Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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2008, Preschool, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
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2008., Preschool, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: [Fic] Edition: First paperback edi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome.
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c2011., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Carolrhoda Books Call No: 811 .6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a collection of poems that looks at the experience of race through fifth graders Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is African American.
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2015., Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc Call No: 346.01 6766 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 1958: Richard and Mildred Loving were jailed because their marriage was not legally recognized in Virginia. In 1967, Loving v. Virginia went all the way to the Supreme Court.
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[2015], Juvenile, Arthur A. Levine Books Call No: 306.84 6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who were found guilty of unlawful cohabitation in Virginia, because their marriage was not recognized as valid in that state. They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, who ruled that prohibiting marriage between people of different races was unconstitutional. Includes a note from the author and illustrator, an interracial couple.
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[2015], Juvenile, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Emmanuel, a young man born in Ghana with a deformed leg, refused to beg to survive and instead persevered until he was able to get a job and raise money to achieve his dream, riding a bicycle 400 miles across Ghana to bring attention to the plight of disabled people. As a result of his efforts, the Parliament passed a Persons with Disabilities act and Emmanuel opened a school for students with disabilities.
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[2015], Juvenile, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Previously depicted in the film Emmanuel's Gift, the inspiring story of a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability traces his ongoing achievements as an activist.
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[2015], Primary, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The story of a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability traces his ongoing achievements as an activist"--OCLC.
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2006, Adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: 811 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse.
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-- Juan Francisco Manzano2006., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: 861 .5 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.
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-- Juan Francisco Manzano2006., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: 861 .5 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: 920 Hud Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents excerpts from the speeches and writings of over thirty notable African-Americans from colonial times to the twenty-first century, and includes commentary about the time period in which each person lived, information about the speaker/writer, and notes on the public response to the words.
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-- Ella Fitzgerald2010., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From her childhood in Yonkers, New York, to her teenage years-spent in an orphanage, then homeless on the streets of Harlem-Ella Fitzgerald was a skit-scat raggedy cat hoping to catch her break and sing. In this incredible story, Ella progresses from "raggedy cat" to "rowdy-dowdy high-hat baby" on her path to stardom.
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-- Ella Fitzgerald2013, c2010., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed., reformatted. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Candlewick biographiesSummary Note: A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald featuring full-page color illustrations. Describes her early life as a poor orphan and how she became a singing star.
