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Remember: A Journey to School Integration
by Morrison, Toni
A fictional story with historic background and photographs depicting students during the period of integration.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, 2004, New York, NY
Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp
by Cooper, Michael L.
A close look at life in Manzanar Relocation Camp through diaries, journals, memoirs, photographs, and news accounts
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2002, New York, NY
Riding the Rails in the U.S.A.: Trains in American Life
by Sandler, Martin W
An exploration of the impact of trains on American life.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Oxford University Press, 2003, New York, NY
Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move during the Great Depression
by Uys, Errol Lincoln
The author draws from several primary resources, accounting the experiences of teenagers traveling on the railroad in order to survive the Great Depression.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Middle School, High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Routledge, 2003, New York, NY
Romare Bearden
by Schwartzman, Myron.
All grades benefit from this book about visual artist Romare Bearden who created a “visual definition of jazz.” with his blues and jazz themes.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School, High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Franklin Watts, 1999, New York, NY
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
