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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Looks at the role of church in the lives and history of African Americans, from the time of slavery through the struggle for civil rights to the well-established churches of today.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised in Charleston, West Virginia, at the turn of the twentieth century by her grandfather and aunt on off-putting tales of family members she has never met, twelve-year-old Delana is shocked when, after Aunt Tilley dies, she learns the truth about her parents and some of her other relatives.
Author
Language
English
Description
Since the time of colonial America, African-Americans have suffered, triumphed, despaired, and dreamed. Through U.S. history, nowhere are the hopes and fears of the black experience expressed more convincingly than on the faces of black youth. Including excerpts from memoirs and diaries, this scrapbook shows the beauty and diversity of black culture through time--from the penniless to the wealthy, and from those time has forgotten to those whose names...
Author
Series
Crossing Ebenezer Creek volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mariah and her young brother Zeke are suddenly freed from slavery, they set out on Sherman's long march through Georgia during the Civil War. Mariah wants to believe that the brutalities of slavery are behind them forever and that freedom lies ahead. When she meets Caleb, an enigmatic young black man also on the march, Mariah soon finds herself dreaming not only of a new life, but of true love as well. But even hope comes at a cost, and as the...
Author
Series
Crossing Ebenezer Creek volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants-- until she meets Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered. Dorcas transforms Essie into Victoria: with a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. When the life she desires is finally within her grasp,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
53 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The first national museum whose mission is to illuminate for all people, the rich, diverse, complicated, and important experiences and contributions of African Americans in America is opening. And the history of NMAAHC--the last museum to be built on the National Mall--is the history of America. The campaign to set up a museum honoring black citizens is nearly 100 years old; building the museum itelf and assembling its incredibly far-reaching collections...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, perhaps best known for his seminal work The Souls of Black Folk and as the founding editor of the NAACP's groundbreaking magazine The Crisis, was ever a soul in motion for justice. Whether he was protesting Jim Crow laws and lynch mobs in the Deep South, advocating for the end of European Colonialism, or campaigning for world peace, Du Bois was always speaking out for others. This fascinating Up Close biography by...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there from approximately 1804 to 1880 and who kept a journal, excerpts of which are interspersed5 throughout the heavily illustrated text"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a mail carrier, Victor Hugo Green traveled across New Jersey every day. But with Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation since the late 1800s, traveling as a Black person in the US could be stressful, even dangerous. So in the 1930s, Victor created a guide--The Negro Motorist Green-Book--compiling information on where to go and what places to avoid so that Black travelers could have a safe and pleasant time. While the Green Book started out small,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--
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