jamaican americans

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jamaican americans

A shelter in our car

2004
Since she left Jamaica for America after her father died, Zettie lives in a car with her mother while they both go to school and plan for a real home.

Marcus Garvey and the Back to Africa Movement

2006
Profiles the life and works of Marcus Garvey, the controversial leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association during the early twentieth century, and his attempts to organize the Pan-African movement, designed to create a separate nation in Africa.

America, my new home

2004
Contains twenty-three poems in which a young girl from Jamaica shares her experiences and feelings about living in New York City.

Selected poems

1999
A collection of poems by Claude McKay, one of the first poets of the Harlem Renaissance.

Marcus Garvey

Black nationalist
2004
Profiles Marcus Garvey, a self-educated black man who worked to end world-wide discrimination against Africans, to help black Africans regain control of their countries, and to promote black pride, unity, and power.

Angelina's island

2007
Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home.

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