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2017., Primary, Puffin Books Call No: Gold Fiction GRIMES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Dyamonde is angry at her mother for not buying her the shoes she wants, but when she finds out that a classmate is in a worse situation, she is determined to help.
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2017., Primary, Puffin books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Dyamonde is angry at her mother for not buying her the shoes she wants, but when she finds out that a classmate is in a worse situation, she is determined to help.
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c2010., Putnam's Call No: FIC GRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dyamonde Daniel book Volume: bk. 3Summary Note: Dyamonde, longing for a pair of red high-top sneakers, is persuaded by a classmate that it is her mother's job to give her what she needs, and she learns an important lesson when she tries that argument on her mom who responds by literally giving Dyamonde only what she needs.
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[2016]., Juvenile, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: 920 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This engaging book provides a chance for young readers to learn about the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence.
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[2015]., Primary, Carolrhoda Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Carolrhoda Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC NELSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Lewis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Lewis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
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c2015, Primary, Carolrhoda Books Call No: E NEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award HonorSummary Note: Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there
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2005., Primary, Lee & Low Books Call No: E WIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eight-year-old Garang, orphaned by a civil war in Sudan, finds the inner strength to help lead other boys as they trek hundreds of miles seeking safety in Ethiopia, then Kenya, and finally in the United States.
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2006., Primary, Scholastic Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money and build a much-needed school in the 1920s, with matching funds from the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and support from Professor James of the Normal School.
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2006., Primary, Scholastic Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money and build a much-needed school in the 1920s, with matching funds from the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and support from Professor James of the Normal School.
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[2016], Juvenile, Little Bee Books Edition: First edition Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression. Includes foreword about Congo Square by Freddi Williams Evans, glossary, and historical notes
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[2016], Primary, little bee books Call No: 976.3 35 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Rhyming text describes how slaves in New Orleans, Louisiana, counted down the days until Sunday when they would gather in Congo Square and sing, dance, play music, and sell their wares.
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2016., Little Bee Books Inc. Call No: 976.3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom s heart.
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2018., Primary, Puffin books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.
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2018., Primary, Puffin Books Call No: Gold Fiction GRIMES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.
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-- Story of Ella Baker[2019]., Juvenile, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: B BAK Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A picture book about the life of civil rights activist Ella Baker"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018], Primary, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: 331.892 8135393 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In February 1968, two African American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose.
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Juvenile Call No: 331 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A 2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book * A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * A Booklist Editors' Choice * A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book * Booklist Top 10 Diverse Books for Middle Grade or Older Readers * A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books "(A) history that everyone should know: required and inspired." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest. In February 1968, two African American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union that would fight for higher pay and safer working conditions, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon in Mason Temple Church. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose.
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[2015], Primary, Holiday House Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this update of the classic fable, City Mouse and his cousin, Country Mouse, exchange visits and, although they find many things to like in each other's homes, they quickly learn that each prefers his own.
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c2012., Carolrhoda Lab Call No: Literature FIC NELSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Lewis Michaux who built a bookstore in Harlem despite widespread opposition.
