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Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 vol. (unpaged) : color illus. ; 29 cm
Description
"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
"A Child's Introduction to Jazz explores the rich history of jazz music, including profiles of famous musicians like Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. Written by A Child's Introduction to African American History author Jabari Asim, the book includes downloadable links throughout, to allow kids to listen along to the instruments and musical flair of jazz"--
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
A biography of Dovey Johnson Roundtree--one of the first black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army, and an attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, D.C.