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559068
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez : political headliner [Gateway biographies]by Leigh, Anna 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/01/2020

BTSB #: 559068 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 9-14   
AR: 6.8 MG Lexile: 1000

Subjects: Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria,|d1989- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography


Summary: American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever to serve in the US Congress. Learn about the most fascinating details of her life and her career in the House of Representatives.


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385842
Deb Haaland [She Persisted]by Goodluck, Laurel 

Paperback(Philomel, 2023)


Publication Date: 10/03/2023

BTSB #: 385842 Temp OS

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 6.6 LG Lexile: 1050 F&P: R

Subjects: Haaland, Debra A.,|d1960- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Native American legislators - United States - Biography Cabinet officers - United States - Biography Women cabinet officers - United States - Biography Pueblo women - Biography New Mexico - Biography


Summary: As a child of two military parents, Deb Haaland moved around a lot when she was young before finally settling in Albuquerque to be near family. But she persisted, studying hard and eventually earning a law degree. Learn about the amazing life of Deb Haaland--and how she persisted.


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878910
Deb Haaland [My Itty-Bitty Bio]by Thiele, June 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/01/2022

BTSB #: 878910 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 1.8 LG Lexile: 460

Subjects: Haaland, Debra A.,|d1960- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Native American legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Pueblo women - Biography Pueblo Indians - Biography New Mexico - Biography


Summary: Examines the life of Deb Haaland, the first confirmed Native American Cabinet secretary.


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924763
Faith of Elijah Cummings : the north star of equal justice by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Random House Studio, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/11/2022

BTSB #: 924763 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 850 F&P: S

Subjects: Cummings, Elijah United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American legislators - Maryland - Biography African American civil rights workers - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography of Elijah Cummings, outlining major events in his childhood, career and fight for justice.


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Fall down seven times, stand up eight : Patsy Takemoto Mink and the fight for Title IX by Bryant, Jen 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/01/2022

BTSB #: 164400 Available

Dewey: 328/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Mink, Patsy T.,|d1927-2002 United States.|tEducation Amendments of 1972.|pTitle IX United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Japanese Americans - Biography Women legislators - Biography Women's rights Equality


Summary: Explores the life of Patsy Mink, the first BIPOC woman--and first Asian American woman--elected to Congress who helped create Title IX, the law that requires federally funded schools to treat boys and girls equally.


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273512
Fenomenal AOC : las raices y el ascenso de Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Denise, Anika Aldamuy 

PaperbackSPANISH(HarperCollins Espanol, 2023)


Publication Date: 01/02/2024

BTSB #: 273512 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria,|d1989- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Spanish language - Reading materials Women legislators - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography about America's youngest congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In Spanish.


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273518
Fenomenal AOC : las raices y el ascenso de Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Denise, Anika Aldamuy 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(HarperCollins Espanol, 2023)


Publication Date: 01/02/2024

BTSB #: 273518 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria,|d1989- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Spanish language - Reading materials Women legislators - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography about America's youngest congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In Spanish.


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633877
His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope by Meacham, Jon 

Paperback(Random House, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/07/2021

BTSB #: 633877 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 14-18   


Subjects: Lewis, John,|d1940-2020 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American civil rights workers - Biography Civil rights workers - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Protest movements - United States


Summary: An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present.


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703536
John Lewis [Ready-To-Read. Level Three]by Patrick, Denise Lewis 

Paperback(Simon Spotlight, 2021)


Publication Date: 12/14/2021

BTSB #: 703536 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-8   


Subjects: Lewis, John,|d1940-2020 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Civil rights workers - United States - Biography Civil rights movements - Southern States - History|y20th century African Americans - Civil rights - Southern States - History|y20th century Legislators - United States - Biography African American legislators - Biography


Summary: From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as a teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. He believed in getting into "good trouble" for good causes, and became a civil rights activist and United States Representative.


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703538
John Lewis [Ready-To-Read. Level Three]by Patrick, Denise Lewis 

BTSB Prebound(Simon Spotlight, 2021)


Publication Date: 12/14/2021

BTSB #: 703538 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-8   


Subjects: Lewis, John,|d1940-2020 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Civil rights workers - United States - Biography Civil rights movements - Southern States - History|y20th century African Americans - Civil rights - Southern States - History|y20th century Legislators - United States - Biography African American legislators - Biography


Summary: From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as a teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. He believed in getting into "good trouble" for good causes, and became a civil rights activist and United States Representative.


