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"When Patson's family moves to Marange region of Zimbabwe, he begins working in the mines, searching for blood diamonds, until government soldiers arrive and Patson is forced to journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister and a better life"--Provided by publisher.

Relates the experiences of a young Senegalese girl brought as a slave to the Danish owned Caribbean island of St. John during the slave revolt of 1733-1734.

Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.

A young girl's tragic death affects a Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. around 1925.

On cover: The classic and inspiring story of schoolroom savages and the teacher who tamed them.

A poetry collection which recounts the feelings of Black children about their neighborhoods, American society, and themselves.

A collection of essays addressing the history and predicament of race in an attempt to envision a better future.

When Patson's family moves to Marange region of Zimbabwe, he begins working in the mines, searching for blood diamonds, until government soldiers arrive and Patson is forced to journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister and a better life.