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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The new Jim Crow The new Jim Crow Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… OL13826369W
Who was Rosa Parks? Who was Rosa Parks? Stephen Marchesi,Yona Zeldis McDonough In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "… OL15068519W
Jamaica's Find Jamaica's Find Juanita Havill,Teresa Mlawer,Anne Sibley O'Brien A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home. OL1925114W
The Harlem Hellfighters The Harlem Hellfighters Max Brooks,Caanan White "From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment--the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters is a fictionalized account… OL19669655W
Jazz Jazz Toni Morrison It is winter, barely three days into 1926, seven years after Armistice; we are in the scintillating City, around Lenox Avenue, "when all the wars are over and there will never be another one... At la… OL50563W