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-- One hundred African-Americans who shaped American history1995., Young Adult, Bluewood Books Call No: J BIO 973.0496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Contains biographical sketches that relate the lives and achievements of 100 African-Americans from Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell.
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c1993., 5.2; Ages 3-6, Pleasant Co. Call No: YS POR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The American girls collection Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: After escaping from a plantation in North Carolina, Addy and her mother arrive in Philadelphia, where Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship.
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c1994., Ages 3-6, Pleasant Co. Publications Call No: J FOOD 641.5 123 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The American girls collection.Summary Note: Easy to follow recipes and tips for an 1860s party, including hoppin' John.
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c1994., Ages 3-6, Pleasant Call No: J ARTS 745.5 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The American girls collection.Summary Note: Instructions for crafts projects popular in the 1860s.
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c1996., Ages 4-8, Scholastic Call No: PB BUN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: As an African-American boy and his white friend watch the construction of a house which will make them neighbors on the site of a Civil War battlefield, they agree that their homes are monuments to that war.
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c2006., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: YA DRA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
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-- Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow.[2019], Ages 9-12; Grades 4-6, Scholastic Focus Call No: J HIST 973.0496 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will come face-to-face with the people and events of Reconstruction's noble democratic experiment, its tragic undermining, and the drawing of a new "color line" in the long Jim Crow era that followed. In introducing young readers to them, and to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress andbetrayal, Professor Gates shares a history that remains vitally relevant today."--Provided by publisher.
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-- family's fight for freedom2000., 5.6; Ages 3-6, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: Y LUT Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American adventureSummary Note: In nineteenth-century Cincinnati, fourteen-year-old Tim Allerton finds his anti-slavery views tested when he and his younger sister Pam save the life of a slave baby whose mother has recently been murdered.
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c1998., Young Adult, Enslow Call No: J GOV 324.6 2 08996073 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: ConstitutionSummary Note: Examines the Amendment which gave African-American men the right to vote and discusses the struggle that took place to regain this right when it was denied.
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c2009., Ages 3-6, Random House Call No: G OSB Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Magic tree house Volume: #42Summary Note: Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
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-- Hurricane Katrina, 2005c2011., Ages 7-10, Scholastic Call No: G TAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: I survivedSummary Note: Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century -- alone?
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c2011., Adult, Broadway paperbacks Call No: BIOG 616 .02774 092 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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-- Diverse soldier-mariners who shaped the country, formed the Navy, and rowed Washington across the Delaware[2021]., Adults, Atlantic Monthly Press Call No: HIST 973.3 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation. After losing the Battle of Brooklyn, the British had Washington's army trapped against the East River. The fate of the Revolution rested heavily on the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side-by-side in one of the country's first diverse units, they pulled off an "American Dunkirk" and saved the army. In the annals of the American Revolution, no group played a more consequential role than the Marbleheaders. At the right time in the right place, they repeatedly altered the course of events, and their story shines new light on our understanding of the Revolution. As acclaimed historian Patrick K. O'Donnell dramatically recounts, beginning nearly a decade before the war started, Marbleheaders such as Elbridge Gerry and Azor Orne spearheaded the break with Britain and helped shape the nascent United States by playing a crucial role governing, building alliances, seizing British ships, and forging critical supply lines that established the origins of the US Navy. The Marblehead Regiment, led by John Glover, became truly indispensable. Marbleheaders battled at Lexington and on Bunker Hill and formed the elite Guard that protected George Washington. Then, at the most crucial time in the war, the regiment conveyed 2,400 of Washington's men across the ice-filled Delaware River on Christmas night of 1776, delivering a momentum-shifting surprise attack on Trenton. Later, Marblehead doctor Nathaniel Bond inoculated the Continental Army against a deadly virus, which changed the course of history. This uniquely diverse group of white, Black, and Native American soldiers set an inclusive standard of unity the US Army would not reach again for over 170 years. The Marbleheaders' story makes The Indispensables a vital addition to the literature of the American Revolution"--
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By Tooke, Wesc2012., Ages 8-12, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: Y TOO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season. Includes historical notes.
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c1993., Adult, Time-Life Books Call No: BIOG 973 .0496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: African Americans, voices of triumphSummary Note: Surveys outstanding African-American men and women and describes their contributions in the fields of science, industry, religion, education, and politics.
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-- Bass Reevesc2006., 5-8, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: Y PAU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The story of Bass Reeves who was born a slave and later became one of the most respected federal marshals in Oklahoma and Texas.
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2018., Age 9-12, Portable Press Call No: GN 323.092 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Show me history!Summary Note: "A graphic biography of civil rights leader and American icon Martin Luther King Jr. This graphical biography tells the story of the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement. With full-color illustrations and a historically accurate narrative, Martin Luther King Jr.: Voice for Equality! will inform and entertain readers of all ages. From his childhood in Atlanta to his rise as an international icon of human rights and a fiery orator who refused to back down in the face of adversity, King's life story serves as an ongoing source of inspiration"--
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1998., 5.1; Ages 3-6, Pleasant Co. Call No: YS POR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The American girls collectionSummary Note: In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life as slaves in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia.
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c2011., Ages 3-6, American Girl Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Cécile Rey looks forward to having a one-of-a-kind costume at Mardi Gras and her brother's return from France, while forming a friendship and having a daring adventure with Marie-Grace Gardner.
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c2011., Ages 3-6, American Girl Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Marie-Grace Gardner, having arrived in New Orleans and met the talented opera singer Mademoiselle Océana, wishes to take voice lessons and become friends with Cécile Rey, a student of Mademoiselle, and hopes an unexpected adventure will help her feel at home in the city.