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Pub. Date
2024.
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"A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race, is the story of Black self-definition in...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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On Election Day, as they walk through their vibrant neighborhood on their way to vote, Quetta, her mother and her grandmother face obstacle after obstacle before and after reaching their voting station, showing Quetta the importance of raising her voice.
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Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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254 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Discover the fascinating, unexplored history of Black mixology and its enduring influence on cocktail and drinking culture through rediscovered recipes, from the James Beard Award-winning author of Jubilee. Toni Tipton-Martin's volume on Black culinary history celebrates the lore and people behind our favorite drinks. With cocktail recipes such as the Jerk-Spiced Bloody Mary, the Absinthe Frappe, and the Clover Leaf Cocktail, Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs,...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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"Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in this picture book biography."--
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"This first-ever picture book biography of the legendary writer and activist introduces readers to this passionate Black man who discovered his true power in the written word, which opened the world to him as he used his voice fearlessly"--
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Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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This inspiring true story of the Pulitzer Prize- and Nobel Prize-winning author shows how she went from being the only Black child in her first-grade classroom - and the only student who could read - to becoming one of the greatest writers in modern history.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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"A lyrical picture book biography that tells the story of one of America's most celebrated children's book authors, Virginia Hamilton, the first African American to win the Newbery Medal"--
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Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished,they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the brick...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Description
"In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy will live on"--
15) Mid-Air
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
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pages cm
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Thirteen-year-old Isaiah grapples with the loss of his best friend as he strives to fit into a world that expects him to toughen up, which leads him on a exploration of identity and vulnerability.
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"A luminous picture book biography about librarian and storyteller Augusta Baker, the first Black coordinator of children's services at all branches of the New York Public library"--
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.
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