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151048
Nina : jazz legend and civil-rights activist Nina Simone by Briere-Haquet, Alice 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2017)

BTSB #: 151048 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.1 LG Lexile: 560

Subjects: Simone, Nina,|d1933-2003 Women singers - United States - Biography Singers - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture-book biography of Nina Simone, jazz-music legend and civil-rights activist.


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088268
Northbound by Bandy, Michael S. 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 088268 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
F&P: N

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Railroads - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Segregation - Fiction


Summary: On his first train ride, Michael meets a new friend from the "whites only" car-but find they can hang together for only part of the trip.


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467404
Oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read by Hubbard, Rita L. 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 467404 Available

Dewey: 306.3/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.6 LG Lexile: 830 AD

Subjects: Walker, Mary,|d1848-1969 Women slaves - United States - Biography Freedmen - United States - Biography Illiterate persons - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116.


480038
Ophie's ghosts by Ireland, Justina 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 480038 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.3 MG

Genres: Supernatural Historical Fiction


Subjects: Ghosts - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Haunted houses - Fiction Household employees - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Nineteen twenties - Fiction Pittsburgh (Pa.) - Fiction Pennsylvania - Fiction


Summary: Ophelia Harrison and her mother move to Pittsburgh after an injustice in Georgia brought the loss of both her father and her home. When her mother gets Ophie a job as a maid at Daffodil Manor where she works, Ophie begins to encounter ghosts. Ghosts who have their own loves and hatreds and desires, ghosts who have wronged others and ghosts who have themselves been wronged. While trying to help one of them, Ophie finds the manor may hold many deep, dark secrets.


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959061
Oscar's American dream by Wittenstein, Barry 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 959061 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 960 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Stores - Fiction Change - Fiction City and town life - Fiction United States - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In 1899, an immigrant named Oscar opens a barbershop and a century later, after becoming a lady's clothing store, soup kitchen, bodega, and more, the building is torn down but Oscar's legacy remains. Includes historical notes.


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222907
Overground railroad by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2020)

BTSB #: 222907 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.2 LG Lexile: 1000 AD

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: African Americans - Migrations - Fiction African Americans - History - Fiction Railroad travel - Fiction


Summary: A girl named Ruth Anne tells the story of her family's train journey from North Carolina to New York City as part of the Great Migration.


566342
Paper son : the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist by Leung, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 566342 Available

Dewey: 740.9/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.7 LG Lexile: 890 AD F&P: S

Subjects: Wong, Tyrus - Biography Artists - United States - Biography Chinese American artists - Biography


Summary: A picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life.


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587188
Patricia's vision : the doctor who saved sight [People Who Shaped Our World]by Lord, Michelle 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 587188 Available

Dewey: 617.7092/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.4 LG Lexile: 710

Subjects: Bath, Patricia,|d1942-2019 Ophthalmologists - Biography Women inventors - Biography African American women - Biography Eye - Surgery Lasers in surgery - History


Summary: Born in 1940s Harlem, Patricia Bath dreamed of being a doctor--even though that wasn't a career option for most women. This biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to become an ophthalmologist and restore sight to the blind. When everyone else had given up hope, she invented a specialized laser for removing cataracts, becoming the first African American woman doctor to receive a medical patent.


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924606
People remember by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 924606 Available

Dewey: 973.049/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.8 LG

Subjects: African Americans - History Kwanzaa Children's poetry


Summary: Tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land.


872705
Pigskins to paintbrushes : the story of football-playing artist Ernie Barnes by Tate, Don 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 872705 Available

Dewey: 796.332/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.3 MG F&P: R

Subjects: Barnes, Ernie,|d1938-2009 National Football League Drawing African American artists - Biography African American football players - Biography Football


Summary: Young Ernie Barnes wasn't like all the other boys his age. Bullied for being shy, overweight, and uninterested in sports like boys were "supposed" to be, he instead took refuge in his sketchbook, in vibrant colors, bold brushstrokes, and flowing lines. Discouraged and tired of being teased, Ernie joined the school football team. Although reluctant at first, he would soon become a star. But art remained in Ernie's heart and followed him through high school, college, and into the NFL.


