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English
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It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights--after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. In Black AF History, acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research based on primary sources as...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
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 Malcom X. It's an ABC book like no other, and a story of hope and love. In addition to rhyming text, the book includes back matter...
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English
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In Madness, award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day. She blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered...
5) Trial
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm Hill, a black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, is arrested for murder, white congressman Chase Brevard of Massachusetts finds his life transformed in a single moment by the appearance of Malcolm's photo on the news, enveloping him, Malcolm, and Malcolm's mother in a media firestorm that threatens their lives.
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English
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When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town’s white establishment played in it.
Author
Series
Ryan Hart novels volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers, and their hopes for her generation.
Author
Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
In this thought-provoking personal manifesto on memory, family and history, the author, heartsick from constant assaults on Black life, finds herself soul-searching and digging into the historical archive to understand who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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When a night of grabbing candy from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters goes horribly wrong, 12-year-old Jonas is challenged by his friend to confront the guilt he feels over the incident and his role in his parents’ ill-defined separation by answering the question: “What’s the worst thing you ever did?”
14) Charmed life
Author
Series
Wildseed witch volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When fellow witch LaToya tries to take her friends and strange things start happening around the school, tween witch Hasani sets out to prove LaToya is behind everything, but her focus on this causes her to lose sight of what’s really important.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When she wins the Mega Millions Lottery jackpot, Miriam Butler offers her estranged husband a life-changing proposition—take a lump sum—finally sign the divorce papers and be done with her for good, but, instead, gets a second chance at love.
Author
Series
Summer beach volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
17) The getaway
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jay discovers that the mountain resort where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful who expect top-notch customer service even as the world outside the resort's walls disintegrates.
18) Justin
Author
Series
Blacktop books volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
As a nerdy Oakland teenager tries to figure out his life, he and his best friend put together a basketball team to play the invincible crew from Ghosttown.
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Readers take a colorful trip into the past to meet three African Americans who left indelible marks on U.S. history. Crispus Attucks was considered a martyr after his death at the Boston Massacre. Formerly enslaved Frederick Douglass became one of the most outspoken proponents of abolition and equal rights for African Americans. Harriet Tubman, also formerly enslaved, became perhaps the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. Together,...
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