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Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom
by Brown, Susan Taylor
Illustrated biography of Robert Smalls.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Millbrook Press, 2006, Minneapolis, MN
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
Rosa Parks
by Greenfield, Eloise
A biography of Rosa Parks charting her life and role in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Trophy, 1973, New York, NY
Savion!: My Life in Tap
by Glover, Savion and Bruce Weber.
Inspiring story with insight into Savion Glover’s artistic process and what he learned at each stage, from his preschool drummer days to “Bring In da Noise, Bring In da Funk.”
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School, High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher William Morrow Company, 2000, New York, NY
Scott Joplin
by Preston, Katherine.
A biography of Scott Joplin with suggested additional reading, a chronology, compositions and selected discography.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Chelsea House Publishers, 1988, 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.
