Promises to keep : how Jackie Robinson changed America
A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his only daughter. Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father…
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- 0439678757
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- 64 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 927 ROB
I have a dream : the story of Martin Luther King
When Martin Luther King grew up in the South, black people were treated very badly. They had to go to separate schools. They could only ride in the back of the bus. In many places, they were not al…
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- 0590442309
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- 127 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- Scholastic Biography
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- 923 KIN
Teammates
This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, and how on a fateful day in Cincinnat…
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- 0590366696
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- 32 pages : illustration : 21 cm
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- 927 GOL
Leon's story
I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness. But in those days they didn't call you "black." They didnt say "minority." They called us "colo…
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- 0439283191
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- 107 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 920 TIL
Sister Anne's hands
It's the early 1960s, and Anna has never seen a person with dark skin before. At first she is afraid of her new second grade teacher, but she quickly discovers how wonderful Sister Anne is. Then on…
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- 051488006992
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- LO
Freedom school, yes!
Jolie has a lot to be scared about since the new Freedom School teacher, Annie, came to town. Bricks thrown through windows in the dead of night, notes filled with hate, and now a fire has burnt do…
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- 0399230068
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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The bus ride
With its inspiring introduction by Rosa Parks, The Bus Ride is a timely reminder for readers of all ages that no act is too small when it comes to confronting injustice. Sarah and her mother ride …
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- 9781880000601
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Chicken Sunday
After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers' determine to buy their grandma Eula a beautiful Easter…
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- 059046244X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Freedom summer
John Henry swims better than anyone I know. He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me. He's not allowed. Joe and John Henry are…
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- 9780689878299
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Yo! Yes?
This Caldecott Honor classic is a simple yet important story about friendship. Two kids meet on a street. "Yo!" says one. "Yes?" says the other. And so begins a conversation that turns strangers i…
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- 9780439921855
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- 26 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- R
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