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1979 Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse I Have a Sister--my Sister is Deaf A young girl describes how her deaf sister experiences everyday things. Children's Nonfiction Book 362.7842 P |
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1980 Greenfield, Eloise Childtimes : a Three-generation Memoir Three African-American women, a daughter, mother, and grandmother, bring to life again the children they once were and the times they used to have. Children's Nonfiction Book 920 G |
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1980 Haskins, James James Van DerZee the Picture-takin' Man A biography of the black photographer who has received acclaim for his prints of Harlem. Adult Nonfiction Book 921 V278 |
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1981 De Veaux, Alexis Don't Explain : a Song of Billie Holiday Presents a prose poem recounting the life of the American jazz singer affectionately known as Lady Day. Adult Nonfiction Book 921 H7 |
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1982 Childress, Alice Rainbow Jordan Her mother, her foster guardian, and 14-year-old Rainbow comment on the state of things as she prepares to return to a foster home for yet another stay. Teen Fiction Book CHILDRESS |
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1983 Lester, Julius This Strange New Feeling : Three Love Stories from Black History Teen Fiction Book LESTER |
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1984 Hamilton, Virginia The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl Pretty Pearl, a spirited African god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the Western Hemisphere. Disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free Blacks who have created their own separate world deep inside a vast forest. Teen Fiction Book HAMILTON |
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1984 Haskins, James Lena : a Personal and Professional Biography of Lena Horne Adult Nonfiction Book 921 H782 |
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1988 De Veaux, Alexis An Enchanted Hair Tale Sudan suffers from the general ridicule of his strange-looking hair, until he comes to accept and enjoy its enchantment. Easy Picture Book DE VEAUX |
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1988 Lester, Julius The Tales of Uncle Remus : the Adventures of Brer Rabbit A retelling of the Afro-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies. Children's Nonfiction Book 398.20973 L |
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1989 Hamilton, Virginia Anthony Burns : the Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts. Includes Selections from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Children's Nonfiction Book 921 B93 |
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1990 Hamilton, Virginia The Bells of Christmas Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio. Children's Fiction Book HAMILTON |
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1991 Johnson, Angela When I Am Old with You An Afro-American boy imagines being old with Grandaddy and joining him in such activities as playing cards all day, visiting the ocean, and eating bacon on the porch. Easy Picture Book JOHNSON |
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1992 Greenfield, Eloise Night On Neighborhood Street A collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights, and emotions enlivening a Black neighborhood during the course of one evening. Children's Nonfiction Book 811.54 G837 |
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1993 McKissack, Pat Sojourner Truth : Ain't I a Woman? A biography of the former slave, Isabella VanWagener, who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. Children's Nonfiction Book 921 T777 |
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1993 Myers, Walter Dean Somewhere in the Darkness A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be an often painful time of discovery for them both. Teen Fiction Book MYERS |
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1994 Thomas, Joyce Carol Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea : Poems A collection of poems exploring the theme of African-American identity. Children's Nonfiction Book 811.54 T364 |
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1994 Myers, Walter Dean Malcolm X : By Any Means Necessary : a Biography A biography of a complex man whose life reflected the major issues of our times. Children's Nonfiction Book 921 M2915 |
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1995 Hansen, Joyce. The Captive Kofi, an Ashanti boy, is captured, sold into slavery and taken to Massachusetts in the 1790's. He makes his escape and is taken in by Paul Cuffe, an African American ship builder with a dream of taking Africans back to their homeland. Children's Fiction Book HANSEN |
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1995 Woodson, Jacqueline I Hadn't Meant to Tell You this Marie, the only Black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private. Teen Fiction Book WOODSON |
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