began to learn to read at age 98. Like Having Our Say, this book offers an African American perspective to 100 years of history. Moreover, Dawson's character and philosophy for l
      Author: Dawson, George & Glaubman, Richard HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies

    Like Sisters on the Homefront
      When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b
      Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone
      Well-known children's author Joyce Carol Thomas has collected pieces by 12 writers to commemorate the Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. Board of Education. The reading level varies significantly from piece to piece.
      Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Long Journey Home
      These six short stories are based on historical fact; Lester's notes at the end of the book describe the original sources. Each features an African American protagonist. All are ordinary people who led extraordinary lives.
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Ma Dear's Aprons
      The life of the author's great grandmother, a single parent who was a domestic worker in Alabama, is celebrated.
      Author: McKissack, Patricia C.

    Make Lemonade
      When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a job baby-sitting for seventeen-year-old Jolly's two children, neither girl realizes how much she'll learn from the other. Despite no job, a lousy apartment, and a bleak future, Jolly, with the help of LaVaughn and
      Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer

    Malcolm X
      In a clear, simple, and beautifully illustrated text, Walter Dean Myers emphasizes the life not death of Malcolm X as he grew to be a great leader for racial equality. Quotations and a timeline make the text especially useful in the classroom.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
      This is a beautifully illustrated collection of true stories about the struggle that African Americans faced in gaining their freedom. The book is divided into 3 parts: Slavery in America; Running-Aways; and Exodus to Freedom. An Afterword, bibliogra
      Author: Virginia Hamilton HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing

    Marching for Freedom
      The compelling story of the events in Selma, Alabama that led to the voter rights march to Montgomery in 1965. Interviews with some of the marchers and black and white photographs highlight the struggles of African Americans to get the right to vote.
      Author: Partridge, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American GIrl
      Based on an unpublished memoir, this picture book tells the story of daily life for a middle-class African American girl in New York in the 19th century. Maps and photographs illustrate the story.
      Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Martin Luther King
      Folk art paintings accompany this biography of Dr. King. A timeline of important events in his life concludes the book.
      Author: Bray, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Mighty Miss Malone, The
      Newberry Award winning author Christopher Paul Curtis has written a heart wrenching historical novel about one unforgettable family during the turbulent days of the Great Depression. Each family member has his/her own drama and the plot centers around a
      Author: Curtis,Christopher HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Minty
      Long before her years as leader in the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, nicknamed Minty, was a strong-willed child who dreamed of running away while suffering the brutalities of slavery. Old Ben taught her survival skills that she would need later.
      Author: Schroeder, Alan HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Miz Berlin Walks
      A little African American girl learns to love the old white lady who walks by her home every day.
      Author: Yolen, Jane

    Molly Bannaky
      This is a biography of the grandmother of the famous mathematician, Banjamin Banneker, who came to America in 1683 as an indentured servant and married her freed slave. The author includes an historical note.
      Author: McGill, Alice HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Momma, Where Are You From?
      When a young girl asks her mother where she comes from, she receives a loving description of her hard-working childhood in the segregated South told in rich, rhythmic language with lush illustrations.
      Author: Bradby, Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies

    More Than Anything Else
      Few people around young Booker T. Washington are able to read. But Booker, age 9, finds a chance and takes it. This biography, which also shows life in post-Civil War West Virginia, is full of eloquent language and dramatic, lantern-lit paintings.
      Author: Bradby, Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies

    My Dream of Martin Luther King
      The author tells the story of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a dream with King as a young boy suffering the injustices of segregation. Her strong paintings, more somber than her usual colorful quilt-like illustrations, give a solidity to the drea
      Author: Ringgold, Faith HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    My Heroes, My People
      Portraits of native American, Africans, and people of mixed race--both images and brief biographies--present a less well-known history of the American West. A Note on Sources and Further Reading and an index promote classroom use. The unusual illustratio
      Author: Monceaux, Morgan & Katcher, Ruth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    My Name Is York
      York, a slave of Captain Clark, accompanies his master on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. An afterword gives additional biographical information and the end papers contain maps. The illustrations and language are especially evocative.
      Author: Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    My People
      Beautiful sepia-tone photographs illustrate Langston Hughes' poem "My People"
      Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies