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Loud and proud : the life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023)


Publication Date: 10/11/2023

BTSB #: 222912 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American legislators - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography African American presidential candidates - Biography Women presidential candidates - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Biography New York (N.Y.) - Biography


Summary: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972).


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158126
Not done yet : Shirley Chisholm's fight for change by Brown, Tameka Fryer 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2022)


Publication Date: 11/01/2022

BTSB #: 158126 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 5-9   
Lexile: 590

Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American legislators - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography African American presidential candidates - Biography Women presidential candidates - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Biography New York (N.Y.) - Biography


Summary: Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president.


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512063
Patsy Mink [She Persisted]by Keller, Tae 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2022)


Publication Date: 05/03/2022

BTSB #: 512063 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-9   
F&P: T

Subjects: Mink, Patsy T.,|d1927-2002 United States.|tEducation Amendments of 1972.|pTitle IX United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Japanese Americans - Biography Women legislators - Biography


Summary: When Patsy Mink won her seat in the House of Representatives as a Democrat from Hawaii, she became the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. A co-author of the Title XI amendment of the Higher Education Act, she was a champion of rights for women, children, immigrants, and minorities throughout her twenty-four years in Congress.


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273586
Phenomenal AOC : the roots and rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Denise, Anika Aldamuy 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2022)


Publication Date: 08/10/2022

BTSB #: 273586 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.1 LG

Subjects: Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria,|d1989- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography


Summary: A biography about America's youngest congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.


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095066
Que haces con una voz asi? : la historia de la extraordinaria Congresista Barbara Jordan by Barton, Chris 

PaperbackSPANISH(Beach Lane Books, 2021)


Publication Date: 07/13/2021

BTSB #: 095066 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.5 LG

Subjects: Jordan, Barbara,|d1936-1996 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography African American women legislators - Biography African American women legislators - Texas - Biography Spanish language - Reading materials Texas - Politics and government|y1951-


Summary: A picture book on lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader Barbara Jordan. In Spanish.


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379362
Robert Smalls [Tales Of The Talented Tenth Volume: 3]by Gill, Joel Christian 

Paperback(Chicago Review Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 05/03/2021

BTSB #: 379362 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-16   
Lexile: 290 HL

Subjects: Smalls, Robert,|d1839-1915 - Comic books, strips, etc Planter (Steamship) United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African Americans - South Carolina - Biography Slaves - South Carolina - Biography Ship captains - United States - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography Beaufort (S.C.) - Biography


Summary: Tells the true story of the enslaved African who pulled off one of the most daring and largest heists of the Civil War. Come along for the adventure as Robert earns a job working for the C.S.S. Planter, escapes to freedom, goes on to become a first-generation Black politician, and makes history by writing and leading the passage of legislation that led to the United States' first free and compulsory public school system. In graphic novel format.


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951944
Shirley Chisholm dared : the story of the first black woman in Congress by Williams, Alicia R. 

BTSB Prebound(Anne Schwartz Books, 2021)


Publication Date: 06/01/2021

BTSB #: 951944 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.4 LG Lexile: 770 AD F&P: O

Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African Americans - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Teachers - United States - Biography


Summary: An inspiring picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm.


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205494
Shirley Chisholm is a verb! by Chambers, Veronica 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020)


Publication Date: 07/28/2020

BTSB #: 205494 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.1 LG F&P: R

Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 - Biography United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American women - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Teachers - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography celebrating the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States.


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363842
Slave who went to Congress by Rosner, Marti 

BTSB Prebound(NewSouth Books, 2020)


Publication Date: 02/15/2020

BTSB #: 363842 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 7-8   


Subjects: Turner, Benjamin Sterling,|d1825-1894 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American politicians - Alabama - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Slaves - Alabama - Biography Alabama - Politics and government|y19th century


Summary: A biography of Benjamin Turner, who spent the first 40 years of his life as a slave, but in 1870 was elected to the U.S. Congress.


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252397
We're better than this : my fight for the future of our democracy by Cummings, Elijah 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2021)


Publication Date: 09/01/2021

BTSB #: 252397 Available

Dewey: 328/AAges: 8-12   


Subjects: Cummings, Elijah United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography African Americans - Biography Race relations


Summary: Takes kids on a journey through the highs and lows of Congressman Elijah Cumming's trailblazing life, from his formative years as the son of former sharecroppers all the way through his time working in Congress during the Trump Administration.


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