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Tiny Stitches

She Was the First!

Rise!

Paul Robeson

I Am Alfonso Jones

Juneteenth Jamboree

John Lewis in the Lead

Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

Dream Builder

Dear Mrs. Parks

As Fast As Words Could Fly

Stone River Crossing

Black Was the Ink

Midnight Teacher

Love Twelve Miles Long

In the Time of the Drums

Ira's Shakespeare Dream

It Jes' Happened

Frederick Douglass

Etched in Clay

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Step Right Up

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Going Back Home

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The following books discuss the period of U.S. Reconstruction as well as slavery, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and issues in present day. These award-winning titles by authors and illustrators from diverse backgrounds will help support your teaching this complex, under-taught period of American history, with a special focus on historical accuracy, sensitivity, and cultural responsiveness. The books are divided into time periods to aid in your teaching about Reconstruction and the time periods before and after 1865-1877.

Collection of 28 books: $453.60

Seven Miles to Freedom

What We Believe

Tiny Stitches

She Was the First!

Rise!

Paul Robeson

I Am Alfonso Jones

Juneteenth Jamboree

John Lewis in the Lead

Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

Dream Builder

Dear Mrs. Parks

As Fast As Words Could Fly

Stone River Crossing

Black Was the Ink

Midnight Teacher

Love Twelve Miles Long

In the Time of the Drums

Ira's Shakespeare Dream

It Jes' Happened

Frederick Douglass

Etched in Clay

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Step Right Up

I See the Rhythm

Hammering for Freedom

Going Back Home

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  • As Fast As Words Could Fly
    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
    The story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a "whites-only" high school.

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  • Black Was the Ink
    By Michelle Coles, Justin Johnson
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    Black Was the Ink

    Black Was the Ink

    By Michelle Coles, Justin Johnson
    Through the help of a ghostly ancestor, sixteen-year-old Malcolm is sent on a journey through Reconstruction-era America to find his place in modern-day Black progress.

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  • Dear Mrs. Parks
    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
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    Dear Mrs. Parks

    Dear Mrs. Parks

    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
    On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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  • Dream Builder
    The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
    By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman Hines
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    Dream Builder

    Dream Builder

    The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
    By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman Hines
    You've seen the building. Now meet the man whose life went into it.

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  • Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
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    Etched in Clay

    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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  • Front cover for Frederick Douglass by William Miller and Cedric Lucas
      Frederick Douglass
      The Last Day of Slavery
      By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
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      Frederick Douglass

      Frederick Douglass

      The Last Day of Slavery
      By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
      The story of the African American abolitionist who, in one dramatic incident, discovered the meaning of freedom.

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    • Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
      By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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      Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

      Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

      By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
      A picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tennis as a child on the segregated courts as a child in Virginia and went on to become the top tennis player in the world.

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    • Going Back Home
      An Artist Returns to the South
      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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      Going Back Home

      Going Back Home

      An Artist Returns to the South
      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
      More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived.

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    • Hammering for Freedom
      The William Lewis Story
      By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
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      Hammering for Freedom

      Hammering for Freedom

      The William Lewis Story
      By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
      The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family.

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    • I Am Alfonso Jones
      By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
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      I Am Alfonso Jones

      I Am Alfonso Jones

      By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
      The Hate U Give meets The Lovely Bones in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist John Jennings.

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    • I See the Rhythm
      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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      I See the Rhythm

      I See the Rhythm

      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
      i see the rhythmis an inspiring celebration of African American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world.

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    • In the Time of the Drums
      By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
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      In the Time of the Drums

      In the Time of the Drums

      By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
      Mentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.

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    • Ira's Shakespeare Dream
      By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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      Ira's Shakespeare Dream

      Ira's Shakespeare Dream

      By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
      The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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    • It Jes' Happened
      When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
      By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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      It Jes' Happened

      It Jes' Happened

      When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
      By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
      The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.

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    • John Lewis in the Lead
      A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
      By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
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      John Lewis in the Lead

      John Lewis in the Lead

      A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
      By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
      A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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    • Juneteenth Jamboree
      By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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      Juneteenth Jamboree

      Juneteenth Jamboree

      By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
      A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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    • Love Twelve Miles Long
      By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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      Love Twelve Miles Long

      Love Twelve Miles Long

      By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
      A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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    • Midnight Teacher
      Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
      By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
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      Midnight Teacher

      Midnight Teacher

      Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
      By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
      This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

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    • Paul Robeson
      By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
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      Paul Robeson

      Paul Robeson

      By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
      An updated and redesigned edition of an award-winning biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become an international entertainer and civil rights activist. Includes a new introduction and afterword by the author, focusing on Robeson's legacy.

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    • Rise!
      From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
      By Bethany Hegedus, Tonya Engel
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      Rise!

      Rise!

      From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
      By Bethany Hegedus, Tonya Engel
      In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional pain to become one of the most inspiring voices of our lifetime.

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    • Seven Miles to Freedom
      The Robert Smalls Story
      By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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      Seven Miles to Freedom

      Seven Miles to Freedom

      The Robert Smalls Story
      By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
      The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

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    • She Was the First!
      The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
      By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez
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      She Was the First!

      She Was the First!

      The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
      By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez
      A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and politician Shirley Chisholm.

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    • Step Right Up
      How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
      By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
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      Step Right Up

      Step Right Up

      How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
      By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
      A biography of William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and who together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals around the turn of the twentieth century.

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    • Stone River Crossing
      By Tim Tingle
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      Stone River Crossing

      Stone River Crossing

      By Tim Tingle
      From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.

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    • Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!
      By Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett
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      Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

      Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

      By Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett
      A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance.

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    • The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan
      Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero
      By Joan DiCicco, Ebony Glenn
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      The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

      The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

      Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero
      By Joan DiCicco, Ebony Glenn
      Garrett Morgan, a prolific African American inventor and entrepreneur, must test his latest invention in a daring rescue after an explosion at the Cleveland Waterworks.

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    • Tiny Stitches
      The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
      By Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin Bootman
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      Tiny Stitches

      Tiny Stitches

      The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
      By Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin Bootman
      The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children.

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    • What We Believe
      A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
      By Laleña Garcia, Caryn Davidson
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      What We Believe

      What We Believe

      A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
      By Laleña Garcia, Caryn Davidson
      This powerful activity book will engage hands, hearts, and minds as it introduces children to the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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