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[2018]., Primary, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes---a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation.
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[2018]., Primary, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: B Bar Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes---a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation.
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[2018], Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the life and career of notable African American sports artist, and former professional football player, Ernie Barnes. Describes how Barnes overcame the obstacles of segregation in 1940s North Carolina to become an artist. Features color reproductions of his paintings, informational notes, and further resources.
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-- Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for civil rights[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: U S HISTORY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace explore what led [Jonathan Myrick] Daniels to the moment of his death, the trial of his murderer, and how these events helped reshape both the legal and political climate of Lowndes County and the nation"--Amazon.
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-- Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for civil rights[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF WAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace explore what led [Jonathan Myrick] Daniels to the moment of his death, the trial of his murderer, and how these events helped reshape both the legal and political climate of Lowndes County and the nation"--Amazon.
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[2017], Juvenile, Calkins Creek Call No: 998 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Provides an overview of the 1979 American expedition to the find the North Pole that ended in disaster. Information for the narrative pulled from journals and letters from the crew as well as official documents and archival records from the time. Includes photographs and a map.
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-- 36 trailblazing immigrants and refugees who make America great2018., Little, Brown and Company Call No: 920 WALLACE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Profiles thirty-six first generation immigrants and refugees who have come to the United States and used their skills, talents, and passions to impact the country and create wealth and happiness, such as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, singer Celia Cruz, and Albert Einstein.
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[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: PICTURE NF WAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The true story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who saved the Florida Everglades from development and ruin"--Provided by publisher.
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Ã2013., Adolescent, Ember Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st Ember ed. 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Felix O'Sullivan, standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father, and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school football team to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down his entire town"--Provided by publisher.
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2013., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Felix O'Sullivan, standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father, and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school football team to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down his entire town"--Provided by publisher.
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[2013]., Adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Historical FIC Wallace Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: With his small 1950 Arizona mining town about to become a ghost town due to the closing of its money-making mine, young Felix O'Sullivan feels the pressure of being the last quarterback the Muckers will ever have. He might be able to save the town if he can lead the team to a state championship, but to do that the Muckers will have to beat their rivals--and he will have to prove himself to his father.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF WAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at how Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught attorney represented twelve African-American men condemned to death after the Elaine Race Riot of October 1919.
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[2021]., Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane Call No: HI-INT 305.8 WAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In October 1919, a group of black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved answered the call and represented the twelve--but could he save the men's lives and set them free? Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace carefully examine the complex proceedings and offer a riveting and clear account of this landmark civil rights case"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2020]., Primary, Calkins Creek Call No: 323.1196 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way.