    Mysterious Thelonious
      Chris Raschka has blended musical notes with glorious color to make the reader see how Thelonious Monk's music would appear on paper. Reading the words on the page resembles reading musical notes on a scale rather than the traditional left-to-right, top-
      Author: Raschka, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Nation's Hope, A
      An "elegant and powerful picture book biography which centers around the historic fight" of Joe Louis during WWII, where prejudice was set aside. The illustrations and historical tidbits add to this story of an unforgettable legend.
      Author: De La Pena, Matt HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    New Year Be Coming!
      Through beautiful colored woodcuts and rhythmic gullah dialect, this book describes happenings for each month of the year in the South Carolina low country. A recipe, a glossary, and an introduction to the Gullah dialect are included. Some students migh
      Author: Boling, Katharine

    Nightjohn
      An escaped slave returns to the South to teach others how to read. This 92-page book is very bleak, and the violence is quite graphic.
      Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Ninth Ward
      This is a powerful reenactment of the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how it affected the poor section of the ninth ward. The hurricane and subsequent levee failure come to life through the eyes of a twelve year old special girl. The voi
      Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | science

    No Crystal Stair
      Nelson combines research with family stories to document the life of her great-uncle Lewis Michaux, an extraordinary literary pioneer of the Civil Rights era and his Harlem bookstore's role in the Civil Rights movement.
      Author: Nelson, Vauna, Micheaux HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    North by Night
      Lucy Spencer and her Ohio farm family are involved in the Underground Railroad in 1851, a time when The Fugitive Slave Act levied severe punishment and fines for harboring runaway slaves. Lucy makes a courageous decision that changes her life and that of
      Author: Ayres, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    North Star to Freedom
      This book is subtitled "The Story of the Underground Railroad," and it is that, but it's also more-- the history of slavery is presented, biographies of key figures are provided, lesislation is discussed. The author is Canadian, so this provides an intere
      Author: Gorrell, Gena K. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
      Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy.
      Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
      Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy.
      Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Now Is Your Time! the African-American Stuggle for Freedom
      The subtitle of this book is The African-American Struggle for Freedom. The book contains 23 chapters on topics such as the Dred Scott Case and Brown v. Board of Education, an afterword, an author's note, a bibliography, and an index.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Now Let Me Fly
      This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken from her homeland and sold into slavery. The epilogue carries the story forward to the Emancipation Declaration.
      Author: Johnson, Dolores HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Now Sheba Sings the Song
      This book consists of one long poem and dozens of sketches of African-American women. It is a sensuous book that celebrates the sexuality, the history, and the strength of Black women.
      Author: Angelou, Maya

    Oh, Freedom!
      Most of the book is transcripts of interviews children conducted with people who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Several essays that provide a chronology of African-American life and a foreword by Rosa Parks complement the interviews.
      Author: King, Casey, & Osborne, Linda HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Old African, The
      a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket, is "based on legend." The Old African has magical powers. This is the story of his capture and enslavement as a young man and ultimately, his plan to free his fellow slaves.
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies

    One More River to Cross
      This is a photographic chronicle of African American life. The text is very simple. The photos are very powerful. The author includes an index of the photos.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Other Side, The
      Spurred by a letter from her grandmother saying that "they're pulling Shorter down," the poet returns to the people and places of her childhood in Shorter, Alabama. The poems are accessible and concise but filled with powerful feeling. Photographs from
      Author: Johnson, Angela

