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On the come up : a novel, based on a true story Hannah Weyer.

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"Willful, outspoken, and precariously naive, thirteen-year-old AnnMarie Walker dreamsof a world beyond Far Rockaway, where the sway of the neighborhood keeps her tiedto old ideas about success. Then one day, while attending a high school for pregnantgirls, she comes across a flyer advertising movie auditions in Manhattan for anindependent film."--Provided by publisher.


On the come up Angie Thomas.

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This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give.Sixteen-year-old Briwants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. Asthe daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri'sgot massive shoes to fill.But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled ahoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. SoBri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral&for all thewrong reasons. Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by themedia as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down,Bri doesn't just want to make it--she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thingthe public has made her out to be. Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On theCome Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of ageneration. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stackedagainst you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speechisn't always free. Balzer + Bray.


The journey of little Charlie Christopher Paul Curtis.

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"When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family indebt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseerCap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him. Cap'n Buck tells LittleCharlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, whichseems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he ischasing"--Provided by publisher.











Twelve years a slave Solomon Northup.

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Solomon Northup tells of his life as a free man in 1808 and of his kidnapping in 1841followed by twelve years of being a slave.


Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civilrights movement Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

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A collage-illustrated collection of free form poems describing the life and work of civilrights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.


The help Kathryn Stockett.

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Skeeter returns home to Mississippi from college in 1962 and begins to write storiesabout the African-American women that are found working in white households, whichincludes Aibileen, who grieves for the loss of her son while caring for her seventeenthwhite child, and Minny, Aibileen's sassy friend, the hired cook for a secretive womanwho is new to town.


Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the1965 Selma voting rights march by Lynda Blackmon Lowery ; as told to Elspeth Leacock and SusanBuckley ; illustrated by PJ Loughran.

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Lynda Blackmon Lowery recounts her experiences as the youngest marcher on the1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
















The bluest eye Toni Morrison, with a new afterword by the author.

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An eleven-year-old African-American girl in Ohio, in the early 1940s, prays for hereyes to turn blue so that she will be beautiful.


Hidden figures : the untold true story of fourAfrican-American women who helped launch ournation into space Margot Lee Shetterly.

EB AUDIO 921 UNI

Explores the true story of four African American female mathematicians recruited bythe U.S. government during World War II to work at the Langley MemorialAeronautical Laboratory. Their job involved being "human computers," using pencils,slide rulers, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would allow rocketsand astronauts to be launched out of the atmosphere.


Hidden figures Margot Lee Shetterly.

EB AUDIO 510.92 SHE

Explores the true story of four African American female mathematicians recruited bythe U.S. government during World War II to work at the Langley MemorialAeronautical Laboratory. Their job involved being "human computers," using pencils,slide rulers, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would allow rocketsand astronauts to be launched out of the atmosphere.


Things fall apart Chinua Achebe.

F ACH

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and showshow the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.
















Becoming Kareem : growing up on and off the court Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld.

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"An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York,becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the worldaround him as an activist for social change"--Provided by publisher.


March. Book one John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ; artist, Nate Powell.

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Presents a graphic novel featuring the true story of Congressman John Lewis, whowas a founder of the Nashville Student Movement and participated in the 1960s withthe march on Washington in the civil rights movement.


Invisible man Ralph Ellison.

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In the course of his wanderings from a Southern college to New York's Harlem, anAfrican-American man becomes involved in a series of adventures.


The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot.

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Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who,twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors andresearchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create theimmortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; andexplores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.














Americanah : a novel Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

F ADI

"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a newlife in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--Provided bypublisher.


The Underground Railroad and slavery throughprimary sources Carin T. Ford.

973.7 FOR

Uses primary source documents to detail the history of the Underground Railroad andhow it was operated. Discusses how the Railroad helped slaves achieve freedom inthe North and includes a timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.


Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of EmilyEdmonson's flight from slavery Winifred Conkling.

306.3 CON

Narrative text, informative sidebars, photographs, and illustrations describe theattempt to escape slavery by Emily Edmonson and her family and the ramifications ofit.


Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves andfree Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War Thomas B. Allen ; featuring illustrations by Carla Bauer.

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Tells the story of Harriet Tubman and other slaves and free African-Americans whorisked death to gather information about the Confederacy for the Union during the CivilWar.

















The autobiography of Malcolm X with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ;epilogue by Alex Haley ; afterword by Ossie Davis.

921 X

Malcolm X, the Black Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells his lifestory to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley.


