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African American abolitionists Biography Juvenile films Children's poetry, American Friendship United States Juvenile films Montgomery (Ala.) Race relations Juvenile films Novels in verse Picture books for children Poésie enfantine américaine Presidents United States Biography Juvenile films Slavery Slavery Juvenile poetryWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEABryan, Ashley
Summary: "Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist BryanWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be know as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next -- as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Prss 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BROOso, Maisha
Summary: "Before the Ships is a powerful and poetic celebration of the early roots of Black history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OSOKincaid-Rolle, Sojourner
Summary: "Deeply emotional, evocative free verse by poet and activist Sojourner Kincaid Rolle traces the solemnity and celebration of Juneteenth from its 1865 origins in Galveston, Texas to contemporary observances all over the United States. This is an ode to the strength of Black Americans and a call to remember and honor a holiday whose importance reverberates far beyond the borders of Texas"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KINSummary: Celebrate African American history with this historic collection of stories. Collection includes: Rosa ; Henry's freedom box ; Lincoln and Douglass ; and, Ellington was not a street. Bonus interview with Nikki Giovanni. Bonus interview with Ellen Levine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017