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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
Freedom Summer
by Wiles, Deborah
Best friends, one black one white, experience the negatives of segregation during summer vacation when they are prohibited from doing what they love like swimming, and eating together.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Atheneum, 2001, New York, NY
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
by Freedman, Russell
Freedman draws on the best of the personal stories and historical accounts of the leaders and ordinary heroes of the Montgomery Bus Boycott to provide a dramatic overview of the how the 381-day resistance to segregated buses spearheaded the civil rights movement.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Holiday House, 2008, 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.
