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Reconstruction Webinar Collection

The following books discuss the period of U.S. Reconstruction as well as slavery, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and issues in present day. These award-winning titles by authors and illustrators from diverse backgrounds will help support your teaching this complex, under-taught period of American history, with a special focus on historical accuracy, sensitivity, and cultural responsiveness. The books are divided into time periods to aid in your teaching about Reconstruction and the time periods before and after 1865-1877.

Collection of 28 books: $455.60

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What We Believe

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Tiny Stitches

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She Was the First!

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Rise!

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Paul Robeson

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I Am Alfonso Jones

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Juneteenth Jamboree

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John Lewis in the Lead

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Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

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Dream Builder

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Dear Mrs. Parks

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As Fast As Words Could Fly

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Stone River Crossing

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Black Was the Ink

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Midnight Teacher

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Love Twelve Miles Long

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In the Time of the Drums

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Ira's Shakespeare Dream

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It Jes' Happened

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Frederick Douglass

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Etched in Clay

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The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

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Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

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Step Right Up

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I See the Rhythm

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Hammering for Freedom

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Going Back Home

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  • Front cover for As Fast As Words Could Fly by Pamela Tuck and Eric Velasquez
    As Fast As Words Could Fly
    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
    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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  • Front cover for Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles and Justin Johnson
    Black Was the Ink
    By Michelle Coles, Justin Johnson
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    Black Was the Ink

    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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  • Front cover for Dear Mrs. Parks by Rosa Parks
    Dear Mrs. Parks
    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
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    Dear Mrs. Parks

    Dear Mrs. Parks

    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
    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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  • Front cover for Dream Builder by Kelly Lyons and Laura Freeman
    Dream Builder
    The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
    By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman Hines
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    Dream Builder

    Dream Builder

    The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
    By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman Hines
    You've seen the building. Now meet the man whose life went into it.

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  • Front cover for Etched in Clay by Andrea Cheng and Andrea Cheng
    Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
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    Etched in Clay

    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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  • Front cover for Frederick Douglass by William Miller and Cedric Lucas
    Frederick Douglass
    The Last Day of Slavery
    By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
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    Frederick Douglass

    Frederick Douglass

    The Last Day of Slavery
    By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
    The story of the African American abolitionist who, in one dramatic incident, discovered the meaning of freedom.

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  • Front cover for Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe by Crystal Hubbard and Kevin Belford
    Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
    By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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    Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

    Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

    By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
    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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  • Front cover for Going Back Home by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
    Going Back Home
    An Artist Returns to the South
    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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    Going Back Home

    Going Back Home

    An Artist Returns to the South
    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
    More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived.

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  • Front cover for Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and John Holyfield
    Hammering for Freedom
    The William Lewis Story
    By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
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    Hammering for Freedom

    Hammering for Freedom

    The William Lewis Story
    By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
    The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family.

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  • Front cover for I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina; Stacey Robinson and John Jennings
    I Am Alfonso Jones
    By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
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    I Am Alfonso Jones

    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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  • Front cover for I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
    I See the Rhythm
    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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    I See the Rhythm

    I See the Rhythm

    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
    i see the rhythmis an inspiring celebration of African American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world.

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  • Front cover for In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney
    In the Time of the Drums
    By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
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    In the Time of the Drums

    In the Time of the Drums

    By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
    Mentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.

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  • Front cover for Ira's Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand and Floyd Cooper
    Ira's Shakespeare Dream
    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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  • Interior spread #1 for It Jes' Happened by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
    It Jes' Happened
    When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
    By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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    It Jes' Happened

    It Jes' Happened

    When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
    By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
    The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.

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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

    John Lewis in the Lead

    A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
    By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
    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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  • Front cover for Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford and Yvonne Buchanan
    Juneteenth Jamboree
    By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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    Juneteenth Jamboree

    Juneteenth Jamboree

    By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
    A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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  • Front cover for Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand and Colin Bootman
    Love Twelve Miles Long
    By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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    Love Twelve Miles Long

    Love Twelve Miles Long

    By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
    Paperback reprint coming June 23, 2025

    A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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  • Front cover for Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann and London Ladd
    Midnight Teacher
    Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
    By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
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    Midnight Teacher

    Midnight Teacher

    Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
    By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
    This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

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    Paul Robeson
    By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
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    Paul Robeson

    Paul Robeson

    By Eloise Greenfield, George Ford
    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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    Rise!
    From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
    By Bethany Hegedus, Tonya Engel
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    Rise!

    Rise!

    From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
    By Bethany Hegedus, Tonya Engel
    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional pain to become one of the most inspiring voices of our lifetime.

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  • Front covernull for Seven Miles to Freedom by Janet Halfmann and Duane Smith
    Seven Miles to Freedom
    The Robert Smalls Story
    By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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    Seven Miles to Freedom

    Seven Miles to Freedom

    The Robert Smalls Story
    By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
    The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

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  • Front cover for She Was the First! by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Eric Velasquez
    She Was the First!
    The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
    By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez
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    She Was the First!

    She Was the First!

    The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
    By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez
    A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and politician Shirley Chisholm.

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  • Front cover for Step Right Up by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
    Step Right Up
    How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
    By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
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    Step Right Up

    Step Right Up

    How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
    By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
    A biography of William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and who together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals around the turn of the twentieth century.

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  • Front cover for Stone River Crossing by Tim Tingle
    Stone River Crossing
    By Tim Tingle
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    Stone River Crossing

    Stone River Crossing

    By Tim Tingle
    From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.

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  • Front cover for Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! by Andrea J. Loney and Keith Mallett
    Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!
    By Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett
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    Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

    Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

    By Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett
    A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance.

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  • Front cover for The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Joan DiCicco and Ebony Glenn
    The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan
    Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero
    By Joan DiCicco, Ebony Glenn
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    The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

    The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

    Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero
    By Joan DiCicco, Ebony Glenn
    Garrett Morgan, a prolific African American inventor and entrepreneur, must test his latest invention in a daring rescue after an explosion at the Cleveland Waterworks.

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  • Front cover for Tiny Stitches by Gwendolyn Hooks and Colin Bootman
    Tiny Stitches
    The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
    By Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin Bootman
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    Tiny Stitches

    Tiny Stitches

    The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
    By Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin Bootman
    The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children.

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    What We Believe
    A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
    By Laleña Garcia, Caryn Davidson
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    What We Believe

    What We Believe

    A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
    By Laleña Garcia, Caryn Davidson
    This powerful activity book will engage hands, hearts, and minds as it introduces children to the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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