african americans

Features a biography of the civil rights leader, covering his childhood, leadership, powerful speeches, assassination, and greatest influences.

"When the Ku Klux Kla???s unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice ... Stella lives in the segregated South--in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she ca???t. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan has???t bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something the???re never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. As Stell???s community--her world--is upended, she decides to fight fire with fire. And she learns that ashes do???t necessarily signify an end."--Publisher's web site.

Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.

Presents in graphic novel format the life and achievements of Nat Turner, a slave and prophet who led a revolt against slave owners in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.

The fall of the veil between the human world and the Dark is inevitable, and the Lord of Shadows is preparing to set his plan to destroy Maya's neighborhood and the rest of the human world into motion. But Maya is not going down without a fight, and with her friends Eli, Frankie, Zeran, and Eleni by her side, she's prepared to go up against the Lord of Shadows and his powerful army.

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

Presents tips and reproducible materials for teaching Wade Hudson and Valerie Wilson Wesley's "Book of Black Heroes From A to Z" in grades three through five, including comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing activities, and graphic organizers.

When his best friend, Gloria, receives a new bike, Julian spends the summer avoiding her because of his fear of bikes.

In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.

After a day of picking cotton in late 1860, Ella May, a young slave, joins her friends Bobby and Sue at their second job of listening outside the windows of their master's house for useful information.