Tag search:Black History Month

Distant Talking Drum, The

by Isaac Olaleye
Paperback, 1995
Tags
*Africa, *Nigeria, Picture Books, Social Studies, *African American, (811) POETRY, 6th grade: Poetry, Poetry, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA_LEGENDS, (800) LITERATURE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 2 more, Africa, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5253
Status
Available
Call number
811 Ola

Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love

by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, *African American, Family, Mothers and Sons, (811) POETRY, Poetry, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5247
Status
Available
Call number
811 Mye

Friend on Freedom River (Tales of Young Americans)

by Gloria Whelan
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
*African American, American History, Black History Month, *Canada, Courage, Historical Fiction, *Detroit, Freedom, Fugitive Slaves, Picture Books, Racism — 13 more, Slavery, US History, Black History, Slaves, Detroit River, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Michigan, *Michigan, Underground Railroad, Diversity, 19th Century, Civil War, Friendship
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
Tales of Young Americans (Detroit, 1850)
Barcode
2362
Status
Available
Call number
E Whe

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 — 8 more, Black History, Painting, Painters, Sculpture, Sculptors, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4922
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, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5028
Status
Available

The Girl With a Mind For Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists)

by Julia Finley Mosca
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Math, MATHEMATICIANS, MATHEMATICIANS-BIOGRAPHY, Engineering, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Raye Montague, Scientists, *African American, History, Segregation — 11 more, Submarines, Women, Black History Month, discrimination, Perseverance, Science, Diversity, Navy, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (921) BIOGRAPHY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7423
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, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4977
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 — 5 more, Jazz, Romare Bearden, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4934
Status
Available

Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, (796) OUTDOOR SPORTS, Athletes, Biography, Middle School, Sports, Jim Thorpe 1887-1953, Duke Kahanamoku, Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Johnny Weissmuller — 42 more, Gertrude Ederle, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Sonja Henie, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Sir Edmund Hillary, Maurice Richard, Maureen Connolly, Roberto Clemente, Wilma Rudolph, Arthur Ashe, Pete Maravich, Bruce Lee, PELE, Flo Hyman, Small Green Dot, *Brazil, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_BRAZIL, Brazil, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, AFRICAN AMERICAN_SPORTS, Black History Month, Olympics, Soccer, Martial Arts, Basketball, Tennis, WOMEN_SPORTS, Running, Baseball, Hockey, mountain climb, Track and Field, Ice Skating, Golf, Swimming, Football, surf, Volleyball, *Native American, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
...and What the Neighbors Thought
Barcode
5098
Status
Available

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

by Kadir Nelson
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Baseball, (796) OUTDOOR SPORTS, Sports, *African American, Civil Rights, History, Coretta Scott King Awards, Harlem Renaissance, AFRICAN AMERICAN_SPORTS, Segregation, Black History Month — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (790) RECREATIONAL, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5133
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, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (790) RECREATIONAL — 2 more, (796) OUTDOOR SPORTS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5135
Status
Available

Life Is So Good: One Man's Extraordinary Journey through the 20th Century and How he Learned to Read at Age 98

by George Dawson
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Biography, *African American, Black History Month
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Status
Available

Book of African-American Quotations

by Joslyn Pine Editor
Paperback, 2011
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Quotations, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (000) GENERALITIES_COMPUTERS_UFOs
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
1457
Status
Available

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logan Family Saga)

by Mildred D. Taylor
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
Newbery Medal, RED DOT, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), *African American, Depression 1929, 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Historical Fiction, Racism, Segregation, Civil Rights, *Mississippi — 6 more, Classics, AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Black History Month, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
Logan Family (4)
Barcode
579
Status
Available

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

If You Come Softly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, interracial relationships, intimacy, Love, *New York, Racism, Romance, relationship, RED DOT, Black History Month, Middle School
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
If You Come Softly (1)
Barcode
635
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

Maizon at Blue Hill

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 1993
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Racism, RED DOT, Black History Month, Middle School
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Series
Maizon (2)
Barcode
1803
Status
Available
Call number
PB Woo

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Editor
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Diversity, investigation, Short Stories, Middle School, Basketball, *Native American, Realistic Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month — 1 more, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
5812
Status
Available

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

by Ernest J. Gaines
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Historical Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Civil Rights, Slavery, Autobiography, 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
904
Status
Available

Underground Man (Great Episodes Historical Fiction Series)

by Milton Meltzer
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Historical Fiction, Underground Railroad, *Kentucky, Slavery, Fugitive Slaves, RED DOT, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
Great Episodes
Barcode
361
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

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

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

I Have A Dream

by Martin Luther King Jr.
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
US History, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, *African American, Civil Rights, Speeches, Picture Books, Racism, Social Studies, Biography, Black History Month, Coretta Scott King Awards — 5 more, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Black History, Martin Luther King Jr., INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3525
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

