African Americans 
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"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need"--
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"The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
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After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
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Celebrates the feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors.
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A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
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A poetic tribute to a lesser-known part of African-American history describes how after working relentlessly for more than six days, slaves in nineteenth-century New Orleans were permitted to congregate in Congo Square.
"As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they...
8. Harlem
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A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.
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A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
10. Jamaica's find
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A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.
11. John Henry
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Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
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A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story.
Looks at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, explaining his work to bring about a peaceful end to segregation.
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To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text express a child's awareness of being filled with deep emotions, from joy to sorrow and anger to compassion, but above all, love.
16. Rosa
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Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movements that resulted in the end of the segregated South.
A brief 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.
17. Tar Beach
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A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.
18. Tops & bottoms
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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
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Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.