african americans

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african americans

Feast for 10

1993
Numbers from one to ten are used to tell how members of a family shop and work together to prepare a meal.
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Young Harriet Tubman

freedom fighter
1992
A biography of the African-American woman who helped over 300 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and was never caught herself.
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Walking the road to freedom

a story about Sojourner Truth
1988
Traces the life of the African-American woman orator who spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.
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Jackie Robinson

a life of courage
1992
A biography of the first African-American baseball player to be accepted by a major league team.
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Happy birthday, Martin Luther King

1993
An introduction to the great civil rights leader.
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Yo! Yes?

1993
Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
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Goin' someplace special

2001
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
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Rosa

2005
Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.
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Langston Hughes

2006
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes, and contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.
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LeBron James

2005
Presents a short biography of NBA player LeBron James and chronicles his childhood and basketball career.
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