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Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: This book spotlights John Lewis, known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement, having helped organize the March on Washington and the Selma Voting Rights March, and for his lifelong dedication to public service as a member of the House of Representatives. John Lewis was never afraid to get in good trouble This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model...
Author
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: TIME For Kids Heroes of Black History presents the stories of four great American lives in one volume: Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama. This amazing value collection of biographies, heavily illustrated with photos and artwork, spans three centuries of African American History and is ideal for newly independent readers looking for report-worthy topics for both school work and personal interest reading....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"You 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. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherfor's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by...
6) John Lewis
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see just how unjust the world she was living in was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
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