Pages tagged with « black history »
Nelson Mandela
by Kadir Nelson
Ages 6 - 10
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A biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.
Fifty cents and a dream: Booker T. Washington
by Jabari Asim
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A biography of the former slave and inspiring educator describes the hardships he overcame in youth, the circumstances that challenged his efforts to learn how to read, and his triumphant pursuit of a college education.
Hand in hand
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Ages 9 - 12
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Ten Black Men Who Changed America
I, too, am America
by Langston Hughes
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Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century.
I have a dream
illustrated by Kadir Nelson
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On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history.
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
by Russell Freedman
Ages 9 - 12
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A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history.
Through my eyes
by Ruby Bridges
Ages 9 - 12
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Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a 6-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
Jazz age Josephine
by Jonah Winter
Ages 4 - 8
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A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
Words set me free
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Ages 4 - 8
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The story of young Frederick Douglass
We march
by Shane W Evans
Ages 4 - 8
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Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech.
