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The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536222555 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Historic Fiction What did you like about the book? It is hard to concentrate when … Continue reading
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The Faith of Elijah Cummings by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Laura Freeman
The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Laura Freeman. Random House Studio, 2021. 978059330650 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: … Continue reading
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Sweet Justice : Georgia Gillmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Sweet Justice : Georgia Gillmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Random House Studio, 2022. 9781524720643 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format : Hardcover picture book … Continue reading
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You Should Meet John Lewis by Denise Lewis Patrick, illustrated by Steffi Walthall
You Should Meet John Lewis by Denise Lewis Patrick, illustrated by Steffi Walthall. Simon Spotlight, 2021. ISBN 9781665907880 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback Genre: Biography What did you like about the book? … Continue reading
Posted in *Starred Review, African Americans, Biography, Civil Rights, Denise Lewis Patrick, Easy / Early Reader, History, Steffi Walthall
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Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Christian Robinson. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2021. 9781524737283 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Biography What did you like … Continue reading
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We Shall Overcome by Bryan Collier
We Shall Overcome by Bryan Collier. Orchard Books, 2021. 9781338540376 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Uncorrected proof What did you like about the book? The lyrics of “We Shall Overcome,” the gospel hymn … Continue reading
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What is the Civil Rights Movement? – Sherri L. Smith, illustrated by Tim Foley
What is the Civil Rights Movement? – Sherri L. Smith, illustrated by Tim Foley. Penguin Workshop, 2021. 9781524792305 Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Genre: narrative history What did you like about the … Continue reading
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Kids on the March: 15 Stories of SPEAKING OUT, PROTESTING, and FIGHTING for JUSTICE – Michael G. Long
Kids on the March: 15 Stories of SPEAKING OUT, PROTESTING, and FIGHTING for JUSTICE – Michael G. Long, Algonquin Young Readers, 9781643751009, 2021 Format: Softcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 5 What did you … Continue reading
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Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education by Lawrence Goldstone
Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education by Lawrence Goldstone, Scholastic Focus, 9781338592832, 2021 Format: ARC Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 What did you like about the book? Lawrence … Continue reading
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Martin Luther King Jr. : Fighting for Civil Rights – Christine Platt, illustrated by David Shephard
Martin Luther King Jr. : Fighting for Civil Rights (Trailblazers) – Christine Platt, illustrated by David Shephard. Random House, 2020. 9780593124550 Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Genre: biography What did … Continue reading
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