    People Could Fly, The
      These collected folk tales that were told by slaves fall into four categories: animal stories, tall tales, the supernatural, and tales of freedom. The author includes an introduction and a bibliography.
      Author: Hamilton, Virginia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Picture Book of Jesse Owens, A
      This very readable biography tells the life story of Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympic star, and the prejudice he combated throughout his life. The book ends with a page of notes and a page of dates.
      Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Pink and Say
      This long picture book tells the story of Pinkus Aylee, an African-American soldier in the Civil War, and of his mother, Moe Bay and of his friendship with a young White boy. A moving book that may be more appropriate for adults than for children, it cel
      Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Place Called Freedom, A
      Freed slave James Starman takes his family from Tennessee to Indiana where they are joined by other African Americans over many years, establishing a very unique community.
      Author: Sanders, S. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Princess of the Press
      This biography of Ida Wells- Barnett chronicles her remarkable career in civil rights as a journalist against lynching, publisher of African American newspapers, speaker and activist for women's right to vote, and founder of the National Association for t
      Author: Medearis, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Raisin in the Sun, A
      When an African-American family chooses to integrate an all-white neighborhood, all of their value systems and relationships come under pressure.
      Author: Hansberry, Lorraine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Remember
      Spare text and very moving photographs recount times surrounding Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation from the perspective of children.
      Author: Morrison, Toni HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Remember the Bridge
      Illustrated by prints and black-and-white photographs and bracketed by two "bridge" poems, the poetry relates the experience of African Americans from Africa to the Civil Rights Movement.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Rio Grande Stories
      In Albuquerque, 7th grade students decide to write a book on their diverse heritage to raise money for the school. As they research traditions and family stories, they learn unexpected things about themselves. Chapters alternate between stories about th
      Author: Meyer, Carolyn

    Romare Bearden
      This biography of the multi-talented artist Romare Bearden is vibrantly illustrated with reproductions of his work. An author's note, a timeline, a bibliography, a glossary, and a list of the locations of art works make the book as useful in the classroo
      Author: Greenberg, Jan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Roots and Blues
      Adoff uses a shaped speech style to create images of the birth of jazz and its rhythms of life in the South from ancestral drumbeats to sounds of everyday life and work.The unique poetry prances across the page making it as unique as the American form of
      Author: Adoff, Arnold HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Ruth and the Green Book
      An easy narrative about travel in this country by car for African Americans in the 50s and 60s. Ruth's story is fiction, but the "The Negro Motorist Green Book" and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indigniti
      Author: Ramsey, Calvin A. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Sarney
      A sequel to Nightjohn, the book follows the life of Sarny, the slave girl that Nightjohn taught to read, as she travels to New Orleans in the aftermath of the Civil War to find her children who had been sold into slavery.
      Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    School for Pompey Walker, A
      At the dedication of a school named for him, Pompey Walker tells how he and a white friend, Jeremiah, raised money to build a school for ex-slave children. With the help of his friend, Pompey allows himself to be sold over and over again, escaping each t
      Author: Rosen, Michael J. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War
      This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories of slave women, abolitionists, women's rights leaders, and famous and not-so-famous women to offer a look at women's experiences during the Civil War. Diaries and letters are frequ
      Author: Chang, Ina HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Seventeenth Child, The
      The author writes the oral history of her mother, who is the seventeenth child in her family growing up in the South during the Depression.
      Author: Rice, Dorothy & Payne, Lucille HSE Descriptors: social studies

    She Would Not Be Moved
      Kohl tells the historically correct version of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Park's role in it. This revised biography of Rosa Parks stresses her activist background and the violent environment of racism to counter the prevailing picture of her as a
      Author: Kohl, Herbert HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Shimmy, Shimmy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
      Noted author Nikki Giovanni has selected and comments on poems by some of the greatest African-American writers of this century.
      Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Show Way
      Simple text and stunning illustrations tell the intergenerational story of Woodson's ancestors.
      Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story
      The book is set on a Virginia plantation in 1862. Eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco live with their mother on the Parnell Plantation as talk of President Lincoln's coming proclamation to free slaves reaches the community. Each of the mai
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Slavery Time: When I Was Chillun
      Excerpts from 12 oral histories from former slaves, gathered during the Depression by WPA workers, provide several perspectives about slave life as remembered by the people interviewed, who were in their 80s and 90s at the time of the interviews.
      Author: Hurmence, Belinda HSE Descriptors: social studies

