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I Have Heard of a Land
by Thomas, Joyce Carol
The story of a brave African-American woman in her pursuit of pioneering a home.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1998, New York, NY
I was dreaming to come to America: memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project
by Veronica Lawlor
In their own words, coupled with hand-painted collage illustrations, immigrants recall their arrival in the United States. Includes brief biographies and facts about the Ellis Island Oral History Project.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Viking Publishers, 1995, Cambridge, MA
If You Traveled on: The Underground Railroad
by Levine, Ellen
Informative children's book about the underground railroad.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 1993, New York, NY
Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History, The
by Fremon, David K.
A look at racism between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Enslow, 2000, New York, NY
Jip: His Story
by Patterson, Katherine
This historical tale by Katherine Paterson involves its young protagonist, Jip, in the great 19th century struggle between slave owners and abolitionists while sending him into a test of his own loyalty and courage.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Puffin, 1998, 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.