Between the world and me Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life,he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surroundedhim--most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear.What were they afraid of? ... Coates takes readers along on his journey throughAmerica's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series ofawakenings--moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangledhistory of race, whether through his myth-busting professors at Howard University, atrip to a Civil War battlefield with a rogue historian, a journey to Chicago's South Sideto visit aging survivors of 20th century America's 'long war on black people,' or a visitwith the mother of a beloved friend who was shot down by the police"--Provided bypublisher.


Another Brooklyn : a novel Jacqueline Woodson.

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Three friends experience the all-too-real perils of growing up in Brooklyn in the 70s.


American Street Ibi Zoboi.

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On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she wouldfinally find une belle vie -- a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti,Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loudAmerican cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's West Side;a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footingin this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soonrealizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossiblechoice, will she pay the price for the American dream?














Facing Frederick : the life of Frederick Douglass, amonumental American man Tonya Bolden.

921 DOU

Chronicles the life of Frederick Douglass, discussing his years as a slave, escape tofreedom, acclaim as a famous orator, journalist, and presidential advisor, work as anabolitionist, and other related topics.


Frederick Douglass : slave, writer, abolitionist by Brenda Haugen.

921 DOU

Contains a biography of Frederick Douglass, the former slave turned abolitionist andauthor of an antislavery newspaper, and includes information on Douglass, from hischildhood, to his struggles as a slave, to his leading the first all-black volunteer armyin the Civil War.


Frederick Douglass and William Garrison : apartnership for abolition Alison Morretta.

326 MOR

A biography of Frederick Douglass and William Garrison who became partners in thefight for the abolition of slavery.


Beloved a novel by Toni Morrison.

F MOR

Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives in post-Civil War Ohio, has borne theunthinkable and works hard at "beating back the past." She struggles to keepBeloved, an intruder, from gaining possession of her present while throwing off thelegacy of her past.
















Their eyes were watching God Zora Neale Hurston ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney ; foreword by RubyDee ; introduction by Sherley Anne Williams.

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A Black woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriagesand finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler.


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"Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins hermother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rightsmovement"--Provided by publisher.


Piecing me together �R�e�n�e��e� �W�a�t�s�o�n�.

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Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needssupport, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazingStudy Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-riskgirls.


Dreams from my father : a story of race andinheritance Barack Obama.

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Barack Obama tells the story of his life as the son of a black African father and a whiteAmerican mother, searching for a workable meaning to his life as anAfrican-American.















Michelle Obama : first lady & role model by Valerie Bodden ; content consultant, Carl Sferrazza Anthony.

EB 921 OBA

Presents the life of First Lady, Michelle Obama focusing on her childhood, education,law practice, marriage to Barack Obama, and their two daughters Natasha and Malia.


Barack Obama : the politics of hope William Michael Davis.

921 OBA

Chronicles the life of President Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii andIndonesia, schooling, thoughts on race and identity, political career, 2008 presidentialcampaign, and other related topics.


Solo Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess.

F ALE

Seventeen-year-old Blade, who endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past tonavigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloidrumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.


The crossover by Kwame Alexander.

EB F ALE

Josh Bell has a talent for composing raps, and he and his twin brother Jordan arekings of the basketball court. But when the twins' close relationship begins to unravelunder the strain of changes in their lives, the brothers start to realize life isn't alwaysabout winning.














The crossover by Kwame Alexander.

F ALE

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lowson and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.


Booked by Kwame Alexander.

F ALE

Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power ofwords as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impressthe girl of his dreams.


Rebound by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile.

F ALE

In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with hisgrandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about hisfamily's past.


The playbook : 52 rules to aim, shoot, and score inthis game called life by Kwame Alexander ; photographs by Thai Neave.

796 ALE

"Kwame Alexander shares poetry and inspiring lessons about the rules of life, as wellas uplifting quotes from athletes such as Stephen Curry and Venus Williams and otherexemplars like Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama in this motivational andinspirational book just right for graduates of any age and anyone needing a littleencouragement"-- Provided by publisher.















Out of wonder : poems celebrating poets Kwame Alexander ; with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth ;illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

811 ALE

Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets fromaround the world. Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyricalode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder. Out of gratitude for the poet's artform, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with ChrisColderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twentyfamed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder.Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and aJohn Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite thereader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen.


Even the stars look lonesome Maya Angelou.

814 ANG

A collection of essays in which the African-American author discusses the things shecares about, shares personal experiences, and offers her opinion on a wide variety ofsubjects, including age and sexuality, the burdens of fame, and rage and violence.


I know why the caged bird sings Maya Angelou.

EB 921 ANG

Autobiography covering the childhood of a woman who has been a professionaldancer, actress, poet, journalist, and television producer.


A good kind of trouble Lisa Moore Ramée.

