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Cecile's gift
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Denise Lewis Patrick |
Encouraged by her friend Marie-Grace, Cecile finds a way to help her beloved city, New Orleans, in the aftermath of the 1853 yellow fever epidemic. |
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Meet Cecile
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Denise Lewis Patrick |
With the help of her white friend Marie-Grace, Cecile, a well-to-do black girl in living 1853 New Orleans, plans a secret adventure at a Mardi Gras costume ball. |
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A matter of souls
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Denise Lewis Patrick |
A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s. |
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The adventures of Midnight Son
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Denise Lewis Patrick |
After his parents help him escape from slavery on a cotton plantation, fourteen-year-old Midnight finds freedom in Mexico and becomes a cowboy on a cattle drive to Kansas. |
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A lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr
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Denise Lewis Patrick |
Relates an incident from the childhood of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., when his best friend's father said they could no longer play together because "colored and white can't mix!" |
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A new beginning
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Denise Lewis Patrick |
"What if you suddenly found yourself in Addy Walker's world in the middle of the Civil War? Join Addy on adventures as you outrun a slave catcher, raise money for soldiers, and search for Addy's fami… |
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