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1) Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre

Author

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Pub. Date

2021.

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--

2) Frederick Douglass: the lion who wrote history

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

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Book, eAudiobook

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Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

3) The most precious gift: a story of the Nativity

Author

Crisp, Marty

Pub. Date

c2006

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

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While traveling to Bethlehem with his beloved dog, a young servant to one of the Magi worries about finding a gift to give the baby Jesus.

4) A day for rememberin': inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day

Author

Henderson, Leah

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

40 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Includes author's note.

5) Where's Rodney?

Author

Bogan, Carmen

Pub. Date

[2017]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Rodney is that kid who just can’t sit still. He's inside, but he wants to be outside. Outside is where Rodney always wants to be. Between school and home, there is a park. He knows all about that park. It’s that triangle-shaped place with the yellow grass and two benches where grown-ups sit around all day. Besides, his momma said to stay away from that park. When Rodney finally gets a chance to go to a real park, with plenty of room to run and...