Gordon C. James
Author
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.
The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt he'll see them through--as he's creative, adventurous, smart, funny, and a good friend. Sometimes he falls, but he always gets back up. And other times he's afraid, because he's so often misunderstood and called what he is not. So...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The first African-American catcher to integrate major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Roy Campanella's career ended in 1958 after a car accident. This picture book chronicles the life of a legend.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, Don't get mad, get smart. To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"African American George Fletcher loved horses from an early age. When he unfairly lost the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up to a white man, the outraged audience declared him "people's champion"--Provided by publisher.
6) Away west
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1879, thirteen-year-old Everett Turner leaves a life of struggle on his family's farm and runs away to St. Louis, where he works in a livery stable before heading to the all-Black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.