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A summer of Kings
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Han Nolan |
Over the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to l… |
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Belle, the last mule at Gee's Bend
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Calvin A. Ramsey |
In Gee's Bend, Alabama, Miz Pettway tells young Alex about the historic role her mule played in the struggle for civil rights led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes factual information about the… |
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Fire in the streets
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Kekla Magoon |
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, an… |
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As fast as words could fly
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Pamela M. Tuck |
"A thirteen-year-old African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, uses his typing skills to make a statement as part of the Civil Rights movement. Based on true events. Includes author's… |
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Boycott blues
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Andrea Davis Pinkney |
Illustrations and rhythmic text recall the December, 1955, bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. |
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My life with the Lincolns
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Gayle Brandeis |
In 1966 Illinois, twelve-year-old Wilhelmina, convinced that she, her parents, and sisters are Abraham Lincoln's family reincarnated, determines to keep them from suffering the same fates, which is c… |
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Happy birthday, Dr. King!
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Ariel Jennifer Jones,Kathryn Jones |
Jamal and his fourth grade class have to decide how to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday at the school assembly. |
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