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By Suskind, Ron1999, c1998., Broadway Books Call No: B Edition: 1st trade paperback Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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By Suskind, Ron1999, c1998., Broadway Books Call No: Realistic Fic Suskind Edition: 1st trade paperback ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2023., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: E WEA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
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By Bausum, Ann[2016], Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: HI-INT 323.1 BAU Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state of Mississippi, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. He walked to make a statement. But two days into his journey, Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside attack. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk. What started as one man's mission became the March Against Fear.
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By Bausum, Ann[2017]., Adolescent, National Geographic Call No: U S HISTORY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple plan, but one teeming with risk. Just one day later Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside ambush. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk... brings this crucial turning point of civil rights history back to life, escorting you along the dusty Mississippi roads where heroic marchers endured violence, rage, and fear as they walked more than 200 miles in the name of equality and justice."--Provided by publisher.
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[2013]., Top Shelf Productions Call No: U S HISTORY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents in graphic novel format the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on is youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.
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[2013]., Top Shelf Productions Call No: GN-HISTORY MAR Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents in graphic novel format the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on is youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.
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[2018], Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B BEALS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Dont Cry comes a powerful, timely new memoir about growing up in the segregated South. Civil rights heroine Melba Patillo Beals puts readers right in her saddle oxfords as she struggles to understandand fight back againstthe laws that told her she was less just because of the color of her skin.
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2018., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B BEALS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Beals' autobiography looks at her childhood when she began noticing the injustice of racism. Discusses the impact of her parents who both highly valued education--her mother earning a PhD from University of Arkansas--and her grandmother who understood how to live in a white world but also how to rebel within it.
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2010., One World Trade Paperbacks Call No: 379.2692 LaNier Edition: One World books tra Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1957, Walls and eight other black students--known as the Little Rock Nine--only want to make it to class. But their journey would lead the nation on a much more turbulent path. Walls writes an inspiring memoir that shines a light on this watershed moment in Civil Rights history.
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2009., One World Trade Paperbacks/Ballantine Books Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF LAN Edition: One World Bks. trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the memoirs of Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of the nine students to integrate Little Rock Central High School in September, 1957, that describes the experiences and challenges she and the others faced during their years at Central.
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2010, c2009., One World Trade Paperbacks/Ballantine Books Call No: 323.1 LAN Edition: One World Books tra Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the memoirs of Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of the nine students to integrate Little Rock Central High School in September, 1957, that describes the experiences and challenges she and the others faced during their years at Central.
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2020., Flatiron Books Call No: HI-INT 797.12 COO Edition: First Flatiron Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Growing up on Chicago's Westside in the 90's, Arshay Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs, the hallways of his apartment complex are haunted by junkies he calls 'zombies' with strung out arms, clutching at him as he passes by. His mother is a recovering addict, and his three siblings all sleep in a one room apartment, a small infantry against the war zone on the street below. Arshay keeps to himself, preferring to write poetry about the girl he has a crush on, and spends his school days in the home-ec kitchen dreaming of becoming a chef. And then one day as he's walking out of school he notices a boat in the school lunchroom, and a poster that reads 'Join the Crew Team.' Having no idea what the sport of crew is, Arshay decides to take a chance. This decision to join is one that will forever change his life, and those of his fellow teammates. As Arshay and his teammates begin to come together to learn how to row--many never having been in water before--the sport takes them from the mean streets of Chicago, to the hallowed halls of the Ivy League. But Arshay and his teammates face adversity at every turn, from racist competitors, gang violence, and sport that has never seen anyone like them before. A Most Beautiful Thing is the inspiring true story about the most unlikely band of brothers that form a family, and forever change a sport and their lives for the better"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2009., Random House Call No: 305.8 KID Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder returns with the extraordinary true story of Deo, a young man who arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. After surviving a civil war and genocide, he ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores until he begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing.
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c2008., National Geographic Call No: 371.829 96073 075 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: John A. Stokes, one of the leaders of the student strike at R. R. Morton High School in 1951, describes the conditions in which he and his fellow classmates learned and provides an account of how they fought against segregation.
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c2008, Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: 371.829 96073 075 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: John A. Stokes, one of the leaders of the student strike at R. R. Morton High School in 1951, describes the conditions in which he and his fellow classmates learned and provides an account of how they fought against segregation.
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[2008]., Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: 371.829 STO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: John A. Stokes, one of the leaders of the student strike at R. R. Morton High School in 1951, describes the conditions in which he and his fellow classmates learned and provides an account of how they fought against segregation.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: HI-INT B BOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton 12 themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Source: Britannica Summary Note: In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton 12 themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history.