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In the Catalog
Black Boy, Black Boy
Celebrate the Power of You
Ali Kamanda & Jorge Redmond
Inspire Black boys to imagine all the great things they can do while celebrating remarkable moments from Black history!
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From Libby
Black Girl, Black Girl
Celebrate the Power of You
Ali Kamanda & Jorge Redmond
Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black girls to learn about the accomplishments of famous women in Black history and then forge their own paths.
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How Sweet the Sound
Kwame Alexander
A celebration of the history of Black music in America.
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Justice Rising
12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Told through twelve short biographies, this book celebrates just some of the many Black women—each of whom has been largely underrepresented until now—who were instrumental to the nation’s fight for civil rights and the contributions they made in driving the Movement forward.
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One Crazy Summer
The Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Newbery Honor Book
Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharee Miller
In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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Small Shoes, Great Strides
How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.
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A Song for the Unsung
Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
Carole Boston Weatherford
A picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963.