Tag search:African American

My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion

by Tanitoluwa Adewumi
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Refugees, Africa, *Africa, Chess, Champions, RED DOT, Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, *Nigeria, AFRICAN AMERICAN — 2 more, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Middle School
Status
Available

Happy Birthday Addy: A Springtime Story - Book #4 (American Girl)

by American Girl Series
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
Series, American Girl, Historical Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Connie Porter, Spring, Black History Month, Slavery, 19th Century, Birthdays, Underground Railroad — 2 more, History, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
American Girls (Addy 4), American Girls: Addy (4)
Barcode
644
Status
Available
Call number
Fic Ame

Mystery of the Dark Tower: a Bessie Mystery (American Girl History Mysteries #6)

by American Girl History Mysteries Series
Paperback, 2000
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, Mystery, Series, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Historical Fiction, *New York, Musicians, historical mystery — 3 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
American Girl History Mysteries (6), American Girls (History Mysteries 6)
Barcode
709
Status
Available

Addy Studies Freedom (American Girls: Short Stories #1)

by American Girls Short Stories Series
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
American Girl, Series, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Freedom, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
American Girls (Addy Short Story 1), American Girls: Addy (Short Story 1)
Barcode
693
Status
Available
Call number
Fic Ame

High Hopes for Addy (American Girls Short Stories #4)

by American Girls: Short Stories Series
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
American Girl, Series, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
American Girls (Addy Short Story 4), American Girls: Addy (Short Story 4)
Barcode
694
Status
Available
Call number
Fic Ame

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

by Bonnie Bader
Paperback, 2008
Tags
MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Activists, Civil Rights, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Equality, American History, Assassination — 3 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Martin Luther King Jr., Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (29)
Barcode
5431
Status
Checked out
Due Apr 23, 2024

Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of African American Artists

by Tonya Bolden
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, ART-AFRICAN AMERICAN, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, Harlem Renaissance, Art History, Art, AFRICAN AMERICAN, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Biography, ARTISTS, Black History Month — 5 more, Black History, Painting, Painters, Sculpture, Sculptors
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4922
Status
Available

Zora and Me

by Victoria Bond
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
RED DOT, Coretta Scott King Awards, AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, *Florida, Historical Fiction, Middle School, Mystery — 9 more, murder, Race Relations, Racism, Coming of Age, Family, Friendship, Multicultural, Supernatural, Zora Neale Hurston
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
Zora and Me (1)
Barcode
56
Status
Available

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin (Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards))

by Jen Bryant
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Picture Book Biography, PIPPIN-HORACE 1888-1946-BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN-BIOGRAPHY, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Horace Pippin, Art, Painters, AFRICAN AMERICAN — 9 more, Disability, Harlem Renaissance, Perseverance, World War I, Small Green Dot, Art History, Painting, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5557
Status
Available

Imani's Gift At Kwanzaa (Multicultural Celebrations)

by Denise Burden-Patmon
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Kwanzaa, Holidays, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, Family, CHRISTMAS, HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, HOLIDAYS_AFRICAN AMERICANS, Multicultural, Picture Books, *African American — 3 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (394.261 2) HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Multicultural Celebrations
Barcode
3677
Status
Available

George Washington Carver (On My Own Biographies)

by Andy Carter
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, George Washington-Carver, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Scientists, Botany, Plants, GRADE 5 Curriculum: BOTANY, Black History Month, Small Green Dot, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
On My Own Biography
Barcode
5475
Status
Available

The Story Of Ruby Bridges

by Robert Coles
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
BRIDGES, RUBY, Civil Rights, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Courage, Black History Month, Segregation, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2188
Status
Available

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

by Collier
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Jazz
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10232
Status
Available

Bucking the Sarge

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, *Michigan, Flint, Group Homes, Mothers, Mothers and Sons, Poverty, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
115
Status
Available

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Historical Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Family, Birmingham, *Alabama, Racism, Civil Rights, Newbery Honor, *Michigan, Flint, 1960s — 2 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
117
Status
Available