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      Author: bunting, eve HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts

    Song Shoots Out of My Mouth, The
      This is an exciting collection of vibrantly illustrated poetry about music--classical, jazz, gospel, blues, opera, marching band. Backnotes extend learning about music, artists, and key works.
      Author: Adoff, Jaime HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sorrow's Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of ZN Hurston
      Part of the Great Achievers series, this book chronicles the life and writings of Zora Neale Hurston, the important African-American writer of the first-half of this century. The book is 121 pages and contains lots of photographs. The author has woven c
      Author: Lyons, Mary E. HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Soul Looks Back in Wonder, The
      This lavishly illustrated book is a collection of 13 poems by African American poets such as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Alexis de Veaux.
      Author: Feelings, Tom HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sound the Jubilee
      During the Civil War, Maddie, an eleven-year-old house slave, journeys with her mistress to Nags Head near Roanoke Island which has become a Yankee-protected community for run-away slaves. Maddie grows up there with her family and finds a place for herse
      Author: Forrester, Saundra HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers
      The book recounts both the story of Harriet Powers during the century of the Civil War and the story of her two "story quilts" that now reside in museums. The book is illustrated with photographs of Bible stories from the quilts with explanatory captions
      Author: Lyons, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
      This biography of the African American painter Jacob Lawrence, known for his series Migration and Toussaint L'Ouverture, is illustrated by the painter's works.
      Author: Duggleby, John HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
      Based on a true incident, this story tells of a young slave girl's brainstorm of sewing a map of the Underground Railroad onto a quilt so that others could find their way to freedom.
      Author: Hopkinson, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sweet Music in Harlem
      Inspired by a real photograph of jazz musicians taken in 1958, the fictional story recounts young C. J.'s search through Harlem for his uncle's hat, a hat his uncle wants to wear in a photograph. Included is the historical photograph with the identities
      Author: Taylor, Debbie HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sweet Smell of Roses, A
      The book jacket says it all: "There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice?--with Martin Luther King, Jr.
      Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sweet Words So Brave
      Narrated as a story told by a old, Black storyteller to a young child, the book relates the history of African American writers which is illustrated with beautiful, bold paintings by Jerry Butler. The use of different type faces may distract some readers
      Author: Curry, Barbara & Brodie, James HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sweethearts of Rhythm: The story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world
      The 16-member, all-woman, racially diverse swing band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm from the war years of the 1940's are brought to life by the idiomatic speech and rhythms of Nelson's poetry and by Pinkney's vibrant illlustrations. The individ
      Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Talking with Tebe
      Editor Lyons collected these excerpts about Clementine Hunter, considered one of America's finest folk artists, from magazine and newspaper articles and tape-recorded interviews. The artist's work illustrates the book.
      Author: Lyons, Mary E. (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Teacup Full of Roses
      Three brothers live with their mother, disabled father and aging aunt in Washington, D.C. during the Vietnam war. Paul, the oldest and his mother's favorite, returns home from another drug rehabilitation program just as Joe, the middle very responsible s
      Author: Mathis, Sharon HSE Descriptors: social studies

    There Comes a Time
      This book, winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. The book begins with slave trading and ends with the "Black Power" movement of the late 1960's. A timeline, bibliography, and index are included.
      Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: social studies

    This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
      A rope found by a little girl becomes a multigenerational object to her family and helps to tell the story of their migration from the South. It has many uses and eventually becomes a storytelling prompt.
      Author: Woodeson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia
      This is a history of Liberia which was established on the west coast of Africa in 1822 as a haven for free African Americans. Some U.S. history is also included as background context. End matter includes photos, maps, endnotes, bibliography, and index. Th
      Author: Reef, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    To Be a Slave
      Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies

