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Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
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Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.| Year: | 2000. |
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| Subject: | Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. African Americans -- Biography. Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982. |
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| User Tags: | biography, baseball, african american, alabama history, history, picture book, sports, 0046aaanf, american history, baseball players, children's, diversity, heroes, legends, youth |
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Forten, Charlotte L.
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The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusettts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave.Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.| Year: | c2000. |
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| Series: | Diaries, letters, and memoirs. |
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| Subject: | African American teenage girls -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Diaries. Free African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Diaries. Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century. |
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| User Tags: | african american, civil war, diary, primary source, 0046aaanf, american history, black, children's, freedom, hate, history, kidnapping, massachusetts, negro, racism, slavery |
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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
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c2006. |
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Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.
African American track and field athletes -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
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biography, sports, african american, children, history, picture book, 0046aaanf, black history, black history month, germany, hero, multicultural, olympics, segregation |
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Angelou, Maya.
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c1994. |
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Art, Ndebele.
South Africa -- Social life and customs.
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africa, picture book, south africa, children, children's, cultures, friendship, picture, art, friends, 0046aaanf, african american, buildings, children's books, children's literature, children's nonfiction, creativity, culture, daily life, farm, history, maya angelou, multicultural, photographs, poetry, portfolio, tradition |
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Hansen, Joyce.
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Features photographs and biographies of thirteen African-American women, including Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, and Alice Walker.| Year: | 1998. |
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| Subject: | African American women -- Biography. African American women -- Pictorial works. African Americans -- Biography. |
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| User Tags: | african american, biography, 0046aaanf, black studies, children, collective biography, juvenile non-fiction, women |
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Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
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A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician in the voice of "Scat Cat Monroe", a feline fan.| Year: | c2002. |
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| Subject: | Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography. Women jazz singers -- United States -- Biography. Jazz singers -- United States -- Biography. |
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| User Tags: | 0046aaanf, african-american history, biography, children's, children's literature, jazz, kid lit, music, picture book |
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Robinson, Sharon, 1950-
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A biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, as told by his daughter. Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this loving biography of the man who made history by breaking the color barrier in baseball -- and taught his children that the only measure of life is the impact you have on others' lives. Promises To Keep is the story of Jackie Robinson's hard-won victories in baseball, business, politics, and civil rights. It looks at the inspiring effect the legendary Brooklyn Dodger had on his family, his community ... his country. Told from the unique perspective of Robinson's only daughter, this intimate and uplifting book includes photos from the Robinson family archives and family letters never before published. Jackie Robinson is one of our great national heroes. Promises To Keep reminds us what made him a champion -- on and off the field!| Year: | c2004. |
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| Subject: | African American baseball players -- Biography. Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. Conduct of life. |
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| User Tags: | biography, baseball, african american, jackie robinson, sports, history, black history, civil rights, segregation, children, juvenile literature, united states, 0046aaanf, 1, 20th century, afro-american, athletes, bio, black americans, brooklyn dodgers, cities, famous people, jim crow, juvenile, juvenile biography, moses, negro leagues, politics, prejudice, race relations, racism, world series, youth |
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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
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2003. |
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Blues (Music) -- Poetry.
African Americans -- Poetry.
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poetry, picture book, african american, blues, music, history, children, children's literature, multicultural, slavery, 0046aaanf, african american history, black experience, black history month, blue, blues music, children's, children's poetry, color, diversity, expression, hope, inequality, intellect, life, love, lynching, music history, repression, sentence fluency, short stories, timeline, troubles, unit, voice, word choice |
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