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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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When Harriet Tubman was born a plantation slave in 1820, her parents hoped she could learn a trade and be spared from working in the fields. But because she defended a slave against an overseer, she became a field hand anyway. As she learned to survive in the woods and find her way by the North Star, she dreamed of freedom. When she was almost 30, she finally made her escape-but securing her own freedom wasn't enough. Risking life and limb, she became...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential leaders of civil rights movement in the United States. Including famous quotes from his speeches, stirring photographs from his many public appearances, and a timeline of important events, this book introduces King's message of nonviolence in an engaging way. Information about King's involvement in the March on Washington, the Montgomery bus boycott, and other important historical events teaches...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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As an influential leader in U.S. politics, Condoleezza Rice became one of the foremost authorities on the Soviet Union during the Cold War and served in advisory roles for two presidents. Her intelligence and drive led her to one of the highest-ranking jobs in the White House, secretary of state. Celebrate Black History Month all year long! Our highly acclaimed Journey to Freedom series provides comprehensive information on African Americans who have...
8) Bigmama's
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Greenwillow Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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550L
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Visiting Bigmama's house in the country, young Donald Crews finds his relatives full of news and the old place and its surroundings just the same as the year before
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Simon Spotlight
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.--
10) Coretta Scott
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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This extraordinary union of poetry and monumental artwork captures the movement for civil rights in the United States, and honors it most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Outlaws feared him. Law-abiding citizens respected him. Bass always got his man, dead or alive. He achieved all this in spite of whites who didn't like the notion of a black lawman. The true story of former slave Bass Reeves, is the story of a remarkable African American hero of the Old West.
This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a doctor. When obstacles like racism, poverty, and sexism threatened this goal, she persevered--brightening the world with a game-changing treatment for blindness!"--Inside book jacket.
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"B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for...
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Levine Querido
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"Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow"--
The past is not past. We may think something ancient history, or something that doesn't affect our present day, but we would be wrong. Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow. Jaha Nailah Avery is a lawyer, scholar, and reporter...
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