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Awards, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Great Depression 1929, Musicians, Runaways, Jazz, Orphans, *Michigan, Historical Fiction, Flint — 3 more, Black History Month, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
787
Status
Available

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Awards, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Great Depression 1929, Musicians, Runaways, Jazz, Orphans, *Michigan, Historical Fiction, Flint — 3 more, Black History Month, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
116
Status
Available

Great African Americans in Government (Outstanding African Americans)

by Karen Dudley
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Black History, (323) CIVIL_RIGHTS, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (320) POLITICAL SCIENCE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Outstanding African Americans
Barcode
3529
Status
Available

Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence

by John Duggleby
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
LAWRENCE-JACOB 1917-2000, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, Harlem Renaissance, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Biography, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4977
Status
Available

Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?)

by Roberta Edwards
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Presidents, AFRICAN AMERICAN, American History, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Barack Obama, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (37)
Barcode
5436
Status
Available

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by Christine King Farris
Paperback, 2006
Tags
MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Picture Book Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Activists, Equality, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Martin Luther King Jr. — 1 more, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5526
Status
Checked out
Due Feb 22, 2024

Yolonda's Genius

by Carol Fenner
Paperback, 1997
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Musicians, Genius, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Newbery Honor, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Music, Brothers and Sisters, Siblings, Black History Month
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
877
Status
Available

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

by Russell Freedman
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Civil Rights, Newbery Honor, Harlem Renaissance, Singers, Opera Singers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Segregation, Women's History, AFRICAN AMERICAN, SINGERS — 10 more, WOMEN_RIGHTS, Equality, Women, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (320) POLITICAL SCIENCE, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (323) CIVIL_RIGHTS, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King Jr.
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3534
Status
Available

It's Kwanzaa Time!

by Linda Goss
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Kwanzaa, Holidays, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (394.261 2) HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3599
Status
Available

Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories

by Jan Greenberg
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
BEARDEN-ROMARE 1911-1988, ARTISTS-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, Harlem Renaissance, Collage, ARTISTS, Biography, Art, Art History, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN — 2 more, Jazz, Romare Bearden
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4934
Status
Available

Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

by Virginia Hamilton
Paperback, 1989
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Fugitive Slaves, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6104
Status
Available

M.C. Higgins the Great

by Virginia Hamilton
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Newbery Medal, Historical Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
244
Status
Available

Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference

by Joyce Hansen
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, Heroes, *African American, Biography, Black History, American History, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Women's History, Black History Month, Maya Angelou — 14 more, Mae Jemison, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Marian Wright Edelman, Ruby Dee, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Josephine Baker, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Photography, WOMEN_RIGHTS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (320) POLITICAL SCIENCE, (323) CIVIL_RIGHTS
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3535
Status
Available
Call number
323.4 Han

Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Jo Harper
Paperback, 2004
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), American History, Historical Fiction, RUDOLPH-WILMA 1940-1994-BIOGRAPHY, Athletes, Track and Field, OLYMPICS-BIOGRAPHY, Sports_Biography, Sports, Olympics — 8 more, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, WOMEN_SPORTS, Women's History, Small Green Dot, Pentathlon, Greek Games, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
5567
Status
Available

Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt

by Deborah Hopkinson
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Slavery, Picture Books, Underground Railroad, Freedom, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Courage, Quilting, Historical Fiction, Sewing, American History, US History — 2 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Black History Month
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2229
Status
Available

Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers (Scholastic Reader, Level 4)

by Wade Hudson
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Biography, Explorers, Mae Jemison, Matthew Henson, James Beckwourth, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Esteban Dorantes, Lavender Dot — 2 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3237
Status
Available

Scholastic Reader Level 4: Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists: Five Brilliant Scientists (level 4)

by Lynda Jones
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), Scientists, Science, Ernest Just, George Washington-Carver, Shirley Jackson, Susan McKinney Steward, Percy Julian, Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY — 3 more, Lavender Dot, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3240
Status
Available

Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934

by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Baseball, AFRICAN AMERICAN_SPORTS, NEGRO LEAGUES-HISTORY, Sports, Segregation, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Civil Rights, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5135
Status
Available

Susan B. Anthony: Voice for Women's Voting Rights (Historical American Biographies)

by Martha E. Kendall
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Susan_B_Anthony, voting, WOMEN_RIGHTS, *African American, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, ANTHONY_SUSAN_B.
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5606
Status
Available

Escape North!: The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step into Reading, Level 3)

by Monica Kulling
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Harriet Tubman 1820?-1913, Slaves, Slavery, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, Women's History, Underground Railroad, American History, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Biography — 4 more, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5580
Status
Available

Who Was Maya Angelou?

by Ellen Labrecque
Paperback, 2016
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, Maya Angelou, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, RED DOT, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), ANGELOU-MAYA 1928-2014, Poets, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, Writers, Women's History — 6 more, Small Green Dot, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Black History Month, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, who was_series, *Shelved in Who is_Series
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (119)
Barcode
5412
Status
Available

The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children

by Gloria Ladson-Billings
Paperback, 1994
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Education, Multicultural, EC Multicultural, pedagogy, professional, development, Race Relations, sociology, Parent Library, EC new collection 2017_18 — 2 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
EC/Parent Library [yellow dot]
Barcode
7155
Status
Available

To Be a Slave

by Julius Lester
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Slavery, Black History, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Newbery Honor, Historical Fiction, Civil War, Biography, Racism, American History, US History — 2 more, Memoir, (973) HISTORY_UNITED STATES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6106
Status
Available

Dave at Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Jewish, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz, AFRICAN AMERICAN, *New York, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
319
Status
Available

Dave at Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Harlem Renaissance, Jazz, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Historical Fiction, Jewish, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
1367
Status
Available

Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Biography, African American, Civil Rights
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10230
Status
Available

Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer and Mathematician (African-American Biographies (Enslow))

by Laura Baskes Litwin
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Banneker-Benjamin 1731-1806, 7th Grade Curriculum: Math, ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICIANS, (921) BIOGRAPHY, *African American, AFRICAN AMERICAN, American History, Black History Month, Science, GRADE 6 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY — 2 more, GRADE 7 Curriculum: ASTRONOMY, (520.92) ASTRONOMER_BIOGRAPHIES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
African-American Biographies
Barcode
5616
Status
Available

The Hundred Penny Box

by Sharon Bell Mathis
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), AFRICAN AMERICAN, Newbery Honor, Historical Fiction, Grandmothers, Lavender Dot, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
3273
Status
Available

Paper Crafts for Kwanzaa (Paper Craft Fun for Holidays)

by Randel McGee
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Kwanzaa, Holidays, (394.26) HOLIDAYS, Paper Crafts, Crafts, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (394.261 2) HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3610
Status
Available

In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies

by Alice McGill
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
*African American, Lullabies, Slavery, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Songs, Poetry, Music, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (780) MUSIC, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5028
Status
Available

Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story

by Angela Shelf Medearis
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
Kwanzaa, Holidays, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (394.261 2) HOLIDAYS_KWANZAA, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3611
Status
Available

Nightwalkers

by Judy K. Morris
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Animals, Elephants, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Foster Care, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
369
Status
Available

I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott

by Shelia P. Moses
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Dred Scott 1809-1858, Historical Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Slavery, Trials, Narratives, Freedom, Supreme Court, American History, US History, Black History Month — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
371
Status
Available

The Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance

by Daphne Muse
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
POETRY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_POETRY, Harlem Renaissance, Poetry, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Picture Books, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5246
Status
Available

The Young Landlords

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Harlem, Realistic Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Landlords, Black History Month, urban history, Mental Illness, Poverty, Crime, *African American, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book — 3 more, RED DOT, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
1473
Status
Available
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