    To Hell with Dying
      Because of the controversial subject matter and the language of the title, this book would have to be introduced carefully and treated sensitively. The author tells the story of growing up down the road from old alcoholic Mr. Sweet, who would fall on his
      Author: Walker, Alice

    To Kill A Mockingbird
      In this classic American novel set in the 30s, Lee tells the story of two children growing up in the South with their lawyer father who represents an African-American man accused of raping a white woman. The novel is rich and complex in plot and theme.
      Author: Lee, Harper HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Toning the Sweep
      Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss.
      Author: Johnson, Angela

    Trouble Don't Last
      This is the story of 11-year-old Samuel and "cranky old Harrison," who leave the Kentucky farm where they are slaves and head north to freedom, encountering non-stereotypical members of trhe Underground Railroad. The author is the historian at Hale Farm a
      Author: Pearsall, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Twelve Rounds to Glory
      This biographical tribute told in rap-inspired verse captures the life of the "Louisville Loudmouth" who was in so many respects the "Greatest of all Time." This amazing account of Muhammed Ali's life is told in twelve chapters, like a 12 round boxing mat
      Author: Smith, Charles HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | language arts - reading

    Uncle Jed's Barbershop
      A woman tells the story of her Uncle Jed, an African-American barber who traveled a regular route, saving his money for his own shop. When she became sick, he gave up his money for her operation, and when the Depression came, he lost everything again. F
      Author: Mitchell, Margaree K. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Uptown
      Colorful collage and an easy-reading text belie a very sophisticated tour of Harlem including the Metro-North train, brownstones, shopping on 125th street, a barbershop, summer basketball, the Harlem Boys' Chois, and sunset over the Hudson River
      Author: Collier, Bryan

    Voice of Her Own, A
      This biography of Phillis Wheatley, a American Revolution era slave who became the first Black woman poet, includes excerpts of her poetry, an epilogue, and notes by the author and illustrator.
      Author: Lasky, Kathryn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    Voice That Challenged a Nation, The
      A detailed biography of Marian Anderson, an exceedingly talented woman who overcame some racial barriers and tolerated others in order to do what she loved best, recounts how she became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to wonderful arch
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Wake Up Our Souls
      Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approximately 30 African American artists introduce us to painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists born between 1830 and the present. The design makes the book beautiful and the e
      Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Walking the Log
      The author paints scenes and reminisces about her childhood in the turn of the century South. The books contains information about daily life, work (especially picking cotton), childhood games, family values, and the author's life long interest in art.
      Author: Nickens, Bessie

    Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, The
      The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family from Flint, Michigan are drastically changed after a trip to Alabama in 1963. This is a powerful book, sometimes powerfully funny and sometimes powerfully touching
      Author: Curtis, Christopher P. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Way a Door Closes, The
      Told in a poetry format, a teenage boy describes his reaction to his father's leaving the family, and then to his return.
      Author: Smith, Hope Anita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing

    We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin
      Bayard Rustin's biography not only emphasizes his well-known role as advisor and organizer to leadership in the Civil Rights Movement but expands our view with his activities as speaker, singer, actor, artist, and non-violent activist. This biography pro
      Author: Brimner, Larry Dane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
      This book is about the beginnings and history of Negro League Baseball. The accomplishments of many of the better players are described. Paintings of the players are included. There is a bibliography and filmography at the end of the book.
      Author: Nelson, Kadir HSE Descriptors: | social studies

    When Harriet Met Sojourner
      The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Women of Hope
      The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany photographs of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project. The essays feature inspiring women who exhibited courage in overcoming barriers of race and gender in fighting for rights we all
      Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Words with Wings
      This riveting collection of paintings, prints, and sculpture by African-American artists enrich poems by outstanding African-American poets. The book includes a beautifully written introduction about the role of art and poetry and brief biographies of th
      Author: Rochelle, Belinda ed. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Wreath for Emmett Till, A
      Told in a poetic form known as heroic crown sonnets, the thoughtfully illustrated poem causes the reader to experience the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till in Mississippi. The author provides an introduction to the poetic form, biographical information
      Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Your Move
      When gang initiation threatens his younger brother, James summons the courage to make up his own mind.
      Author: Bunting, Eve

