R. Gregory Christie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
This book provides the chance for young readers to learn about the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence.
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
""The time has come for this Nation to fulfill its promise." John F. Kennedy was born one hundred years ago. As America's thirty-fifth president, he often took bold actions: establishing a peace corps and challenging Americans to land on the moon. But on civil rights, it took the urging and the example of other courageous people--leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Jackie Robinson, and even students and children--to help him realize that the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Take a walk through Harlem's Sugar Hill and meet all the amazing people, who made this neighborhood legendary. With upbeat rhyming, read-aloud text, Sugar Hill celebrates the Harlem neighborhood that successful African Americans first called home during the 1920s. Children raised in Sugar Hill not only looked up to these achievers but also experienced art and culture at home, at church, and in the community. Books, music lessons, and art classes expanded...
Author
Language
English
Description
These stories of Black trailblazers, communities, and experiences will inspire kids of all backgrounds.
This uplifting collection of eight stories introduces readers to barrier-breaking artists and athletes, as well as Black culture and traditions. This collection includes Fearless Mary, Gordon Parks, Ice Breaker, More than Just a Game, Song in a Rainstorm, Sugar Hill, Tiara's Hat Parade, and Touch the Sky.