Topical/Black History
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Jackie Robinson: American Hero
$4.99 Add to cartJust in time for the major motion picture release, discover everything you wanted to know about Jackie Robinson
To tie- in with the April 2013 release of the movie 42, the life story of Jackie Robinso… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0545540062
- Language: English
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Maya Angelou
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Maya Angelou, the powerful speaker, writer, and civil… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #4
- Author: Kaiser, Lisbeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 071128413X
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$5.99 Read moreFind out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America.
This book follows the same standards as other National Geographic Re- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1426321414
- Language: English
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Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
$9.99 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book biography of President Barack Obama.
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago,- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1442440929
- Language: English
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A Sky Full of Stars
$7.99 Add to cartThis powerful coming-of-age story from the author of Midnight Without a Moon will enlighten and enchant readers and is perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Sharon M. Draper.
In 1955 Mississippi,
- Author: Jackson, Linda Williams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0358667208
- Language: English
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The Compton Cowboys: And the Fight to Save Their Horse Ranch
$16.99 Read moreIn this young readers’ edition, a rising New York Times reporter tells the compelling story of the Compton Cowboys, a group of African-American men and women who defy stereotypes and continue the prou
- Author: Thompson-Hernandez, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 0062956841
- Language: English
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Brick by Brick
$9.99 Add to cartThe compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part of history rarely taught. From Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd Cooper.
The home of the
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0061920843
- Language: English
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Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide
$16.99 Add to cartWhere did the Triple T Token come from? And can Arcade keep the token for himself … or will sinister forces steal it from his grasp Finally, the answers you–and Arcade–have been waiting for!?Arcad
- Series: Coin Slot Chronicles #2
- Author: Jennings, Rashad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0310767431
- Language: English
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
$18.99 Add to cartYou can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.
You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr.- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0802723683
- Language: English
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The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World
$17.99 Read moreA dynamic collective biography that presents 44 of America’s greatest Black movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN’s TheUndefeated and illustra
- Author: The Staff of the Undefeated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1328940624
- Language: English
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The Escape of Robert Smalls: A Daring Voyage Out of Slavery
$18.95 Add to cartThe mist in Charleston Inner Harbor was heavy, but not heavy enough to disguise the stolen Confederate steamship, the Planter, from Confederate soldiers. In the early hours of May 13, 1862, in the mid… [more below]
- Author: Jones-Radgowski, Jehan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 154351281X
- Language: English
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Arcade and the Triple T Token
$16.99 Add to cartEleven-year-old Arcade Livingston has a problem. Several, actually! The Tolley twins are making Arcade’s move to a new city harder than it needs to be and bullying him into doing their homework. And t
- Series: Coin Slot Chronicles #1
- Author: Jennings, Rashad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0310767415
- Language: English
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A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story
$19.99 Read moreFrom Sharon Langley, award-winning author Amy Nathan, and award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper, a picture book telling the true story of how a ride on a carousel made a powerful Civil Rights stateme… [more below]
- Author: Langley, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 141973685X
- Language: English
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Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
$18.99 Read more“A visually striking, enlightening picture-book biography.” —Booklist (starred review)
“An absolutely indispensable illustrated biography.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“A well-sourced,… [more below]- Author: Wallace, Sandra Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1481443879
- Language: English
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You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen
$19.99 Add to cartIn this “masterful, inspiring evocation of an era” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford “wields the power of poetry to tell [the] gripping historical story”… [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1481449389
- Language: English
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Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
$17.99 Read moreIn 1854, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was unjustly denied entry to a New York City streetcar, sparking the beginnings of the long struggle to ga… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1629799394
- Language: English
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March Forward, Girl
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow So… [more below]
- Author: Beals, Melba Pattillo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 24 2019
- ISBN10: 132860392X
- Language: English
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist)
$15.99 Read moreAn astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.
A National Book Award Finalist
A YALSA Award for Excellence- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250073499
- Language: English
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Little Rock Nine
$7.99 Add to cartTwo teen friends, one black and one white, weather the fallout of school integration together in their hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Sixteen-year-old William McNally and fifteen-year-old Thomas J- Series: TurningPoints
- Author: Poe, Marshall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1416950664
- Language: English
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Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
$21.99 Read moreCall and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times bes
- Author: Chambers, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0358573416
- Language: English