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people
    Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
      Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages.
      Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
      Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages.
      Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
      The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res
      Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
      The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res
      Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope
      Framed by the story of an African American mother and her son, who keeps interjecting questions and comments, the narrative tells the story of Barack Obama around the theme of hope and the importance of education. Both the words of Nikki Grimes and the ar
      Author: Grimes, Nikki HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Becoming Billie Holiday
      Weatherford uses the titles of Billie Holiday songs as titles for poems that tell the story of Billie's life and road to fame.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Before John Was a Jazz Giant
      The author imagines the sounds of John Coltrane's childhood that influenced his musical compositions as an adult. A historical note, selected listening and further reading are included.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston

    Before John Was a Jazz Giant
      The author imagines the sounds of John Coltrane's childhood that influenced his musical compositions as an adult. A historical note, selected listening and further reading are included.
      Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston

    Birmingham Sunday
      This powerfully told story of the horrific bombing of a church in Birmingham, ALABAMA which ended with the killing of three young girls and galvanized the civil rights movement across the country. The photographs and writing style of the author make for a
      Author: Brimner, Larry Dane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson
      An interesting account of fightin' Black Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight of the world in 1910. The prejudicial issues of the era made this a monumental task. Bold words and bold color art combine to create a rhythmic text that captures the ener
      Author: Smith, Charles R., Jr. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Block, The
      This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustrations of Romare Beardon. An introduction by Bill Cosby precedes the collection, and biographies of the poet and artist conclude it.
      Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Coretta Scott
      Coretta is a poetic tribute to the life of Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights movement. This is an amazing biographical tribute in poetry which is most readable and offers all kinds of teaching opportunities. The art work by Kadir Nelson really make
      Author: Shange, Ntozake HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Find Where the Wind Goes
      This is an autobiography of Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to become an astronaut. She uses the metaphor of "wind" to describe events from her life.
      Author: Jemison, Mae HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    Gwendolyn Brooks
      This biography describes the influences and hardships of the early years and the political activism of the later years of the African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The book includes a chronology, archival photos, an index, a list of published works and
      Author: Hill, Christine M. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing

    Happy Feet
      This very easy, lyrical text with gorgeous illustrations tells the story of the opening of the Savoy in Harlem, which is of special interest to the narrator "Happy Feet" because he was born on that night. The book not only educates the reader about the S
      Author: Richard Michelson HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Martin's Big Words
      Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book.
      Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
      Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy.
      Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
      Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy.
      Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Piano Starts Here
      This wonderfully illustrated picture book reads in the first person like a reminiscence, but actually was written long after jazz pianist Art Tatum died. It tells the story of his childhood, his family,his terrible eyesight, and his journey to success. T
      Author: Parker, Robert Andrew HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Ray Charles
      In a beautiful reprint of a 1973 book, the author tells the story of the legendary blind musician Ray Charles. An Afterword updates the earlier version.
      Author: Mathis, Sharon HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Richard Wright and the Library Card
      This is a 'slice of life' biography about the author Richard Wright set in his late adolescence/ young adulthood. Events deal with discrimination, Richard's discovery of literature, and how he decided to become an author.
      Author: Miller, William HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Rosa
      Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling, the author speaks to the strength of the African-American community in their struggle for equal rights. The author weaves other tales (Emmett Till) into the story to give the rea
      Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
      The story of Satchel Paige's baseball career told by a fictional baseball player who once batted against Paige. Biographical and historical information are included in a preface and appendix.
      Author: Sturm, James and Tommaso, Rich HSE Descriptors: social studies

