Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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-- KareemÃ2017., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: MEMOIR NF ABD Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[The author], Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [shares] his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--Provided by publisher.
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2014, Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA Call No: JNF007030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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2014, Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA Call No: JNF007030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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[2014]., Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: HISTORY NF FAV Edition: 1st ed.: April 2018. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs, primary source documents, and firsthand accounts describe the history of the Great Depression during the 1930s, focusing on what was happening in the United States.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY FIC FAV Edition: 1st ed.: April 2018. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs, primary source documents, and firsthand accounts describe the history of the Great Depression during the 1930s, focusing on what was happening in the United States.
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-- Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow[2020]., Juvenile, Scholastic Focus Call No: 973.04 Gat Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Examines the Civil War, emancipation, and the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South that impacted democratic rights for African Americans after the war and during the Reconstruction era. Discusses how white violence and racism affected civil rights progression, and draws parallels to today. Includes sidebars, black-and-white photographs and illustrations, and biographical profiles of notable individuals.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Essential Library Call No: 305.23 Har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores issues pertaining to being a female in America today, such as biases, double standards, self-esteem, gender-based violence, and discrimination. Includes color photographs, discussion questions, a glossary, sidebars, and further resources.
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2016., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: LS E Dupeis Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Forced to attend a residential school, Irene Couchie struggles to remember who she is and the ways of her people, despite the abuse she endures.
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-- Tuberculosis and the never-ending search for a cure2012., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: LIfe Science Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the history of tuberculosis and the attempts to find a cure.
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-- Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation2014., Primary, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: JNF025210 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--Provided by publisher.
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2020., Juvenile, Frances Lincoln Children's Books Call No: 305.8 Jew Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Offers young people twenty illustrated lessons with activities for standing up to racism. Provides information on understanding your own identity, personal and institutional racism, the history of prejudice, and ways to take action against racism. Features extensive backmatter including a glossary of terms, notes on the text, and resources for further information.
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-- Tulsa Race Massacre[2021]., Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 976.68 Wea Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A picture book that sensitively examines the racial massacre in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921. The book describes the residents of the prosperous African American community, and what happened when a white mob attacked and destroyed the town. Includes an author's and an illustrator's note with photographs.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Grosset & Dunlap Call No: 973.7 MC DONOUGH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: What was-- ?Summary Note: Presents a brief history of the Underground Railroad and stories of slaves who escaped the South before and during the Civil War by using it.
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2013, Pre-adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC Call No: JNF025200 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: What was--?Summary Note: Provides an account of the Underground Railroad, explaining what it was, describing the roles of key individuals, and discussing the impact of the Underground Railroad on the history and development of the United States.