Patrick, Denise Lewis

"United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson knew from the very beginning that 'You can do anything. You can be anything.' Driven by those powerful words and her parents' love, Ketanji refused to let naysayers stop her from rising to the top. Her perseverance and her wits led her to become the first Black woman to become a US district judge and eventually the first Black female US Supreme Court justice"--Provided by publisher.

"Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the March on Washington. And she traveled the world, too! Experience all the . . . moments in Mahalia's . . . life in this . . . biography"--Provided by publisher.

"What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? This book answers all of kids' most important questions about the battle between the states"--Back cover.

"What if you sailed on the Titanic? What would you have eaten? Where would you have slept? Would you have gone down with the ship? Denise Lewis Patrick answers all these questions and more in this comprehensive guide to the sinking of the Titanic"--Provided by publisher.

Meet John Lewis. When John Lewis was a teenager, he asked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown. From then on, John Lewis never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. He believed in getting into "good trouble" for good causes, and became a Civil Rights activist and United States Representative.

Ten-year-old African American singer Melody Ellison decides to fix up her Detroit neighborhood playground and plant a garden, but when her friends put her in charge, Melody finds out just how hard it can be to lead.

"Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the March on Washington. And she traveled the world, too! Experience all the . . . moments in Mahalia's . . . life in this . . . biography"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of inventor and engineer Lewis Latimer.

The weekend she turns thirteen, aspiring clothing designer Teresa "Reesie" Boone is separated from her family by Hurricane Katrina but, during the horrific storm and its aftermath, begins to find strength in herself.

C?cile Rey looks forward to having a one-of-a-kind costume at Mardi Gras and her brother's return from France, while forming a friendship and having a daring adventure with Marie-Grace Gardner.