    There Comes a Time
      This book, winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. The book begins with slave trading and ends with the "Black Power" movement of the late 1960's. A timeline, bibliography, and index are included.
      Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Twelve Rounds to Glory
      This biographical tribute told in rap-inspired verse captures the life of the "Louisville Loudmouth" who was in so many respects the "Greatest of all Time." This amazing account of Muhammed Ali's life is told in twelve chapters, like a 12 round boxing mat
      Author: Smith, Charles HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | language arts - reading

    We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
      This book is about the beginnings and history of Negro League Baseball. The accomplishments of many of the better players are described. Paintings of the players are included. There is a bibliography and filmography at the end of the book.
      Author: Nelson, Kadir HSE Descriptors: | social studies

    Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass
      Born a slave with little hope of ever learning to read, this story of Frederick Douglas, a man determined to read despite huge hurdles, provides an inspiring story for people of all ages.
      Author: Cline-Ransome, Lisa HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Anderson, Marian
    When Marian Sang
      This book is an introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, depicting her music, her inspiration, and her struggles as a singer against segregation .
      Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Angelou, Maya
    I, Too, Sing America
      This is a collection of poetry, arranged chronologically, by African-American poets. Biographies of the poets accompany their poems.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine (comp.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Banneker, Benjamin
    Molly Bannaky
      This is a biography of the grandmother of the famous mathematician, Banjamin Banneker, who came to America in 1683 as an indentured servant and married her freed slave. The author includes an historical note.
      Author: McGill, Alice HSE Descriptors: social studies

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Carver, George Washington
    Carver
      Personal and professional details of the life of George Washington Carver are told in poems from the perspectives of many people.
      Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    George Washington Carver
      This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword.
      Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    George Washington Carver
      This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword.
      Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Douglass, Frederick
    Days of Jubilee
      Subtitled "The End of Slavery in the United States," this book chronicles the U.S. Civil War with particular attention to the different times and circumstances in which slaves were freed. The text is sprinkled with excerpts from slave narratives, letters,
      Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies

    North Star to Freedom
      This book is subtitled "The Story of the Underground Railroad," and it is that, but it's also more-- the history of slavery is presented, biographies of key figures are provided, lesislation is discussed. The author is Canadian, so this provides an intere
      Author: Gorrell, Gena K. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sweet Words So Brave
      Narrated as a story told by a old, Black storyteller to a young child, the book relates the history of African American writers which is illustrated with beautiful, bold paintings by Jerry Butler. The use of different type faces may distract some readers
      Author: Curry, Barbara & Brodie, James HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Ellington, Duke
    Butter Man, The
      The father of a young child recalls a time of poverty and famine in Morocco. Written in descriptive language, this is a story within a story. Rich author's note and glossary help support this read to become a literary event. Folk art paintings by Julie
      Author: Alalou, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Harlem Stomp!
      Subtitled "A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance," this book has 10 chapters that address how Harlem came to be a cultural "magnet" in the 1920s. The book interweaves history, poetry, and archival photos that brings the cultural history of Harlem t
      Author: Hill, Laban Carrick HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Hughes, Langston
    Coming Home
      The book tells the story of Langston Hughes' lonely childhood, demonstrating that certain themes and ideas that later emerged in Hughes' poetry grew from his experiences as a child.
      Author: Cooper, Floyd HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Harlem Stomp!
      Subtitled "A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance," this book has 10 chapters that address how Harlem came to be a cultural "magnet" in the 1920s. The book interweaves history, poetry, and archival photos that brings the cultural history of Harlem t
      Author: Hill, Laban Carrick HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    I, Too, Sing America
      This is a collection of poetry, arranged chronologically, by African-American poets. Biographies of the poets accompany their poems.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine (comp.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Langston Hughes
      This well written and engaging biography is accompanied by many of Hughes's poems, some of his other writing, and intriguing illustrations. Especially interesting for Ohio readers is the focus on his life in Cleveland and the influence of Karamu House.
      Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Langston Hughes: American Poet
      This is a reissue of a picture book biography of Langston Hughes (originally published in 1974). The illustrations and Author's Note (a must read) are new.
      Author: Walker, Alice HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Langston's Train Ride
      This easy-reading picture book focuses on one episode from Langston Hughes's life--his realization that he WAS a poet. Reference is made to "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and of the way its ideas developed.
      Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    My People
      Beautiful sepia-tone photographs illustrate Langston Hughes' poem "My People"
      Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies