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From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middlegrade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what's right, perfect for fansof Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and JasonReynolds.Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to followthe rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her bestfriendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giantforehead.)But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenlyquestioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she's notblack enough. Wait, what?Shay's sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, butShay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shaydecides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school insupport of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is givenan ultimatum.Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do theright thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the nexthurdle. Now that's trouble, for real. Balzer + Bray.














The hate u give Angie Thomas.

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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhoodwhere she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balancebetween these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of herchildhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soonafterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even adrug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name.Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Whateveryone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only personalive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upendher community. It could also endanger her life.


Twelve rounds to glory : the story of Muhammad Ali Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.

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Rap-inspired verse and illustrations describe the life of Muhammed Ali, discussing hisbouts, struggles with societal prejudice, Islamic faith, Olympic glory, and more.


We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children'sMarch Cynthia Levinson.

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Discusses the 1963 Birmingham Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama.


Well-read black girl : finding our stories, discoveringourselves an anthology edited by Glory Edim.

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Presents a collection of essays highlighting the need for more diverse characters inbooks as a way of allowing readers to find themselves within the pages. Provides avariety of recommendations for books.
















Brown girl dreaming Jacqueline Woodson.

EB AUDIO 921 WOO

Free verse autobiography of Jacqueline Woodson about her childhood growing up inthe sixties and seventies in both the North and the South, from South Carolina toBrooklyn, New York.


The Montgomery Bus Boycott : a primary sourceexploration of the protest for equal treatment by Allison Crotzer Kimmel ; consultant: Lyde Cullen Sizer, PhD,Professor of U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History, Sarah LawrenceCollege, Bronxville, New York.

323.119 KIM

"The Montgomery Bus Boycott began when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing togive up her seat on the bus. The campaign that followed was one of the mostimportant protests against segregation in the United States. The boycotters stood upfor their beliefs. Explore the points of view of the boycotters and the people whoopposed them"--Provided by publisher.


Heroes for my daughter : ordinary people whoachieved the extraordinary Brad Meltzer.

920 MEL

Collects the stories of sixty extraordinary heroes and ideal role models for girls,including Abraham Lincoln, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Anne Frank,Theodore Roosevelt, and the passengers of United Flight 93.


Good trouble : lessons from the civil rights playbook Christopher Noxon.

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Good Trouble is the helpful antidote to all the pessimism and name-calling that ispermeating today's political and social dialogues. Revisiting episodes from the civilrights movement of the 1950s and '60s, it highlights the essential lessons thatmodern-day activists and the civically minded can extract and embrace in order tomove forward and create change. In words and vivid pen-and-watercolor illustrations,journalist Christopher Noxon dives into the real stories behind the front lines of theMontgomery bus boycott and the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins and notable figuressuch as Rosa Parks and Bayard Rustin, all while exploring the parallels between thecivil rights movement era and the present moment. This thoughtful, fresh approach issure to inspire conversation, action, and, most importantly, hope. Abrams.
















She would not be moved : how we tell the story ofRosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott Herbert Kohl ; introduction by Marian Wright Edelman.

323 KOH

Evaluates the ways in which the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery BusBoycott in 1955 is presented in school textbooks, maintaining that most resources failto tell the whole story about Parks and the entire civil rights movement.


The story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery BusBoycott in photographs David Aretha.

323.119 ARE

"Examines the Montgomery Bus Boycott through primary source photographs,including Rosa Parks' role in the effort, other important leaders, the daily struggles ofthe boycott, and the end of segregation on Montgomery's buses"--Provided bypublisher.


Rosa Parks : my story by Rosa Parks with James Haskins.

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Rosa Park's life story reveals the deliberate choices she made that earned her the title"Mother to a Movement."


The lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine.

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In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city andfamily divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helpsher find her voice and fight against racism.
















The lions of Little Rock Kristin Levine.

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Twelve-year-old Marlee develops a strong friendship with Liz, the new girl in school,but when Liz suddenly stops attending school and Marlee hears a rumor that herfriend is actually an African American girl passing herself off as white, the two younggirls must decide whether their friendship is worth taking on integration and thedangers it could bring to their families.


One crazy summer Rita Williams-Garcia.

EB AUDIO F WIL

In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend amonth with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her twoyounger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, adedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them toattend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.


Forge Laurie Halse Anderson.

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Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the armyat Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing forfree, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.


Chains Laurie Halse Anderson.

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After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for therebels during the Revolutionary War.














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F SHA

"Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins hermother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rightsmovement"--Provided by publisher.


The Watsons go to Birmingham-- 1963 a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.

EB F CUR

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African Americanfamily living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandmain Alabama in the summer of 1963.


The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.

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The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-Americanfamily living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandmain Alabama in the summer of 1963.










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