Sing a song : how "Lift Every Voice and Sing" inspired generations by Lyons, Kelly Starling 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2019)

BTSB #: 591605 Available

Dewey: 782.25/NAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 680 F&P: M

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Subjects: Johnson, James Weldon,|d1871-1938.|tLift every voice and sing Songs African Americans United States - History|y20th century

Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow a family through five generations as each is inspired by the song written in 1900 to honor Abraham Lincoln. Includes author's note on the history of the song and its meaning in her family.

War in the ring : Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, and the fight between America and Hitler by Florio, John 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 343635 Available

Dewey: 796.83/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.3 MG RC: 9.4 6-8 Lexile: 1050

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Subjects: Louis, Joe,|d1914-1981 Schmeling, Max,|d1905-2005 Boxing World War, 1939-1945 United States - History|y20th century Germany - History|y20th century

Summary: Describes a boxing match that represented the growing tensions between the United States and Nazi Germany in the lead up to World War II.