    Negro Speaks of Rivers, The
      E.B.Lewis depicts Langston Hughes' poem through beautful watercolor illustrations which help in the understanding of the poem.
      Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Negro Speaks of Rivers, The
      E.B.Lewis depicts Langston Hughes' poem through beautful watercolor illustrations which help in the understanding of the poem.
      Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Hurston, Zora Neale
    Harlem Stomp!
      Subtitled "A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance," this book has 10 chapters that address how Harlem came to be a cultural "magnet" in the 1920s. The book interweaves history, poetry, and archival photos that brings the cultural history of Harlem t
      Author: Hill, Laban Carrick HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Malcolm X
    Malcolm X
      In a clear, simple, and beautifully illustrated text, Walter Dean Myers emphasizes the life not death of Malcolm X as he grew to be a great leader for racial equality. Quotations and a timeline make the text especially useful in the classroom.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Truth, Sojourner
    Let It Shine
      These ten essays on African American women introduce well-know and some lesser known freedom fighters. The colorful illustrations, the informative text, and the chatty tone will attract readers. The author's introducation and suggestions for further read
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females
      All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and some not. The three sections of the book are "When I Am Me," "She's a Winner" (about sports), and "Against the Odds." Work from some famous poets is included.
      Author: Morrison, Lillian (comp.) HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Only Passing Through
      Strong illustrations help tell this biography of Sojourner Truth. An Author's Note updates the relevance of Sojourner Truth and provides a helpful timeline.
      Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Religion in 19th Century America
      This book, part of a larger series on religion in America, focuses on U.S. religious history in the 19th century. Illustrations complement the text. A chronology, sources for further reading, and index are included.
      Author: Wacker, Grant HSE Descriptors: social studies

    When Harriet Met Sojourner
      The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

    With Courage and Cloth
      This story of women's suffrage in the U.S. concentrates on the early 20th century, although previous activities serve as a context. Illustrated with archival photos from the time,the book includes a chronology, bibliography, profiles, and other sources.
      Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Tubman, Harriet
    Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
      This is a beautifully illustrated collection of true stories about the struggle that African Americans faced in gaining their freedom. The book is divided into 3 parts: Slavery in America; Running-Aways; and Exodus to Freedom. An Afterword, bibliogra
      Author: Virginia Hamilton HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing

    More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females
      All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and some not. The three sections of the book are "When I Am Me," "She's a Winner" (about sports), and "Against the Odds." Work from some famous poets is included.
      Author: Morrison, Lillian (comp.) HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Moses
      The author's note describes this book on Harriet Tubman as a "fictionalized spiritual journey" comparing her answering the call of God to lead her people out of slavery to Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. The author includes a forewo
      Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies

    North Star to Freedom
      This book is subtitled "The Story of the Underground Railroad," and it is that, but it's also more-- the history of slavery is presented, biographies of key figures are provided, lesislation is discussed. The author is Canadian, so this provides an intere
      Author: Gorrell, Gena K. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War
      This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories of slave women, abolitionists, women's rights leaders, and famous and not-so-famous women to offer a look at women's experiences during the Civil War. Diaries and letters are frequ
      Author: Chang, Ina HSE Descriptors: social studies

    When Harriet Met Sojourner
      The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork.
      Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies

Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Wells, Ida B.
    Let It Shine
      These ten essays on African American women introduce well-know and some lesser known freedom fighters. The colorful illustrations, the informative text, and the chatty tone will attract readers. The author's introducation and suggestions for further read
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies


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