![Slavery by another name [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/104236@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the...
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Call #: DVD 305.896 SLA
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![The undefeated [eBook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/218312@2x.jpg)
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Kwame Alexander
(6,323)
Summary: An ode to black American triumph and tribulation. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...
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Rachel A Koestler-Grack
Summary: On June 19, 1865 -- two years after the Emancipation Proclamation -- Galveston, Texas became the last place in the country to learn the slaves were free. Today, Juneteenth is a joyful occasion with...
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Call #: J READER 394.263 KOE
Location: Junior Readers Nonfiction
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![Life is so good [downloadable ebook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/61288@2x.jpg)
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George Dawson b
(6,017)
Summary: Mr. Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, shares his life story and his "insights into humanity, history, America ... parenting ... [and] attitude."--Jacket.
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George Dawson b
(6,017)
Summary: What makes a happy person, a happy life? In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his father--a belief...
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Call #: 976.4 DAW
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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Summary: In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin's 1962 "Letter to My Nephew," which was later...
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Call #: 305.896 FIR
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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Honesty Parker
(6)
Summary: Although African American pioneers arrived in Des Moines, Iowa, in the early 1860s, the population exploded in the 1880s due to the surrounding coal mines. In the 1860s, the Burns Methodist Episcopal...
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Call #: 977.758 PAR IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
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![The other Wes Moore [downloadable ebook] / one name, two fates](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/52890@2x.jpg)
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Wes Moore
(47,612)
Summary: Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business...
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![Say it loud [eBook] / great speeches on civil rights and African American identity](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/76468@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Collects the text and audio recordings of famous African American political speeches, by individuals ranging from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. to Condoleezza Rice and Barack Obama.
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Summary: Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of...
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Call #: 305.896 TO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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![African American lives [DVD]. 2](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/34280@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Gates returns as host to guide more notable African Americans on a search for their ancestry. Genealogical investigations and DNA analysis help Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard, Don Cheadle, Morgan...
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Call #: DVD 929.2 AFR
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![Freedom summer [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/139333@2x.jpg)
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Summary: "In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and...
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DVD
Call #: DVD 323.1196 FRE
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![Porch lies [downloadable audiobook] / tales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/36605@2x.jpg)
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Pat McKissack
Summary: A story anthology from award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack, who has been credited with changing the face of children's literature with her rich writing that celebrates the expressions of...
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
(622)
Summary: This is a story about America and the shaping of its democratic values during the Reconstruction era, one of our country's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In this stirring account of the...
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Call #: J 323.1 GAT
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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![Sweet land of liberty [downloadable ebook] / the forgotten struggle for civil rights in the North](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/77328@2x.jpg)
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Thomas J Sugrue
(277)
Summary: Sweet Land of Liberty is an epic, revelatory account of the abiding quest for justice in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South.
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![Good hair [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/47630@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny...
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Call #: DVD 646.724 GOO
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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Pat McKissack
(8)
Summary: Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.
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Call #: J B TRUTH
Location: Junior Biographies
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![Between the world and me [CD book]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/144357@2x.jpg)
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Ta-Nehisi Coates (read by Ta-Nehisi Coates)
(314,586)
Summary: "In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK 305.8 COA
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
(314,587)
Summary: "For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he,...
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Call #: 305.8 COA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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Lynda Blackmon Lowery
(3,565)
Summary: A 50th-anniversary tribute shares the story of the youngest person to complete the momentous Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent...
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Call #: J 323.1 LOW
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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![Turning 15 on the road to freedom [eAudio] : my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/208218@2x.jpg)
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Lynda Blackmon Lowery
(3,565)
Summary: A 50th-anniversary tribute shares the story of the youngest person to complete the momentous Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent...
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![Bucking the Sarge [downloadable audiobook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/35524@2x.jpg)
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Christopher Paul Curtis
Summary: Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan. As his best friend, Sparky, says, "Flint's nothing but the Titanic." And as Luther's mother, aka the Sarge, says, "Take my advice and stay off...
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![Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth [downloadable audiobook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/35618@2x.jpg)
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E. L Konigsburg
(4,509)
Summary: Two fifth-grade girls, one of whom is the first black child in a middle-income suburb, play at being apprentice witches.
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Russell Freedman
(1,219)
Summary: Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.
BOOK
Call #: J 323.1 FRE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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![Sahara special [downloadable audiobook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/43052@2x.jpg)
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Esme Raji Codell
Summary: Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
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![Mr. Chickee's messy mission [downloadable audiobook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/43063@2x.jpg)
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Christopher Paul Curtis
Summary: The Flint Future Detectives are back in another hilarious adventure that's filled with more gizmos and gadgets. Steven and his best friend Russell are back! When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps...
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![The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 [downloadable audiobook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/35700@2x.jpg)
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Christopher Paul Curtis
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Summary: Enter the world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the "weird" Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Mom and Dad decide to visit Grandma, the Watsons head off to Birmingham, Alabama, where they witness a tragic historic event.
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![Vive la Paris [downloadable audiobook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/36633@2x.jpg)
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Esme Raji Codell
Summary: Paris has just come for piano lessons, not chopped-liver sandwiches or French lessons or free advice. But when old Mrs. Rosen gives her a little bit more than she can handle, it might be just what...
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Elizabeth Sirimarco
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American Voices From--
Summary: "Describes the history of slavery in the United States--from the landing of the first enslaved Africans to the close of the Civil War--through various primary source documents, such as slave...
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Call #: J 306.3 SIR
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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![The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. [downloadable audiobook] / Volume one. the pox party](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/39005@2x.jpg)
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M. T Anderson
(15,007)
Summary: Octavian Nothing is raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers. He and his mother are the only people in their household assigned names. Young Octavian begins to question the...
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![The other Wes Moore [downloadable audiobook] / one name, two fates](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/51053@2x.jpg)
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Wes Moore
(47,612)
Summary: Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a year of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader....
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Wes Moore
(47,614)
Summary: Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business...
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Call #: 155.8 MOO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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![The warmth of other suns [CD book] : the epic story of America's great migration](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/53359@2x.jpg)
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Isabel Wilkerson
(93,603)
Summary: "In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black...
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Call #: CD BOOK 304.8 WIL
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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![Satch & me [downloadable ebook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/53686@2x.jpg)
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Dan Gutman
(1,379)
Summary: With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
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![After Tupac & D Foster [downloadable ebook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/53762@2x.jpg)
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Jacqueline Woodson
(4,177)
Summary: In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.
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![Game [downloadable ebook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/53795@2x.jpg)
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Walter Dean Myers
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Summary: If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially...
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![Hush harbor [downloadable ebook] / praying in secret](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/54659@2x.jpg)
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Freddi Williams Evans
Summary: While Simmy watches for danger from high in a tree, other slaves gather in a hidden spot in the woods to sing and pray together in their own way, risking their lives in pursuit of religious freedom....
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![Bucking the Sarge [downloadable ebook]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/55255@2x.jpg)
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Christopher Paul Curtis
(1,731)
Summary: Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men,...
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