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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Mighty menfolk Mighty menfolk Carole Boston Weatherford Summary, An African American child describes the good qualities of the men in her community and in her family. OL13570591W
The African-American struggle for legal equality in American history The African-American struggle for legal equality in American history Carole Boston Weatherford Traces the African American struggle, from slavery to the present, to overcome racism and racist laws thereby becoming constitutionally and legally equal to other American citizens. OL15070655W
Becoming Billie Holiday Becoming Billie Holiday Carole Boston Weatherford Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse. OL15070658W
Birmingham, 1963 Birmingham, 1963 Carole Boston Weatherford,Jack Garrett,Lizzie Cooper Davis,Carole Boston Weatherford A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing that served as a seminal event in the struggle for civil rights. In 1963, the eyes of the world were on Birmingham, Alabama, a… OL15070660W
Remember the Bridge Remember the Bridge Carole Boston Weatherford Striking archival engravings and photographs accompany these twenty-nine original poems, taking the reader on a journey of over 400 years on the African American road to freedom. Weatherford's poems,… OL15070676W
The Beatitudes The Beatitudes Carole Boston Weatherford The Beatitudes form the backdrop for Weatherford's free-verse poem that traces the African American journey from slavery to civil rights. OL15498955W
In your hands In your hands Carole Boston Weatherford "A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"-- OL19713990W
BOX BOX Carole Boston Weatherford In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slaver… OL20705566W
Champions on the Bench Champions on the Bench Carole Boston Weatherford Story based on the discrimination faced by the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Stars when the white teams refused to play them in the series tournament. OL94066W
Sink or Swim Sink or Swim Carole Boston Weatherford Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge. OL94069W
Jazz baby Jazz baby Carole Boston Weatherford,Carole Boston Weatherford,Laura Freeman A group of toddlers move and play, hum and sleep to a jazz beat. OL94072W