Bolden, Tonya

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Rock of ages

a tribute to the Black church
2001
An illustrated poem that personifies the Black Church and chronicles its history from the days of slavery through the twentieth century. Includes concluding explanatory notes.

33 things every girl should know about women's history

from suffragettes to skirt lengths to the E.R.A.
2002
A collection of essays that profile women, events, and legislation that have had a serious impact on women's rights and freedom in the United States.

33 things every girl should know

stories, songs, poems, and smart talk by 33 extraordinary women
1998
A mix of short stories, essays, a comic strip, a speech, an interview, poems, and more which offer insights and advice for girls.

Tell all the children our story

memories and mementos of being young and Black in America
2001
Photographs, illustrations, and text describe the experiences of African-American children growing up in the United States from the first African-American baby born in the Jamestown colony through the children growing up in the middle of gang wars at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

W.E.B. Du Bois

a twentieth-century life
2008
Examines the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, discussing his fight for racial equality, literary works, and influence on the African-American community.

Wake up our souls

2004
Explores the lives and creations of a select number of notable African-American men and women who have contributed to the American art scene.

Searching for Sarah Rector

2014
"Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society"--Provided by OCLC.

FDR's alphabet soup

New Deal America, 1932-1939
2010
An exploration of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that discusses the arts, finance, labor, legislation, its influence on the Great Depression, and other related topics.

Maritcha

a nineteenth-century American girl
2005
Presents the personal memoirs of Maritcha R?mond Lyons who was born in nineteenth-century New York City and describes how she and her family escaped to Rhode Island during the 1863 Draft riots and how she overcame prejudice to become the first African-American person to graduate from Providence High School.

Cause

Reconstruction America, 1863-1877
2005
Presents an overview of post-Civil War America, discussing the events and challenges that marked the Reconstruction which began after the Civil War in 1863 and ended in 1877.

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