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Definitely Cool
Twelve-year-old Roxanne leaves the security of her neighborhood middle school for a junior high school in a very upscale area. Roxanne-an African American starting junior high in an upscale New York community-learns that traveling with an in-group can lead to unexpected problems. Traveling with a crowd isn't quite what Roxanne, new to junior high, expected.
Ludell
A National Book Award nominee in 1975, Ludell is the first book in a ground-breaking trilogy about a young African American girl growing up during the 1950s in a small Georgia town. Ludell Wilson is a bookworm and burgeoning writer who adores her best friend Ruthie Mae, her loving - but strict! - grandmother and, of course, the new shoes and television her mom sent from New York. But Ludell's grandmother has to wash floors to support them, and Ruthie Mae's sister is a mother at 16. Would life be different if she, like her mother, one day left to go to the big city?
The Civil Rights Movement
Summary: Portrays in words and images the remarkable courage and conviction of the participants -- organizers and ordinary people alike -- embroiled in the struggle for justice, freedom, and equality for all America's citizens.
Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance: louis "satchmo" armstrong eubie blake thomas andrew dorsey w. e. b. du bois duke ellington james reese europe jessie redmon fauset marcus garvey w. c. handy fletcher henderson langston hughes zora neale hurston hall johnson henry johnson oscar micheaux philip payton jr. gertrude "ma" rainey paul robeson augusta savage noble sissle bessie smith james van der zee dorothy west carter g. woodson "The books in the Black Stars series...
African American Women Writers
Discusses the lives and work of such notable African American women authors as: Phillis Wheatley, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Terry McMillan.
Truly, Madly, Deeply
"When eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter declares he wants to be a police officer after graduation, his mother, Reagan, won't hear of it. She's still mourning the death of her own father on September 11 and she's determined to keep her son safe from danger and disaster. Tommy's father Luke arranges for his son to take part in a ride-along program with the Indianapolis Police Department. Meanwhile, Tommy is in love: Annalee Miller has been a family friend for years, and after prom Tommy is seriously thinking about asking her to marry him. When tests reveal she has cancer, Tommy is driven to learn more about the circumstances surrounding his birth--and the grandfather he never knew."
Jesse Jackson
Follows the life and career of the black civil rights worker who has twice sought a presidential nomination and continues to work for more rights for his people.
The Book Triumphant
This edited collection presents new research on the development of printing and bookselling throughout Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, addressing themes such as the Reformation, the transmission of texts and the production and sale of printed books.
Black Enterprise
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