959065
Place to land : Martin Luther King Jr. and the speech that inspired a nation by Wittenstein, Barry 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 959065 Available

Dewey: 323.092/NAges: 7-9   
AR: 5.6 MG Lexile: 990

Subjects: King, Martin Luther, - Jr.,|d1929-1968.|tI have a dream March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|d(1963 : - Washington, D.C.) American speeches - Washington (D.C.) African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century


Summary: The true story behind the writing of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.


273621
Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpre by Denise, Anika 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2019)

BTSB #: 273621 Available

Dewey: 20.92/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 LG Lexile: 860

Subjects: Belpre, Pura New York Public Library - Employees - Biography Librarians - New York (State) - New York - Biography American authors - New York (State) - New York - Biography American literature - Women authors - New York (State) - New York - Biography New York (N.Y.)


Summary: Celebrate the power of storytelling in this picture book biography of Pura Belpre, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.


222909
Power of her pen : the story of groundbreaking journalist Ethel L. Payne by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 222909 Available

Dewey: 70.92/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.9 LG Lexile: 1080 NC F&P: P

Subjects: Payne, Ethel L Journalists - United States - Biography African American women journalists - Biography


Summary: The inspiring story of Ethel Payne, a groundbreaking African American journalist known as the First Lady of the Black Press.


759090
Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom [People Who Shaped Our World]by Robeson, Teresa 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 759090 Available

Dewey: 530.092/BAges: 5-9   
AR: 5.4 LG Lexile: 960 F&P: S

Subjects: Wu, C. S.|q(Chien-shiung),|d1912-1997 Nuclear physicists - United States - Biography Women physicists - Biography Chinese Americans - Biography


Summary: When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split.


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924803
R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 924803 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 830 AD

Subjects: Franklin, Aretha Soul musicians - United States - Biography African American singers - Biography Singers - United States - Biography


Summary: Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Aretha sang with a soaring voice that spanned more than three octaves. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This portrait pays her the R-E-S-P-E-C-T this Queen of Soul deserves.


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676469
Rescue by Nielsen, Jennifer A. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 676469 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 5.2 MG Lexile: 740

Genres: Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction


Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - France - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France - Fiction Ciphers - Fiction Perche (France) - History|y20th century - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction


Summary: 657 days ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazis, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous with fugitives hiding on their property and Nazis on their doorstep hunting the fugitives.


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542033
Ride to remember : a civil rights story by Langley, Sharon 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 542033 Available

Dewey: 305.8009/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.5 LG

Subjects: Langley, Sharon,|d1963- African American girls - Maryland - Baltimore - Biography Merry-go-round African Americans - Civil rights - Maryland - Biography Amusement parks - Maryland - Woodlawn - History|y20th century African Americans - Civil rights - Maryland - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - Maryland - History|y20th century Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.) - History Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.) - Race relations Maryland - Race relations


Summary: An amusement park in Maryland became desegregated in 1963 after a community of black and white residents came together to make the change. Sharon and her parents were the first African American family to walk into the park, and Sharon was the first African American child to ride the merry-go-round on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.


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924801
Roots of rap : 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Little Bee, 2019)

BTSB #: 924801 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/NAges: 4-8   
RC: 4.7 K-2 Lexile: 880 AD

Subjects: Rap (Music) - History and criticism


Summary: Explore the roots of rap and the history of hip-hop music.


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380310
Rosa by Giovanni, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2007)

BTSB #: 380310 Available

Dewey: 323/BAges: 5-9   
AR: 4.9 LG RC: 5.1 3-5 Lexile: 800 F&P: T

Subjects: Parks, Rosa,|d1913-2005 African Americans - Biography Civil rights Montgomery (Ala.)


Summary: An illustrated portrayal of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus and the historical aftermath of the event.


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534236
Ruby's hope : a story of how the famous "Migrant Mother" photograph became the face of the Great Depression by Kulling, Monica 

BTSB Prebound(Page Street Kids, 2019)

BTSB #: 534236 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 660

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: Lange, Dorothea - Fiction Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Family life - Fiction Poverty - Fiction Migrant labor - Fiction Photographs - Fiction


Summary: During the Great Depression, seven-year-old Ruby's family leaves their Oklahoma home to seek work in California, where Ruby meets Dorothea Lange, who takes a photograph that becomes known as "Migrant mother."


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