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Let's read about.... Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks believed in herself and worked hard to succeed from the time she was a girl. Read about Rosa, a young woman who helped change history when she fought for black people's equal rights.
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- 0439564131
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 920 PAR
Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott
A riveting account of the civil rights boycott that changed history by the foremost author of history for young people. Now a classic, Freedman’s book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who stood up against segregation and Jim Crow laws in 1950s Alabama. A master of succinct historical narratives, Freeman explains the contributions of and sacrifices made by Rosa Parks and Claudette …
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- 9780545034449
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- 114 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 920 FRE
Richard Wright and the library card
As a young black man in the segregated South of the 1920s, Wright was hungry to explore new worlds through books, but was forbidden from borrowing them from the library. This touching account tells of his love of reading, and how his unwavering perseverance, along with the help of a co-worker, came together to make Richard's dream a reality An inspirational story for children of all backgrou…
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- 0590706489
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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White sock only
When Grandma was a little girl in Mississippi, she sneaked into town one day. It was a hot day―the kind of hot where a firecracker might light up by itself. But when this little girl saw the "Whites Only" sign on the water fountain, she had no idea what she would spark when she took off her shoes and―wearing her clean white socks―stepped up to drink. Bravery, defiance, and a touch of magi…
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- 9780329634155
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- CO
Uncle Jed's barbershop
As the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers during the 1920s, Uncle Jed traveled for miles to tend to his customers. Saving his money to build his very own barbershop was a dream that had to be postponed because of his generous heart and the Depression. Then one glorious day, on his 79th birthday, Uncle Jed finally opened the doors of his new shop. Full color.
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- 9780689819131
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the…
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in …
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- 9781419707964
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- 56 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 323 KAN
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