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2023.
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"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows"--
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"Calling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original...
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[2022]
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Presenting interviews with more than fifty members of the oldest generation of Black Americans, including civil rights activists, hometown heroes, celebrities and many others, this testament to the strength and stories behind these individuals reveals their lives, experiences, and wisdom.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. Jump Anyway is for kids who dream. Kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to dream....
Pub. Date
c2001
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5 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Three almanac volumes feature a comprehensive range of historical and current information on African American life and culture, organized into 26 chapters, including Civil Rights, The family and health, and Science, medicine and invention. Two chronology volumes explore social, political, economic, cultural, and educational milestones in black history. Arranged by year and then by month and day, the chronology spans from 1492 to modern times.
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Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 2
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IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Little Peter tries very hard to learn how to whistle for his dog.
16) Selected poems
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Pub. Date
1959
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297 pages illustrations 25 cm
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Contains a selection of poems chosen from Hughes' earlier volumes plus a number of new poems.
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From the Montgomery bus boycott to the Little Rock Nine to the Selma-Montgomery march, thousands of ordinary people who participated in the American civil rights movement; their stories are told in Eyes on the Prize.
From leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., to lesser-known figures such as Barbara Rose John and Jim Zwerg, each man and woman made the decision that something had to be done to stop discrimination. These moving accounts of the first...
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Midnight volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 35
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613 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Powerful and sensual, Midnight is an intelligent, fierce fighter and Ninjutsu-trained ninja warrior. A devout Muslim, he takes sixteen-year-old Akemi from Japan as his wife, but their tumultuous teenage marriage is interrupted when Akemi is kidnapped and taken back to Japan by her own father, even though the marriage was consummated and well underway. To find her, Midnight must travel across three countries and numerous cultures, and meets people...
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c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
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Learn more about the African-American culture with these ten easy-to-do crafts. Also, while you do these crafts read about famous African Americans. Some of the exciting crafts included are a Star Puzzle, a Paper Basketball, and Invisible Postcards!
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