Tag search:American History

Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, queer, transgender, history — 4 more, American History, queer history, Activism, poetry
Barcode
2195
Status
Available

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

by Breanna J. McDaniel
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, stories, folktales, libraries, history, black history, American history, Kirkus Starred Review, biography
Barcode
2196
Status
Available

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

by Imani Perry
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, parenting, history, racism, American History, black history, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, UUA Common Read — 1 more, FAMILIES
Barcode
2155
Status
Available
Call number
306.85

I'm an American

by Darshana Khiani
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, DIVERSITY, JUSTICE, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LATINX, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, values — 4 more, community, inclusion, history, American History
Barcode
2121
Status
Available
Call number
973

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

by Traci N. Todd
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, cartoonist, women's rights, civil rights, history, American History — 4 more, black history, artist, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2169
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, black joy, black history, American History, history, poetry, dance, biography, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2170
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, song, freedom, integration, civil rights, athlete, emancipation, protest — 4 more, Activism, history, black history, American History
Barcode
2167
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens (Picture Book Biography)

by David A. Adler
Paperback, 1993
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, biography, history, American History, black history, athlete, running, Olympics
Series
Picture Book Biographies
Barcode
2153
Status
Available
Call number
796.42092

Stamped from the Beginning

by Ibram X. Kendi Auteur
Other, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, black history, racism, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2135
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books)

by Joyce Hansen
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, black history, archeology — 1 more, colonialism
Barcode
2183
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Through My Eyes

by Ruby Bridges
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, NONFICTION, civil rights, racism, Activism, school, school integration — 5 more, integration, black history, American History, history, Segregation
Barcode
2099
Status
Available
Call number
379.263092

Betty Before X

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, Kirkus Starred Review, civil rights, sexism, social justice, Activism, black history — 2 more, American History, history
Barcode
2039
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Come Juneteenth (Great Episodes)

by Ann Rinaldi
Paperback, 2009
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, history, American History, black history, freedom, slavery
Series
Great Episodes
Barcode
2066
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone

by Heather McGhee
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, history, American History, black history, civil rights, racism, anti-racism, solidarity, freedom — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, NONFICTION
Barcode
2059
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America

by Ibram X. Kendi
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, ADULT, graphic non-fiction, history, American History, black history, civil rights, racism, anti-racism
Barcode
2062
Status
Checked out
Call number
305.800973

Birmingham, 1963

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, MIDDLE GRADES, history, American History, black history, civil rights, violence, racism, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2049
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, music, singing, civil rights, American History — 3 more, black history, opera, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2053
Status
Available
Call number
782.1092

Twas the Night Before Pride

by Joanna McClintick
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, FAMILIES, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Pride, Activism, protest, Stonewall, history, American History — 2 more, gay rights, gay parents
Barcode
1971
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, history, American History, black history, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Little Leaders
Barcode
1987
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies

by Cokie Roberts
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, history, American History, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1962
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Board book, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BOARD BOOK, history, American History, black history, music
Barcode
1956
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164909

Black Heroes of the American Revolution (Odyssey Books)

by Burke Davis
Paperback, 1992
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, history, American History, War
Barcode
1914
Status
Available
Call number
973.3

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)

by Paul Ortiz
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1906
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

A Queer History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)

by Michael Bronski
Paperback, 2012
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, ADULT, NONFICTION, history, American History, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1907
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

A Disability History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)

by Kim E. Nielsen
Paperback, 2013
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUSTICE, ADULT, NONFICTION, history, American History, Activism, disability justice
Barcode
1908
Status
Available
Call number
362.40973

A Black Women's History of the United States (Revsioning American History)

by Daina Ramey Berry
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, ADULT, NON-FICTION, history, American History, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1905
Status
Available
Call number
305.48

What Was Stonewall?

by Nico Medina
Paperback, 2019
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, American History, queer history, protest, activism, social justice
Barcode
1924
Status
Available
Call number
306.760973

Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices

by Kristin Hass
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ADULT, history, American History, racism
Barcode
1935
Status
Available
Call number
363.6

Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter

by Veronica Chambers
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, ADULT, NONFICTION, black history, black lives matter, American History, anti-racism, civil rights, diversity
Barcode
1898
Status
Book Bag 12
Call number
323.1196

Across the Tracks: Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street

by Alverne Ball
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, graphic, history, American History, racism, violence, black history
Barcode
1881
Status
Available
Call number
976.6

Copper Sun

by Sharon M. Draper
Paperback, 2008
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, slavery, freedom, indentured servitude, racism, American History — 1 more, Friendship
Barcode
1879
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The (Young) Antiracist's Workbook: Questions for Changemakers

by Ibram X. Kendi
Paperback, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, anti-racism, racism, history, American History
Barcode
1893
Status
Available

How to Be a (Young) Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, anti-racism, racism, history, American History
Barcode
1894
Status
Book Bag 12
Call number
305.800973

The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

by Brendan Kiely
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, TEEN, NONFICTION, racism, prejudice, whiteness, white privilege, white supremacy, history, American History, race — 2 more, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1886
Status
Available
Call number
305.809

Four Faces of the Moon

by Amanda Strong
Paperback, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, graphic novel, Native American, First Nations, Metis, Cree — 7 more, Nakoda, Anishinaabe, Native author, history, American History, residential schools, buffalo
Barcode
1861
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, history, American History, black history, NON-FICTION, Social Activist
Barcode
1774
Status
Book Bag 7
Call number
323.092

Farewell to Manzanar

by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Paperback, 2017
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUSTICE, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, memoir, Japanese American, Japanese internment, concentration camp, incarceration, NONFICTION — 1 more, American History
Barcode
1689
Status
Available
Call number
940.54727309794

Journey to Topaz

by Yoshiko Uchida
Paperback, 2015
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, Japanese American, Japanese internment, World War II, incarceration, incarcerated parent, War, freedom — 2 more, American History, FAMILIES
Barcode
1691
Status
Available
Call number
372.4

Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote

by Alice Faye Duncan
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, civil rights, voting rights, Tennessee, history, American History, black history
Barcode
1633
Status
Available
Call number
324.6

Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip

by Michael W. Waters
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, civil rights, history, American History, FICTION, interfaith, travel
Barcode
1634
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America

by Deborah Diesen
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, voting rights, women's rights, civil rights, freedom, protest, history, American History
Barcode
1666
Status
Available
Call number
324.6

My Trip to St Helena Island: Discovering Gullah Geechee Culture (Travel Adventure Series)

by C M White
Paperback, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, NONFICTION, history, black history, american history, Gullah Geechee
Barcode
1651
Status
Available

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History

by Sandra Neil Wallace
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, protest, civil rights, American History, voting rights, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1662
Status
Available
Call number
323.1196

A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day

by Leah Henderson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, historical fiction, American History, civil war, holidays, Memorial Day, Kirkus Starred Review, Decoration Day
Barcode
1657
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968

by Alice Faye Duncan
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review, historical fiction, history, American History, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. — 4 more, sanitation, strike, protest, equal rights
Barcode
1652
Status
Available
Call number
331.892

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up (Fighting for Justice, 1)

by Laura Atkins
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, NONFICTION, history, American History, racism, poetry, Japanese internment, protest, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1693
Status
Available
Call number
341.6

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

by Michelle Duster
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, biography, NONFICTION, American History, black history, civil rights
Barcode
1631
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, history, American History, New Deal, worker's rights, social work
Barcode
1841
Status
Available
Call number
331.092

WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

by Frank Abe
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUSTICE, TEEN, graphic novel, historical fiction, American History, Japanese American, resistance
Barcode
1741
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by Brandy Colbert
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, NON-FICTION, racism, American History, black history, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1648
Status
Available
Call number
976.6
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