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Cary Library's Best Books of 2023 - For Children
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Framingham - Children's Black History Month
NPR: Books We Love 2023
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Framingham - Children's Black History Month
NPR: Books We Love 2023
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"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament...
2) John Lewis
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Language
English
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"U.S. Congressman John Lewis was an activist for civil rights who dedicated his life to protecting human rights. Read about his path in life that led him to become a politician in the service of others."--
4) As good as anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A picture book biography of Diane Nash, a Civil Rights Movement leader at the side of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Born in the 1940s in Chicago, Diane went on to take command of the Nashville Movement, leading lunch counter sit-ins and peaceful marches. Diane decides to fight not with anger or violence, but with love. With her strong words of truth and actions, she works to stop segregation"--
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung heroes: individuals who work in the background without praise...
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Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Interweaves the story of black Americans' struggle for equality with important moments in African-American history that have occurred at the Lincoln Memorial, including Marian Anderson's concert in 1939; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in 1963; and a visit from the first African-American president and his family in 2009.
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