Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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2006., Pre-adolescent, Puffin books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Scraps of time.Summary Note: Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.
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2004., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 HOOKS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American leadersSummary Note: A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
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c2007., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1950s Tennessee, ten-year-old David's racist father refuses to let him associate with his best friend Malcolm, an African American boy.
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2007., Roaring Brook Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1950s Tennessee, ten-year-old David's racist father refuses to let him associate with his best friend Malcolm, an African American boy.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: Historical FIC Johnston Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1950s Tennessee, ten-year-old David's racist father refuses to let him associate with his best friend Malcolm, an African American boy.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek Call No: HI-INT 324.62 DUN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote. Powerfully conveyed through interconnected stories and told through the eyes of a child, this book combines poetry, prose, and stunning illustrations to shine light on this forgotten history.
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By Bausum, Annc2012., Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: 323 BAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the link between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., discussing how the strike, the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and the labor protests all laid the foundations for what many consider to be King's greatest speech, given just days before he was killed, and how that speech and King's death influenced the end of the strike.
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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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c2013., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: REA FIC VAW Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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[2013], Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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[2013], Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: FIC VAW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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[2013], Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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[2014?]., Pre-adolescent, Listening Library Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: FIC VAWTER Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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c2013., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: FIC VAWTER Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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[2013]., Delacorte Press Call No: REALISTIC F VAW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Paperboy Volume: 1Summary Note: When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
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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.
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2019., Juvenile, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: 379.2 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 Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students--found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history.
