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African-American scientists
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Patricia McKissack |
Examines the lives and achievements of African-American scientists from colonial days to the present, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and several black astronauts. |
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God makes all things new
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Patricia McKissack |
Discusses, in simple text and illustrations, the meaning of life and death and God's promise of eternal life. |
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Let my people go
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Patricia McKissack |
The daughter of a free black man who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls the stories from the Bible that her father shared with her, relating them to the … |
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Louis Armstrong
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Patricia McKissack |
Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the jazz trumpeter who was nicknamed Satchmo. |
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To establish justice
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Arlene Zarembka,Patricia McKissack |
America was founded on the idea of liberty for all. But it has not always achieved that ideal. To Establish Justice is an honest and powerful examination of the Supreme Court's role in legalizing-or … |
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Patricia McKissack |
Examines the upbringing, education, writings, and political activities of one of the founders of the NAACP. |
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Who is coming?
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Patricia McKissack |
A little African monkey runs away from all the dangerous animals except one. |
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Color Me Dark
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Patricia McKissack |
An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. Her family, Love, characterizes her comfortable, secure world in Bradford Corners, TN. Until Uncle Pace is murdered by the KKK.
The Author gradually e… |
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Days of Jubilee
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Patricia McKissack |
Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States. |
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The Inca
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Patricia McKissack |
Traces the rise of the Incan civilization with emphasis on their culture, social structure, government, economy, and the fatal encounter with the Spanish conquistadors which brought about the end of … |
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The king's new clothes
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Patricia McKissack |
An easy-to-read retelling of the vain king's experience with two deceitful tailors. |
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Mary Church Terrell
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Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack |
Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of this civil rights activist. |
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Miami sees it through
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Patricia McKissack,Fredrick Mckissack |
Miami Jackson and his strict new fourth grade teacher, Miss Spraggins, get off to such a bad start that Miami is determined to transfer out of her class, even if it means leaving his friends behind. |
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Precious and the Boo Hag
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Patricia McKissack |
Home alone with a stomachache while the family works in the fields, a young girl faces up to the horrifying Boo Hag that her brother warned her about. |
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Ralph J. Bunche
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Patricia McKissack |
Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. |
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The dark-thirty
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Patricia McKissack |
A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable. |
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Patricia McKissack |
"Read about Mary McLeod Bethune's life. Discover how she started a school, and worked in the White House"--Provided by publisher. |
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Booker T. Washington
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Patricia McKissack |
"A simple biography for early readers about Booker T. Washington's life"--Provided by publisher. |
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Carter G. Woodson
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Patricia McKissack |
"A simple biography for early readers about Carter G. Woodson's life"-- |
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Slave Girl
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Patricia McKissack |
In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom. |
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