Celebrating Black History Month with YA

 

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1. Black Panther: legends

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Onyebuchi, Tochi
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Louisville Graphic Collection
TEEN GRAPHIC BLACK
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"T'Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though - Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T'Challa is the true heir to the throne. Both brothers wrestle with fairness and the future, readying themselves for responsibility, when tragedy strikes and takes the choice from them...explore the moments that make T'Challa who he is, from his adventurous upbringing to...

2. March, Book One

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Lewis, John
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March volume 1.
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Louisville Adult NonFiction
741.5973 MAR v. 1
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Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president.Now, to share his remarkable story with

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3. New Kid

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Craft, Jerry
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New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1.
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J GRAPHIC CRA
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Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature!

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing

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