Celebrating Black History Month

 

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1. Chains

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Author:
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Series:
Seeds of America trilogy volume 1.
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After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

2. Courage has no color: the true story of the Triple Nickles, America's first Black paratroopers

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Author:
Stone, Tanya Lee
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Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.

3. Roll of thunder, hear my cry

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Author:
Taylor, Mildred D.
Series:
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 2.
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A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

4. We've got a job: the 1963 Birmingham Children's March

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Author:
Levinson, Cynthia
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By May 1963, African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama, had had enough of segregation and police brutality. But with their lives and jobs at stake, most adults were hesitant to protest the city’s racist culture. Instead, children and teenagers—like Audrey, Wash, James, and Arnetta— marched to jail to secure their freedom.
     At a time when the civil rights movement was struggling, Birmingham’s black...