Pate, Alexs D.

"[The author] explains how teachers can help students of color shed negative stereotypes, thereby freeing them to engage, learn, and experience success"--Provided by publisher.

A novelization of the motion picture "Amistad," a fact-based story of the 1839 mutiny on board a Spanish slave ship,which resulted in a trial before the Supreme Court during which former American president John Quincy Adams argued in favor of freedom for the slaves.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate things that make us special and how we can communicate who we are to others.

Discusses the literary and poetic dimensions of rap and hip-hop music, describing the shared elements of rap and poetry--imagery, texture, flow, and more--and analyzing several examples of works from various artists.