Celebrating Black History Month

 

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1. Hidden figures: the true story of four black women and the space race

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Author:
Shetterly, Margot Lee
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Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.

2. My name is Truth: the life of Sojourner Truth

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Author:
Turner, Ann Warren
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Louisville Juvenile Biographies
J BIO TRUTH
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A vibrantly illustrated story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, one of the most inspiring and important figures of the abolitionist and women's rights movements.

3. Underground

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Author:
Evans, Shane
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Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books
E EVA

4. We are the ship: the story of Negro League Baseball

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Author:
Nelson, Kadir
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Louisville Children's NonFiction
J 796.35764 NEL
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Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.