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No turning back

my summer with Daddy King
2007
Discusses the author's experience at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Sr. and Jr. were pastors, recounting his efforts, during the Civil Rights Movement, to set up meetings between white and African-American youth groups, which was met with resistance by white clergy.

Someone else's house

America's unfinished struggle for integration
1998
Argues that integration has stagnated and that the ideals of the early civil rights movement remain the only possible American answer for race relations.

Daddy King

an autobiography
1980
An autobiography of the Reverend King describing his life and the lives of other members of his family.

Atlanta

1989
Introduces the history, economy, and notable attractions of the largest city in Georgia.

Kidding around Atlanta

a young person's guide to the city
1989
Describes sights and events of interest in Atlanta, including the the downtown area and attractions outside the city.

A Sudanese family

1997
Relates the experiences of a family that came to Atlanta, Georgia as refugees from a small farming village in the African country of Sudan.

On the come up

2011
Brother and sister DeMarco and Jasmine Winslow are growing up in the Atlanta ghetto, and when life in the ghetto gets too rough DeMarco commits petty theft to end up in juvie, and Jasmine joins the DIVAs, a rough group of girls.

After the kiss

2010
A novel in verse which follows the thoughts and frustrations of Becca and Camille, both involved with Alec, as they go through their final semester of high school.

Meridian

2003
As the old rules of Southern society collapse, Meridian fights a lonely battle to reaffirm her own humanity and that of her people.

Be ever hopeful, Hannalee

1988
In 1865 with the war recently over, fourteen-year-old Hannalee and her recently reunited family decide to start a new life in Atlanta where, because of the need to rebuild the devastated city, jobs are plentiful. Sequel to "Turn Homeward, Hannalee.".

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