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Ahimsa
By Supriya Kelkar
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Ahimsa
By Supriya Kelkar
In this historical middle-grade novel, Gandhi asks for one member of each family to join the fight for independence from the British, and when Anjali's mother is jailed for doing so, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother's work.

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As Fast As Words Could Fly
By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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As Fast As Words Could Fly
By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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The story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a "whites-only" high school.

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Black Was the Ink
By Michelle Coles, Justin Johnson
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Black Was the Ink
By Michelle Coles, Justin Johnson
Through the help of a ghostly ancestor, sixteen-year-old Malcolm is sent on a journey through Reconstruction-era America to find his place in modern-day Black progress.

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Dear Mrs. Parks
A Dialogue with Today's Youth
By Rosa Parks
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Dear Mrs. Parks
A Dialogue with Today's Youth
By Rosa Parks
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On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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El pueblo seguirá
By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol Graves
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El pueblo seguirá
By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol Graves
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In Spanish. This powerful story by renowned Acoma Pueblo poet and storyteller Simon J. Ortiz traces the history of Native / Indigenous people of North America from the time of creation to the present.

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Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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A picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tennis as a child on the segregated courts as a child in Virginia and went on to become the top tennis player in the world.

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Heroes
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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Heroes
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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A Japanese American boy learns about heroism from his father and uncle who served in the U.S. Army.

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How We Are Smart
By William Nikola, Sean Qualls
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How We Are Smart
By William Nikola, Sean Qualls
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Musician Tito Puente. Ballerina Maria Tallchief. Explorer Matthew Henson. Congresswoman Patsy Mink. These are some of the people profiled in this book. They are well known for different reasons, but they also have something in common. They were all smart!

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Howard Thurman's Great Hope
By Kai Issa, Arthur L. Dawson
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Howard Thurman's Great Hope
By Kai Issa, Arthur L. Dawson
Born in segregated Daytona, Florida, in 1899, Howard Thurman grew up dreaming of a better life--a life where his mother and grandmother would not have to cook and clean for other people; a life where he could become a college man, honoring his late father's wishes and his own dreams.

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I Am Alfonso Jones
By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
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I Am Alfonso Jones
By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
The Hate U Give meets The Lovely Bones in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist John Jennings.

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Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
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Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
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A biography of the legendary Native American Jim Thorpe (1888--1953), voted the Greatest Football Player and Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century by two AP polls, focusing on his early childhood and how school and sports shaped his future.

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Joe Louis, My Champion
By William Miller, Rodney Pate
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Joe Louis, My Champion
By William Miller, Rodney Pate
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During the mid-1930s, an African American boy who yearns to be a boxer learns the value of determination, perseverance, and his own natural abilities from the example of his hero, world champion prizefighter Joe Louis.

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John Lewis in the Lead
A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
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John Lewis in the Lead
A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
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A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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La historia del héroe de los derechos civiles John Lewis
(The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis)
By Kathleen Benson, Jim Haskins, Aaron Boyd, Enrique del Risco
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La historia del héroe de los derechos civiles John Lewis
(The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis)
By Kathleen Benson, Jim Haskins, Aaron Boyd, Enrique del Risco
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Esta nueva entrada en la innovadora series de "Historia" de libros por capítulos biográficos se enfoca en John Lewis, un líder del movimiento de los derechos civiles en los años 1960 y un congresista venerado hasta hoy en día.

This new entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a revered Congressman today.

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La pequeña Melba y su gran trombón
(Little Melba and Her Big Trombone)
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
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La pequeña Melba y su gran trombón
(Little Melba and Her Big Trombone)
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
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Galardonada con el premio Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award, una biografía de la virtuosa del jazz afroamericana Melba Doretta Liston, una trombonista, compositora y arreglista musical pionera del siglo XX en una época en la que pocas mujeres tocaban instrumentos y formaban parte de la escena del jazz.

Recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor award, a biography of African American jazz virtuoso Melba Doretta Liston, a pioneering twentieth-century trombone player, composer, and music arranger at a time when few women played brass instruments and were part of the jazz scene.

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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
A biography of African American jazz virtuoso Melba Doretta Liston, a pioneering twentieth-century trombone player, composer, and music arranger at a time when few women, of any race, played brass instruments and were part of the jazz scene.

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Night Golf
By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
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Night Golf
By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
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Set in the South of the late 1950s, an African American boy who longs to play golf is banned from the game because of the color of his skin.

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Paul Robeson
By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
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Paul Robeson
By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
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An updated and redesigned edition of an award-winning biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become an international entertainer and civil rights activist. Includes a new introduction and afterword by the author, focusing on Robeson's legacy.

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Ray Charles
By Sharon Bell Mathis, George Ford
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Ray Charles
By Sharon Bell Mathis, George Ford
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A beautiful new edition of the award-winning biography of world-famous musician Ray Charles.

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Richard Wright and the Library Card
By William Miller, R. Gregory Christie
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Richard Wright and the Library Card
By William Miller, R. Gregory Christie
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This is the true story of the renowned African American author Richard Wright and his determination to borrow books from the public library that turned him away because of his color.

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