alabama

In graphic novel format, Argentine American Lila Quintero Weaver describes her thoughts and experiences growing up in Alabama in the midst of the racial strife and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

In Moundville, Alabama, in 1917, twelve-year-old Dit hopes the new postmaster will have a son his age, but instead he meets Emma, who is black, and their friendship challenges accepted ways of thinking and leads them to save the life of a condemned man.

Chronicles the experiences of several Union soldiers survived battles, prison camp, and the sinking of "Sultana," the overcrowded steamboat that exploded on the Mississippi River while carrying them home.

In graphic novel format, Argentine American Lila Quintero Weaver describes her thoughts and experiences growing up in Alabama in the midst of the racial strife and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Based on a series of interviews, the author relates the slave narrative of Cudjo Lewis.

Chronicles the life and achievements of the NASA engineer and inventor, from his childhood to his accidental invention of the Super Soaker water gun.

As a kid, Lonnie Johnson liked to invent things. He often faced prejudice as an African American growing up in the segregated southern United States, but he eventually became an engineer for the US Air Force and NASA. He was working on a different invention when he came up with the idea for a new type of water gun. Johnson knew his toy was more powerful than other squirt guns---he just needed to find a way to make the Super Soaker available to kids all over the country. Learn how Johnson overcame many challenges to become a brilliant engineer and inventor.

"... reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how, in the wake of the 2011 tornado that killed fifty-three people and became the most devastating storm of its kind in Alabama history, University of Alabama athletes aided the community.