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The Civil War and the reconstruction

teaching companion
"Based On The African American Experience : A History, Published By Globe Book Company C1992"--T.P. Verso.

Christopher Paul Curtis

2017
Simple text and photographs introduce readers to Christopher Paul Curtis.

The story of the Birmingham civil rights movement in photographs

"Examines the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, including the organizers of the protests, the movement's support from young people, the violence that occurred, and the integration of Birmingham"--Provided by publisher.

Mahalia Jackson

gospel singer and civil rights champion
2003
Looks at the life of African-American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, discussing her early years in New Orleans, her move to Chicago, and her work on behalf of civil rights.

Thurgood Marshall

A brief biography of Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights lawyer who became the first African American justice on the United States Supreme Court, that discusses his early life, challenges he faced, and his major accomplishments.

William Still and his freedom stories

the father of the Underground Railroad
2020
A picture book biography that looks at the life African-American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, writer, historian and civil rights activist William Still.

Counting the stars

2019
"The story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician whose work was critical to the first US space flight"--Provided by publisher.

Opening the road

Victor Hugo Green and his Green Book
2021
"A nonfiction picture book about The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans during segregation, and the man who wrote it"--Provided by publisher.

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Presents a biography of Harriet Tubman and her involvement with the Underground Railroad during the Civil War, and provides information on the Fugitive Slave Act, John Brown, her work as a nurse and a spy, and the legacy she left behind.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

an American slave
An autobiographical account by the runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers, and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders; and contains introduction, textual and explanatory notes, and chronology.
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