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Betsey Brown: A Novel
by Shange, Ntozake
The story of a seventh grade girl growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher St. Martin's Press, 1985, New York, NY
Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin’ Cowboy
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
No matter how you feel about rodeo, it's hard not to admire Pickett, who was known to bring an unruly steer to its knees by taking a bite out of the animal's upper lip
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1996, New York, NY
Blue Jay in the Desert
by Marlene Shigekawa
While a young boy named Junior and his family are interned in Arizona during World War II, Junior receives a gift from his grandfather that instills in him hope and perseverance.
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Newberry Medal
- Publisher Polychrome Publishing Co., 1993, Chicago, IL
Brown v. Board of Education
by Tackach, James
Accounts of African-American's civil rights struggle from the Civil War to present.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Lucent Books, 1998, San Diego, CA
Bus of Our Own, A
by Evans, Freddi Williams
A story based on real events of a community that works together to gain civil rights.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Albert Whitman, 2001, Morton Grove, Illinois, IL
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.