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

Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

by Mary E. Lyons
Paperback, 1996
Tags
*African American, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), Harriet Jacobs, Slavery, Historical Fiction, 6th grade: Realistic Fiction: African American, 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Black History Month, *North Carolina, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book — 1 more, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
1404
Status
Available

Scorpions, 25th Anniversary Edition

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Newbery Honor, *African American, drugs, Family, Gangs, guns, Harlem, Realistic Fiction, teen, Black History Month, violence — 4 more, RED DOT, Multicultural, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
1472
Status
Available

Sounder

by William Howard Armstrong
Paper Book, 1969
Tags
Newbery Medal, RED DOT, 7th grade: Library on Wheels, Dogs, Poverty, *African American, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1075
Status
Available

Sounder

by William H. Armstrong
Hardcover, 1969
Tags
Newbery Medal, RED DOT, 7th grade: Library on Wheels, Dogs, Poverty, *African American, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
14
Status
Available

Small Steps

by Louis Sachar
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Series, Singers, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Sequel to Holes, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School, Realistic Fiction, Friendship
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Series
Holes (2)
Barcode
523
Status
Available

Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book)

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, Newbery Honor, *African American, Autobiography, Civil Rights, Family, free verse, Memoir, Novel in Verse, Poetry, *South Carolina — 9 more, Black History, 6th grade: Biography, 6th grade: Chapter Book Choice, Coretta Scott King Awards, Black History Month, National Book Award Finalist, RED DOT, Middle School, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
634
Status
Available

Molasses Man

by Kathy May
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
MOLASSES MAKING, AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Multicultural, Farming, Food, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Black History Month
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2268
Status
Available

Sojourner Truth: Crusader for Civil Rights

by Norman L. Macht
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Black History, (921) BIOGRAPHY, History, Women's History, Sojourner Truth, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Black History Month, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, GRADE 8: Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 1 more, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6286
Status
Available

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley

by Ann Rinaldi
Paperback, 1996
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Historical Fiction, Slavery, Poetry, Colonial America, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Great Episodes
Barcode
6307
Status
Available

Phillis Wheatley: A Revolutionary Poet (The Library of American Lives and Times)

by Jacquelyn Y. McLendon
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, *African American, poet, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Library of American Lives
Barcode
6306
Status
Available

Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance (African-American Biographies)

by Christine M. Hill
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
*African American, Poetry, POETS-AFRICAN AMERICAN-BIOGRAPHY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
African-American Biographies
Barcode
5711
Status
Available

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?

by Patricia C. McKissack
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Sojourner Truth, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), (921) BIOGRAPHY, US History, Civil War, Women's History, American History, *African American, 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Coretta Scott King Awards, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Scholastic Biography
Barcode
6287
Status
Available

Harriet Tubman and the Fight Against Slavery

by Bree Burns
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Harriet Tubman, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Black History, History, *African American, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Black History Month, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6290
Status
Available

Harlem (Caldecott Honor Book)

by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
*African American, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, AFRICAN AMERICAN_POETRY, POETRY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Awards, Harlem Renaissance, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5248
Status
Available

Langston Hughes

by Milton Meltzer
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, *African American, Poetry, Harlem Renaissance, POETS-AFRICAN AMERICAN-BIOGRAPHY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5712
Status
Available

Jackie Joyner-Kerse (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged)

by Geri Harrington
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Athletes, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Sports, *African American, Women, Pentathlon, Asthma, Disability, Determination, Heptathlon, Olympics — 3 more, Sports_Girls, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5750
Status
Available

Ralph Ellison (Black Americans of Achievement)

by Jack Bishop
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
*African American, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Essays, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Black Americans of Achievement
Barcode
5674
Status
Available

Black Heroes of the Wild West

by Ruth Pelz
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6197
Status
Checked out
Due May 14, 2024

Who Was Jesse Owens?

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2015
Tags
OWENS-JESSE 1913-1980-BIOGRAPHY, Track and Field, Athletes, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Sports_Biography, OLYMPICS-BIOGRAPHY, Jesse Owens, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Sports, Olympics, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 14 more, Small Green Dot, Racism, Segregation, Berlin, Civil Rights, American History, World War II, Series, Black History Month, Summer Olympics, Running, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Pentathlon, Greek Games
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (104)
Barcode
5437
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

Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up

by Melissa Thomson
Paperback, 2009
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Grade 2, Washington DC, Schools, Humor, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, Black History Month
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Series
Keena Ford (1)
Barcode
1726
Status
Available

The Mouse Rap

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 1992
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Treasure, Harlem Rap, Black History Month
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1471
Status
Available

Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 1990
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Sports, Orphans, Friendship, Black History Month
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1470
Status
Available
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