The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

Ira's Shakespeare Dream

Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

As Fast As Words Could Fly

Tiny Stitches

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

I Am Alfonso Jones

All the Stars Denied

The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

Love Twelve Miles Long

The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee

The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe

The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee

Surfer of the Century

Dream Builder

How We Are Smart

The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds

Dear Mrs. Parks

Joe Louis, My Champion

Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

John Lewis in the Lead

Night Golf

The Piano

Ray Charles

Richard Wright and the Library Card

The Bus Ride

Howard Thurman's Great Hope

Paul Robeson

Heroes

Frederick Douglass

George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

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  • All the Stars Denied
    By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
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    All the Stars Denied

    All the Stars Denied

    By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
    In a companion novel to her critically acclaimed Shame the Stars, Pura Belpré Award Winner Guadalupe García McCall tackles the hidden history of the United States and its first mass deportation that swept up hundreds of thousands of Mexican American citizens during the Great Depression.

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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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  • Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
    Twenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in an internment camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.

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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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  • 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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    • George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
      By Gaylia Taylor, Frank Morrison
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      George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

      George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

      By Gaylia Taylor, Frank Morrison
      An account of the life and career of George Crum, a biracial chef who is credited with the invention of the potato chip at a Saratoga Springs, New York, restaurant in 1853. Based on historical records.

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    • Heroes
      By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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      Heroes

      Heroes

      By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
      A Japanese American boy learns about heroism from his father and uncle who served in the U.S. Army.

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    • How We Are Smart
      By William Nikola, Sean Qualls
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      How We Are Smart

      How We Are Smart

      By William Nikola, Sean Qualls
      Musician Tito Puente. Ballerina Maria Tallchief. Explorer Matthew Henson. Congresswoman Patsy Mink. These are some of the people profiled in this book. They are well known for different reasons, but they also have something in common. They were all smart!

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        Howard Thurman's Great Hope
        By Kai Issa, Arthur L. Dawson
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        Howard Thurman's Great Hope

        Howard Thurman's Great Hope

        By Kai Issa, Arthur L. Dawson
        Born in segregated Daytona, Florida, in 1899, Howard Thurman grew up dreaming of a better life--a life where his mother and grandmother would not have to cook and clean for other people; a life where he could become a college man, honoring his late father's wishes and his own dreams.

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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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      • 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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      • Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
        By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
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        Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

        Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

        By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
        A biography of the legendary Native American Jim Thorpe (1888--1953), voted the Greatest Football Player and Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century by two AP polls, focusing on his early childhood and how school and sports shaped his future.

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      • Joe Louis, My Champion
        By William Miller, Rodney Pate
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        Joe Louis, My Champion

        Joe Louis, My Champion

        By William Miller, Rodney Pate
        During the mid-1930s, an African American boy who yearns to be a boxer learns the value of determination, perseverance, and his own natural abilities from the example of his hero, world champion prizefighter Joe Louis.

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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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      • Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
        By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
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        Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

        Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

        By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
        A biography of African American jazz virtuoso Melba Doretta Liston, a pioneering twentieth-century trombone player, composer, and music arranger at a time when few women, of any race, played brass instruments and were part of the jazz scene.

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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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      • Night Golf
        By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
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        Night Golf

        Night Golf

        By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
        Set in the South of the late 1950s, an African American boy who longs to play golf is banned from the game because of the color of his skin.

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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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      • Ray Charles
        By Sharon Bell Mathis, George Ford
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        Ray Charles

        Ray Charles

        By Sharon Bell Mathis, George Ford
        A beautiful new edition of the award-winning biography of world-famous musician Ray Charles.

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      • Richard Wright and the Library Card
        By William Miller, R. Gregory Christie
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        Richard Wright and the Library Card

        Richard Wright and the Library Card

        By William Miller, R. Gregory Christie
        This is the true story of the renowned African American author Richard Wright and his determination to borrow books from the public library that turned him away because of his color.

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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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      • Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
        The Sammy Lee Story
        By Paula Yoo, Dom Lee
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        Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds

        The Sammy Lee Story
        By Paula Yoo, Dom Lee
        The inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.

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      • Surfer of the Century
        The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
        By Ellen Crowe, Richard Waldrep
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        Surfer of the Century

        Surfer of the Century

        The Life of Duke Kahanamoku
        By Ellen Crowe, Richard Waldrep
        The true story of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, six-time Olympic swimming champion and legendary surfer who popularized surfing around the world.

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      • The Bus Ride
        By William Miller, John Ward
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        The Bus Ride

        The Bus Ride

        By William Miller, John Ward
        With its inspiring introduction by Rosa Parks, The Bus Ride is a timely reminder for readers of all ages that no act is too small when it comes to confronting injustice.

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      • The Piano
        By William Miller, Susan Keeter
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        The Piano

        The Piano

        By William Miller, Susan Keeter
        Set in the deep South of the early 1900s, an African American girl learns to play the piano from her white employer and their mutual love of music rewards them with a friendship that transcends age and race.

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      • The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
        By Kathleen Benson, Jim Haskins, Aaron Boyd
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        The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

        The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

        By Kathleen Benson, Jim Haskins, Aaron Boyd
        This new entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a revered Congressman today.

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      • The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong
        By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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        The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

        The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

        By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
        This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.

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      • The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee
        By Paula Yoo, Dom Lee
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        The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee

        The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee

        By Paula Yoo, Dom Lee
        This compelling entry in the "Story of" line of chapter-book biographies features Sammy Lee, a Korean American diver who became the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal.

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      • The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku
        By Ellen Crowe, Richard Waldrep
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        The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku

        The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku

        By Ellen Crowe, Richard Waldrep
        This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Duke Kahanamoku, the six-time Olympic swimming champion and a legendary surfer who popularized surfing around the world.

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      • The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
        By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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        The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe

        The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe

        By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
        The "Story" chapter-book line debuts with this action-packed tribute to Arthur Ashe, one of the most compelling athletes and humanitarians of the twentieth century.

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