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Author
Series
Publisher
an imprint of Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A history of Floyd McKissick's 1969 plan to build a Black city in North Carolina, examining the story of the idealists who settled there, the obstacles that derailed the project, and what Soul City's saga says about Black opportunity, capitalism, and power then and now"--
Author
Series
Cambridge studies in Romanticism volume 38
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A spin-off from the seminal "All In The Family" series, the ground-breaking The Jeffersons chronicled the rise of jive-talking African-American dry cleaner king George Jefferson and his sassy, no-nonsense wife Louise "Weezy," as they left their blue-collar neighborhood, "movin' on up" to a luxury high-rise apartment in New York City"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 870L
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African American advancement"--Provided by publisher.
5893) The Harlem charade
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-graders Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but they all live in Harlem, and when Elvin's grandfather is attacked they band together to find out who is responsible--and the search leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune, and into conflict with an ambitious politician who wants to turn Harlem into an historic amusement park.
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presents a young readers adaptation of the book that uses humor to discuss racism and violence, denounce the NFL's abuses, and encourage black athletes in the NCAA and NFL to speak out against injustice both on and off the field.
5899) Angel of Greenwood
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Randi Pink's The Angel of Greenwood is a historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street."
"Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place...