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Follow the Drinking Gourd
by Winter, Jeanette
The story of a group of slaves' escape on the underground railroad by following directions from the song "follow the drinking gourd."
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Dragonfly Books, 1998, New York, NY
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
by Robinet, Harriette
A fine historical novel that explores the immediate postwar period for African Americans and their white friends and neighbors.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Aladdin, 2000, New York, NY
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
by Carole Boston Weatherford
A story of the civil rights movement, told through the eyes of a young girl.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Puffin Books, 2005, New York, NY
Freedom School, Yes!
by Littlesugar, Amy
A children's story illustrating what happens when a southern black school gains a young white teacher from the north during the Civil Rights era.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Philomel Books, 1991, New York, NY
Freedom Songs
by Moore, Yvette
A 14 year old girl experiences prejudice for the first time when she travels south to visit family.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Puffin, 1992, 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.
